Millie Ross and 'Growing Home'

Millie Ross will speak about 'Growing Home' at this year's Bendigo Sustainability Festival. Millie is a professional horticulturist, garden designer, writer and broadcaster. An innovative gardener with an unconventional approach, Millie specialises in creative construction, sourcing local, low-cost materials and using plants in unusual ways. Author of The Thrifty Gardener; a practical guide to building the garden you want with whatever you've got, Millie aims to get everyone growing!

Millie joined the Gardening Australia Team behind the scenes, as a researcher and writer in 2009 and continues to work as the program's writer and senior researcher.

After 20 years of renting gardens, Millie has purchased her first house, a rundown 1890's cottage in Victoria's Central Highlands. Alongside her rescue dog Squid, she is sure to bring her enthusiasm, knowledge and sense of fun to the festival.