John Rayner

Associate Professor John Rayner is director of Urban Horticulture at the University of Melbourne. Based at the Burnley campus, John’s research and teaching is focused around the design and use of plants in the landscape, particularly green roofs and walls, climbing and ground cover plants, children’s gardens and therapeutic landscapes. John is also a passionate educator and keen gardener. Together with his wife Michelle, he gardens a one-hectare property in the Dandenong Ranges.