The Last Post – Issue 15: 2017 Remembrance Day

Page 105

Great For All Plants, All Seasons!

Dr Josh Byrne is best known for his role as the WA presenter on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia program where over the past 10 years he has demonstrated practical ways to create productive and water efficient gardens to a national audience. Josh is also a regular contributor to the Gardening Australia Magazine and author of two best-selling books, including The Green Gardener published by Penguin, and Small Space Organics published by Hardie Grant.

SPRING:

SUMMER:

Enhances flowering & fruiting.

Helps protect against heat & drought.

AUTUMN:

WINTER:

Great for planting & strong root growth.

Helps plants cope with the cold weather including frost.

Josh’s media achievements have been acknowledged as he is a recipient of four consecutive National Horticulture Media Association television awards for excellence in communication. In 2014 Josh also became a Business News ‘40 under 40’ recipient and in 2013 he received the Australian Water Association’s WA Water Professional of the Year Award, and Murdoch University’s Distinguished Alumni Award for Science and Engineering. Josh is Patron for the Conservation Council of WA and the Living Smart household sustainability program. He is also an Ambassador for Nature Play WA, the national Smart Approved WaterMark program and Vision 202020. Josh is a Research Fellow with Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute (CUSP) and also holds a position of Adjunct Lecturer at Murdoch University. His key research interests include high performance housing, water sensitive design and sustainable urban landscapes. Josh Byrne is the Director of Josh Byrne & Associates, a multi award winning WA based consulting practice integrating the fields of environmental science, landscape architecture, sustainability policy and environmental communication. Josh is the Director of JBA and is a widely respected sustainability practitioner and communicator well known for his work on ABC TV’s Gardening Australia program. He has a unique and integrated approach to environmental design, community engagement and environmental communication projects, with over 20 years experience in the landscape design, sustainability and media industries. Josh regularly consults to West Australian state agencies such as Water Corporation, LandCorp and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority on matters relating to urban water management, environmental technology and design, and has contributed to projects around Australia. Josh is a Research Fellow with Curtin University’s Sustainability Policy Institute and the CRC for Low Carbon Living, and an Adjunct Associate Professor with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales. His research activities span high performance housing, water sensitive design and sustainable urban developments. Josh is a recipient of the Australian Water Association’s WA Water Professional of the Year Award, and Murdoch University’s Distinguished Alumni Award for Science and Engineering. He is Patron of the Conservation Council of WA and Sustainable Gardening Australia, an Advocate for the national collaborative 202020 Vision urban greening initiative and an Ambassador for the Living Smart household sustainability program and Nature Play WA.

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