Meet our experts
Meet the passionate people who work behind the scenes of the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
Ian Black is the Supervisor of Horticulture for the Yurong and Palace Precinct, which includes the Rose Garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.
Ignacio Czajkowski is the Senior Living Collections and Records Officer at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

Jarryd Kelly is a Curator Manager at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
Jason Bragg is a Senior Research Scientist in the Research Centre for Ecosystem Resilience (ReCER) at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

John is a Horticultural Scientist and Director of Horticulture & Living Collections at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
Jude Wright is the Herbarium Volunteer Coordinator at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Karen Sommerville is a Rainforest Conservation Scientist.
Karen Wilson is an Honorary Research Associate at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.

Karina Guo is a Technical Officer Biodiversity Genomics
Katherine Thomson is a Seedbank Assistant at the Botanic Gardens of Sydney.
Kristina McColl brings over three decades of expertise – and an Honours degree in Environmental Sciences, majoring in Botany – to her role as a Collections Curator at the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan.

Laura Watts is the Collections Development Coordinator for the Australian PlantBank.