Myles Baldwin
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Landscape designer
Myles Baldwin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 October 1978 |
| Education | Newington College |
| Occupations | Horticulturalist Landscape designer |
| Website | Myles 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]
Baldwin was born in Sydney and grew up in Sylvania. He was educated at Newington College (1991–1996).[4]
Career
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.