Jo Keeble is the founder of Tended Earth, leading projects that build hands-on ecological knowledge and skills while restoring shared urban land.

With a PhD in Medical Biology and over 15 years of research experience, Jo brings a collaborative, curiosity-driven approach to designing and restoring urban landscapes. Over the past five years, she co-led a residential garden design and installation practice (Wild Urban Green), alongside delivering community-based planting and restoration projects across inner-north Melbourne.

Jo’s work is grounded in community. She enjoys working with students, educators, environmental groups, and local residents to co-create outdoor spaces that support learning, wellbeing and ecological resilience — with a strong focus on long-term care, stewardship and capacity-building rather than one-off installations.

Tended Earth reflects Jo’s belief that meaningful environmental change happens when scientific understanding, local knowledge and community participation come together — creating landscapes that are both ecologically rich and deeply valued by the people who inhabit them.