Graham Ross (horticulturalist)
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- Horticulturist
- author
- radio personality
- television presenter
Graham Ross | |
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| Born | October 1947 (age 77) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Known for | Better Homes and Gardens[1] |
Graham Ross AM (born October 1947) is an Australian horticulturalist, author, television presenter[2] and radio presenter. In 2011 he was presented with London's Royal Horticultural Society's Veitch Memorial Medal (VMM) in recognition of his contribution to gardening and horticulture in Australia.[1] The VMM is an international award issued annually by London's Royal Horticultural Society. Ross is only the fourth Australian to receive the VMM since its inception in 1870.[1] He is the only Australian in history to have been appointed a Life Fellow of the prestigious Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Guild, London.[3]
Ross's career began in Sydney during the late 1970s when he started presenting gardening segments and programs for ABC Television in 1978. He appeared on the Seven Network's 11AM in 1980 as well as on Seven National News as a horticultural reporter. He was gardening editor for The Daily Telegraph for four years and worked on The Sun for 10 years.[4]
Originating as a weekly segment each Wednesday on Mickie de Stoop's afternoon program, Ross commenced presenting his own three-hour Sunday morning gardening program on radio station 2GB in 1980, which is now one of the longest running, and highest-rating programs in Australian radio history.[3][5]
Ross has been with Australia's Channel Seven since the mid-1980s. Most of that time he has spent at Australia's number one lifestyle show, Better Homes and Gardens, on which he has presented over 900 episodes.[1]
Ross was awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in 2011.[6] In 2014 he won the Australian Institute of Horticulture's Golden Wattle Award for the advancement of the profession of horticulture in Australia through 'sustained exemplary conduct as a professional horticulturist'.[7]
Ross has received treatment for several skin cancers and prostate cancer and cites his experience with chemicals in the early days of his career as a motivating factor in his interest in organic gardening.[2]
