Horticulture

Bonnie and Abby, Yanco Agricultural High School

Bonnie and Abby, students of Yanco Agricultural High School, attended the 2026 Royal Easter Show in Sydney with a selection of cattle.“We breed the steers and then take them to the Show for about 10 days where people can have a look at them, then they go into their separate classes,” Bonnie explains. “The steers are judged in lightweight, heavyweight, and medium weight just to pick out the best of the lot,” Abby adds. “We both come from agricultural backgrounds

Sophia Crose, St. John’s Agricultural College Dubbo

“Today we’re just seeing what we do with some cows at cattle shows; what happens and how we keep them nice and clean. We’ve got some limousine cows; black ones but you can also get apricots. We also have square-metres and square-metre crosses, and we also have shorthorns, two big Herefords, and one tiny, square-metre cross limo. We have a farm at home and a few other properties around Dubbo. We do some crop and live off cattle there, so

Kane Stannard

From the rugby league field to golf courses here and abroad, Kane Stannard’s life and work has revolved around turf. Cafe Reporter chatted with the course superintendent at Bexley Golf Course about greenkeeping, footy and food. “My greenkeeping career pretty much started off in high school. I was in Year 12 and my brother was in year 10, and he left to become an apprentice greenkeeper at a golf club at Tweed Coolangatta Golf Club up on Tweed Heads. I

Costa Georgiadis

“If we can get people interested in plants and horticulture and growing and gardening, then the wonderful overlay is that it then hooks them into the importance of nutrition and health.” Last December marked six years since Costa Georgiadis was announced as the host of Gardening Australia; replacing Peter Cundall, the long-time and much-loved host of the ABC program. They were big gum boots to fill but Costa, with his signature ‘wild man’ beard and infectious passion for all things

Wattle Herb Garden Care

My name is Peter Koutouzis, the man behind the mower of Wattle Herb Garden Care. In a post-Covid world, I wanted to pursue one of my lifelong passions: gardening. I went to TAFE to study horticulture (Cert III) and further develop my love of gardening, my knowledge of plants and my lawn maintenance skills. A garden is like an overcoat for your home, and Wattle Herb Garden Care want to help you keep that overcoat looking good through all four

Jackie’s Floral Gallery – Kingsgrove

Jackie has been operating Jackie’s Floral Gallery in Kingsgrove for 13 years, providing flowers for all occasions: weddings, christenings, Valentine’s Day — you name it. Jackie also sells pot plants, giftware, homeware, trinkets and knick-knacks. “I ask people how long they want the flowers to last for, what it’s for, what reason, or if they’d like to have a nice plant. If we’re fair and generous with our flowers, customers will continue to come in,” Jackie says. “My customers become

Michael
The Natural Butcher

“We’ve worked over the years to basically cover every aspect of food service. So from Craig’s farm, where he grows his own Black Angus grass-fed [beef] to our retail stores, and even our kitchen in Bondi, we’ve covered every part of the market so we can give our consumers the best possible product with full traceability.”

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Marilyn
T&R Gourmet Butchery

“I come here for the food first, conversation second. I love my food! I love good quality produce. I love cooking,
I love eating and I love entertaining. If I’m looking a protein, I look at fabulous quality meat or poultry, then I go into seafood, and then I look at produce around that; whether it’s vegetables or salads, or whatever is in season. And I shop around: it’s always quality over quantity. I’ve just picked up some marinated chicken breasts from David [at T&R], and tonight I’ll just bake them and do some fabulous vegetables and some wild rice with it. Very simple, very easy, and a glass of rosé or two.”