Myles Baldwin

Myles Baldwin
Born6 October 1978
Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationNewington College
Occupation(s)Horticulturalist
Landscape designer
WebsiteMyles Balwin Design

Myles Cameron Baldwin (born 6 October 1978) is an Australian horticulturalist, landscape designer, writer and curator of the Australian Garden Show Sydney.[1] He was named as one of "Australia's top 100 young leaders" by The Australian in 2009,[2] and in 2010 was the Horticultural Ambassador for Macquarie Visions. Baldwin has worked on Sydney's largest private garden, Swifts, Darling Point, and Government House, Sydney.[3]

Early life

Baldwin was born in Sydney and grew up in Sylvania. He was educated at Newington College (1991–1996).[4]

Career

Baldwin is the head gardener at Bronte House

Baldwin worked as an horticultural apprentice at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney where he received the Director's Award for Excellence and Achievement.[1] He then assumed the role as head gardener at the heritage property Bronte House, a c1845 Mortimer Lewis cottage in the Sydney suburb of Bronte, New South Wales. Baldwin is director of Myles Baldwin Design Pty Ltd, and has been responsible for designing the period gardens at Boomerang in Elizabeth Bay, the John Verge mansion Lyndhurst in Glebe, heritage-listed home Rona at Bellevue Hill, New South Wales and The Speakers Garden in Parliament House, Sydney.[5] He has also worked with many of Australia's leading architects on contemporary properties throughout Australia.

Media presenter

Baldwin has appeared on the Today show and Brendan Moar's Gardening Show on Foxtel and was a presenter on Our Place TCN9 and has been the gardening columnist for Sydney's Sunday Herald.[1]

Publications

  • Period gardens: landscapes for houses with history by Myles Baldwin with photography by Simon Griffiths (Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2008) ISBN 9781740459068
  • Rural Australian gardens by Myles Baldwin with photography by Simon Griffiths (Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2010) ISBN 9781741964707[6]
  • Australian Coastal Gardens by Myles Baldwin with photography by Sue Stubbs (Sydney  : Murdoch Books, 2013) ISBN 9781742666204

References

  1. ^ a b c Macquarie Visions Ambassadors Archived 26 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ^ What makes a leader Archived 17 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ Meet our hottest green thumb Myles Baldwin Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999)
  5. ^ Collectors' Plant Fair collectorsplantfair.com, Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  6. ^ NLA Catalogue Retrieved 27 January 2011.