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Chris Cole

Senior Horticulturist, Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan
Email
media@bgcp.nsw.gov.au

Chris has worked for the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan for the past two decades. He is a Senior Horticulturist who specialises in development and construction of landscapes in the Garden.

His love for horticulture began with spending extended periods of time in the bush when he was younger, before completing an Associate Diploma Parks Management Ryde TAFE.

He worked as a Horticulturalist at Garden from 1997 – 2005, before working as a Chief Propagator at Alice Springs Desert Park. He then returned to work in the Garden in 2006.

Areas of focus

  • Garden landscape development and construction

See some of his work below:

Articles

23 Sep 2020 A horticulturist's guide to Australian native plants

Once considered primitive and strange by early European settlers, Australia’s 25,000 species of native plants are seeing a resurgence in popularity for their striking beauty and sustainability.  
 

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10 Sep 2020 Soil is the foundation to a healthy garden

Soil ain't soil. Whatever you may be planting in your garden, healthy living soil is so important.

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