Angus Stewart is an Australian

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, gardening

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and former television presenter on ''

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''. Stewart was born in country New South Wales and graduated from Sydney University with a First Class Honors Degree in Agricultural Science and Environmental Horticulture and worked extensively in the nursery and cut flower industries ever since. As a professional horticulturalist Stewart has spent a lifetime working with and breeding Australian native plants to make them more gardener friendly. In January 2016, among his many achievements as a plant breeder, he released his new Tall and Tough Landscape range of

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s. Stewart debuted on ABC Radio 702 as a regular guest on the John Doyle (aka Rampaging Roy Slaven) afternoon program. Dubbed “Doctor of the Dirt, Surgeon of the Soil, Professor of the Paddock”, Stewart continued on this program for five years before joining a range of other presenters and is now a regular guest on ABC and talk back radio throughout Australia. As well as being a former presenter on ABC TV's ''

'' he also made guest appearances on various other TV programmes including Channel 7's '' Better Homes and Gardens''. In addition to his work in the media, Stewart is a highly respected and experienced international speaker, tour leader and consultant for rural and urban developments. Stewart is an Honorary Research Associate at the Australian Botanic Garden Mt Annan where he is domesticating Australian natives from the wild. Recognising that Australian wildflowers are a highly desirable and iconic commodity in Australia and overseas, much of Stewart's work at Mt Annan is focused on preserving our rarer wildflowers through cultivation. Stewart has been widely acknowledged for his contribution to our knowledge of

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. He has written several books on gardening, including ''Gardening on the Wild Side'', ''Let's Propagate!'' and ''The Waterwise Australian Native Garden''. Currently he is a brand ambassador for raised garden bed company
Vegepod
Stewart produces regular newsletters and articles on hi
website
which also hosts
Plant Database
which is free to access. Stewart is also quite active on Facebook, Instagram an
YouTube
providing content on native plants, composting, worm farming and much more.

References

External links

Angus Stewart correspondence and publishing files, 1971-1977 (bulk: 1972-1973)
held b
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Living people Australian horticulturists People from New South Wales University of Sydney alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{australia-botanist-stub