Good Organic Gardening

HORTICULTURAL REVOLUTION

Horticulturist Mike Wells loves gardening so much that he became a TAFE educator and made a career of teaching folks all about it. Now retired, he finally has more time to practise what he’s preached for so long.

He and wife Mary live on an 850m2 block in Middle Ridge in the Darling Downs city of Toowoomba, home of the famous Carnival of Flowers.

Mike’s interest in gardening started as a teenager. His parents ran the local convenience store seven days a week and

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