Jerry is the well known television presenter on the ABC 'Gardening Australia program, Director of the Seed Savers' Foundation and Horticultural Editor for  The Organic Gardener magazine.  He will speak on “Carbon farming:  how organic farmers store more and cost less”.

Jerry has been a consultant for Sydney city renovation projects, including Darling Park, Central Station, St Mary's Cathedral, the Conservatorium of Music, and the Sydney International Airport. During 2001, Jerry was the horticultural consultant for the inaugural 'ABC Gardening Australia Live' in NSW.

For eleven years, Jerry managed the horticultural estate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

In 2003 Jerry moved to Bayside Brisbane to create a sustainable house and garden. His house generates solar power, recycles sewage and grey water, and harvests rainwater for house and garden use.

The ornamental, subtropical front garden grows plants suited to natural rainfall and predicted climate change. In the back garden Jerry grows fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices. There’s even a sustainable lawn, maintained by solar powered equipment. Everything is grown organically. See: www.bellis.info

Jerry is a director of The Seed Savers’ Foundation, a community organisation which conserves rare and heritage plants, and is a member of the Australian Institute of Horticulture.