Sophie Thomson

Sophie Thomson is an Australian horticulturalist, author and television and radio personality from South Australia.

Thomson grew up in Adelaide, where her parents ran a nursery. Thomson has been a presenter on ABC TV's Gardening Australia since the mid-2000s, and is also an ABC radio talk back host.

She writes for major newspapers and magazines and authors books on gardening. Her focus is on the role gardening can play to enhance individual and community wellbeing.

Thomson created a two-acre garden from a dry paddock in the Adelaide Hills over 10 years, documenting the process in a book in 2018, Sophie's Patch. Her subsequent major project is the regeneration of Shingleback Farm in Sedan, South Australia.

Thomson is a board member of the South Australian Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium, and the patron of Butterfly Conservation South Australia.