Myles Cameron Baldwin is an Australian horticulturalist, landscape designer and writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

. He was named as one of "Australia's top 100 young leaders" by The Australian

The Australian

The Australian is a broadsheet newspaper published in Australia from Monday to Saturday each week since 14 July 1964. The editor in chief is Chris Mitchell, the editor is Clive Mathieson and the 'editor-at-large' is Paul Kelly....

in 2009.

Early life

Balwin was born in Sydney, New South Wales and grew up in Sylvania

Sylvania, New South Wales

Sylvania is a suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sylvania is located 22 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire....

. He was educated at Newington College

Newington College

Newington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 (1991–1996).

Career

He worked as an horticultural apprentice at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia, are the most central of the three major botanical gardens open to the public in Sydney....

 where he received the Director’s Award for Excellence and Achievement. Baldwin is a director of Myles Baldwin Designer Gardens Pty Ltd and is the head gardener at Bronte House, Bronte

Bronte, New South Wales

Bronte is a beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bronte is located 8 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the Waverley Council local government area of the Eastern Suburbs....

. He has recently redesigned the gardens at Boomerang

Boomerang (house)

Boomerang is a historic home in the suburb of Elizabeth Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Built in 1926, it lies on Billyard Avenue and has been ranked as one of the most expensive houses in Sydney.-History:...

, Elizabeth Bay

Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales

Elizabeth Bay is a harbourside suburb in eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Elizabeth Bay is located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney....

, the John Verge

John Verge

John Verge was an English architect, builder, pioneer settler of New South Wales, who migrated to Australia and pursued his career there. Verge was one of the earliest and the most important architect of the Greek Revival in Australia. He also brought more comprehensive range of Regency style than...

 mansion Lyndhurst in Glebe

Glebe, New South Wales

Glebe is an inner-city suburb of Sydney. Glebe is located 3 km south-west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney, in the Inner West region....

 and The Speakers Garden in Parliament House, Sydney

Parliament House, Sydney

Parliament House in Sydney is a complex of buildings housing the Parliament of New South Wales, a state of Australia. It is located on the east side of Macquarie Street in Sydney, the state capital. The facade consists of a two storey Georgian building, the oldest public building in the City of...

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Media presenter

Baldwin has appeared on the Today show and Brendan Moar

Brendan Moar

Brendan Moar is an Australian television host, best known for hosting several lifestyle genre shows on Foxtel, and being the host on the Foxtel program Dry Spell Gardening.-Career:...

’s Gardening Show on Foxtel

Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, operating cable, direct broadcast satellite television and IPTV services. It was formed in 1995 through a joint venture established between Telstra and News Corporation....

 and was a presenter on Our Place TCN9 and has been the gardening columnist for Sydney's Sunday Herald

Sunday Herald

The Sunday Herald is a Scottish Sunday newspaper launched on 7 February 1999. The ABC audited circulation in April 2011 showed sales of 31,123.From the start it has combined a centre-left stance with support for Scottish devolution...

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Publications

• Period gardens : landscapes for houses with history by Myles Baldwin with photography by Simon Griffiths (Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2008)
• Rural Australian gardens by Myles Baldwin with photography by Simon Griffiths (Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2010)