27+ Years GrowingBeautiful Gardens inMelbourne's East

Some of my earliest memories are in my grandfather's garden in Camberwell. He grew everything, vegetables, roses, fruit trees, and I was the kid who actually wanted to help. Not because anyone made me, but because I loved watching things grow. That garden is where this all started.

That early fascination led to a Diploma of Applied Science (Horticulture) at the University of Melbourne's Burnley campus, one of Australia's oldest horticultural colleges, founded in 1891. I went on to lecture in landscape construction and design at Chisholm Institute TAFE, and was featured in Outdoor Design and Living magazine. But what I kept coming back to was the hands-on work: being in gardens, understanding how they change across seasons, and helping homeowners protect something they'd invested in.

In 1998, I founded ABS Horticulture with a simple mission: bring genuine horticultural expertise to residential gardens in Melbourne's inner east. Not a mow and blow service, but a structured, seasonal approach that treats every garden as the living investment it is. I grew up in Glen Iris, went to school at Carey Grammar in Kew. These are my neighbourhoods. I know the soil, the microclimates, the heritage trees. Anthony, Sam, Rebecca and Grant visit the same properties month after month, learning every garden's personality and building the trust that only comes from consistency.

Today, ABS Horticulture serves 80+ active clients across Canterbury, Camberwell, Surrey Hills, Kew, Hawthorn, Balwyn, and the surrounding suburbs. Some clients have been with us since those early years, over 20 years of trust, beautiful gardens, and the kind of relationship that only comes from showing up, reliably, every single month.