Costa Georgiadis (born 1 January 1964) is an Australian landscape architect and television presenter. He is a second generation Australian of Greek descent. Georgiadis is currently hosting ''

Gardening Australia ''Gardening Australia'' is an Australian lifestyle television program which suggests and promotes organic and environmentally friendly ways of gardening. It is created by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and airs on ABC TV, in an hour- ...

'' on

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and previously appeared as 'Costa the Garden Gnome' in the ABC Kids program ''Get Grubby TV.''

Early life

Georgiadis was born in Sydney and grew up in

North Bondi North Bondi is a coastal, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 7 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council. North Bondi is a mostly residentia ...

on the same street as his grandparents and uncle. He is the youngest of three children. His father, Stan, was an electrician.

Career

Georgiadis' grandparents fostered his early interest in gardening. He worked as a landscaper whilst studying landscape architecture at

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...

, where he developed an interest in sustainability. From 2009 to 2011, he presented SBS's ''

Costa's Garden Odyssey ''Costa's Garden Odyssey '' is an Australian television documentary series gardening program hosted by landscape architect Costa Georgiadis. Costa takes a holistic approach to gardening and horticulture, emphasising the importance of water and ...

'', a programme that explored the relationship between gardening, sustainability, and spirituality. On 20 December 2011 the

announced that Georgiadis would replace Stephen Ryan as the host of ''

''.Costa to host Gardening Australia
ABC, 20 December 2011 In 2014, Georgiadis starred as 'Costa the Garden Gnome' in ''Get Grubby TV'' on ABC Kids.

Awards and nominations

For his hosting role on ''

'', Georgiadis won the Silver Logie for Most Popular Presenter and was nominated for the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television at the 2019 Logie Awards.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Georgiadis, Costa Australian television personalities Australian people of Greek descent Living people Australian horticulturists 1964 births