Steve has always loved plants and
gardening and from a very early age he
could always be found dabbling in his
mother’s garden. Steve trained as a
professional horticulturist at the
Hawkesbury Agricultural College in New
South Wales and has worked widely
throughout the horticultural industry
including ten years as the Curator of
Wollongong Botanic Garden. The call of
the tropics eventually saw Steve moving
to the Northern Territory where he
enjoys the challenges of gardening in
the extremes of the dry tropics.
Steve lives on a rural property on the
outskirts of Darwin where he combines a
love of wildlife particularly birds,
with his dream of establishing a garden
that displays all of his favourite
plants. A true plant lover Steve has
given up on having a beautifully
designed garden admitting that he would
rather have another plant than sticking
to a master planned garden. When it’s too hot
outside for gardening, Steve enjoys
sharing the simple pleasure of plants
and gardening with others through his
practical writings on gardening in the
tropics.
Feature
Articles by the Steve Popple in subTropical
Gardening
- Top end gardening for native
birds – Issue
2
- Growing fruit trees in the
tropics
– Issue
3
- Fruiting plants in the tropics;
dragon fruit, avocado, pineapples – Issue
4
- Fruiting plants in the tropics:
tamarind, passionfruit
– Issue
5
- Gardening on the tropical coast
– Issue
6
- Places to be: Howard Springs
Nature Park –
Issue 9
- Wet season wonders for the
tropics –
Issue 10
- Curcuma Magic – Issue 14
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