Wild Urban Green
Wild Urban Green came to life in 2019 with the combined talents of Nicky Forge and Jo Keeble, two dear friends who share a love of gardening and people.
In 2025, Nicky stepped up as Director of Wild Urban Green. At the same time, Jo took a side-step into community/open space gardening, but is looking forward to continuing to support Nicky and Wild Urban Green.
Nicky is excited to lead her team as they continue to work with their clients to create beautiful and wild gardens to be lived in and loved.
Nicky Forge
Director of Wild Urban Green
Nicky loves the opportunity to think creatively and work with people towards a shared vision, whether that’s an intricate native display, a hands on productive fruit and vegetable experience, a perennial cottage style garden that will thrive in our hot summers or an eclectic mix of all of the above.
She loves creating garden spaces that leave room for observation and imagination - different textures and foliage, colour and restful places, places for kids to play, spaces for adults to enjoy. An experienced botanist, Nicky’s plant knowledge, along with her planning prowess and expert project management skills, sets her apart.
Nicky enjoys growing and improving her own garden, complete with an orchard, vegetable garden, frog pond, trees and flowers, all on a generous suburban block in Melbourne’s inner north west.
Nicky has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Natural Resource Management) from the University of Melbourne. She brings extensive professional experience to Wild Urban Green, including 2 years of river restoration project management, 5 years’ ecological consulting for Biosis, and 5 years transforming garden spaces.