Hello, I'm
Annette McFarlane. I am a teacher, garden writer, author and broadcaster, but
first and foremost I am a gardener. I have been gardening for as long as I can
remember. So long in fact, that I was recently awarded the Australian Gold
Laurel for Horticulture (2018) and inducted into the Horticultural Media
Association Australia Hall of Fame. (image below) You may know me from my books:
Successful
Gardening in Warm Climates,
Organic VegetableGardening, Organic Fruit Growing
and Gardening Australia's Love Your Garden.
You can also hear me on
ABC Radio Brisbane from 6-7am each Saturday
morning for Gardening Talkback. You will find my weekly gardening page in the U
on Sunday magazine in the Sunday Mail. I also write the occasional article for
Gardening Australia and Organic Gardener Magazines. Visit me on
facebook for seasonal hints and tips about
gardening. I post most days. . I hope you can join me at events like the
Queensland Garden Expo and
BCC Green Heart Fairs or at one of my many free
gardening workshops held at
Brisbane City Council libraries.
Awarded
the Australian Gold Laurel for Horticulture (2018) and inducted into the
Horticultural Media Association Australia Hall of Fame
Welcome Video
2018-Annette McFarlane was awarded the Golden Wattle by Australian Institute of
Horticulture Inc. Conferred by her peers for her dedication to education in the
art and Science of horticulture during the last four decades, and enhanced the
knowledge of horticulture to the public through the media industry of Australia.
One of the
best presents that I have been given. No more carrying big things in a wheel
barrow or making three or four trips.
Hard at work in the garden building a solid tepee structure to support a
vigorous vine crop. The structure may not look very elegant, but it will
soon be covered in vegetation.
New Egg
Mobile. I am one happy gardener.
Two of our
locals enjoying the only green grass around and a few of my plants but in dry
times we do need to share.
