Garlic University
Meet and greet our Garlic Gurus at the Festival.
Meet our Festival speakers, the country’s leading experts on garlic. Take the opportunity to learn about the many varieties of garlic and how to grow it.
Penny Woodward
Author | Broadcaster | Editor | Garlic Guru Penny is a dedicated organic gardener with a degree in botany and zoology. She is the author or co-author of 8 gardening books, including the award-winning ‘Garlic, an organic guide to knowing, sowing and using garlic’ and multi-award winning ‘Tomato - know sow grow feast’. A life member of the Australian Garlic...
John Olliff
Founder | Freshwater Creek Garlic Chair | Australian Garlic Industry Association John has been growing garlic for 13 years, near Geelong in Victoria. Over time he has extended his crop and is now a fully certified organic garlic grower. Before growing garlic, John had a business in the food service industry, and management experience in both a publicly listed company and a sports...
Julie Weatherhead
Peppermint Ridge Farm is an eight-hectare property nestled in bushland close to Bunyip State Park. It has been transformed over 25 years into a Living Classroom focusing on sustainability and the value of Australia’s native plants in landscape design and creative cooking. Co-founder, Julie Weatherhead, will host a presentation and provide an opportunity to learn more about Australia’s wonderful native...