Vasili Kanidiadis is a

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television personality, best known as the host of the Channel 31 and

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and Channel 7Two's gardening show, ''

Vasili's Garden ''Vasili's Garden'' is an Australian television gardening program. Hosted by Vasili Kanidiadis, each episode of the show, which is unscripted, focuses on the plants and produce from home gardens in Melbourne and surrounding areas, with emphasis o ...

''. Kanidiadis grew up in

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in Melbourne's north. He began broadcasting on Greek radio station 3XY for 7 years before moving to Channel 31 He has studied

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and horticulture. He is the owner and operator of Munro Street Nursery in Coburg. ''Vasili in Greece'', commissioned by the Greek National Tourist Organisation, was screened on Channel 31 in 2008.

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