Speakers

Bio:  Paul Zammit, is a graduate of the University of Guelph and is an instructor of Horticulture at Niagara College.

Prior to joining the faculty, Paul held the position of the Director of Horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden for 10 years. Before that, he spent 20 years managing the Perennial Department at Plant World. He is a passionate and energetic gardener and lover of nature who has been delivering presentations across Canada, throughout the US
and internationally in countries such as Switzerland, Germany, Bermuda and South Africa for over 30 years. For the past ten years, Paul has been providing gardening advice on the CBC Here and Now radio program. In 2022 Paul became the regular garden host on the weekly CBC program Ontario Today. Paul is also an avid photographer. His articles and images have been featured in numerous gardening magazines including Fine Gardening. In 2017, Garden Making magazine selected Paul and his wife as two of Canada’s top 20 people shaping gardens across Canada. In 2019 and again from 2023-2025 Paul helped to co-lead tours of private and public gardens in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Plans are in the works for more tours in 2026. Paul was also the recipient of the 2019 and the 2021 Garden Communicator of the Year award from Landscape Ontario. In 2023 he received and Educator award from the Perennial Plant Association.