68. POWER PLAY
Power is both a problem and a solution. It’s a disaster when used by few for the wrong reasons, it’s beautiful when harnessed by many for the right ones. This month we’re tapping into the power of plants, of connection, of love. “The most common way people give up their power is by believing they don’t have any”, said novelist Alice Walker. We’re empowered, because we believe.
Issue 68.
POWER PLAY
Alice Fox is a Natural Fibre Artist, Scientist and Gardener
Art & DesignA chat with natural fibre artist Alice Fox.
Plant / Life: Will Studd’s Edible Wonderland
GardensInternational cheese man Will Studd is a VERY passionate vegetable gardener.
Case Studies: Questions of Home, Plants and Power
Art & DesignAn art project by Felicity Jones and Mark Smith exploring the cultural and environmental impacts of the Wardian case.
Super Bloom: New Floral Frontiers in Public Planting Design
GardensWhat does it take to make engaging, dynamic and loved public spaces?
Touching the Earth: A Survey of Female Land Artists
Art & DesignLucy Munro shines a light on a bunch of acomplished and important land artists.
Obscure Edibles: Growing a Radical and Delicious New World
HarvestTwo queens of the vegetable patch share their favourite obscure edible plants. Get growing!
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Highlights
Fiona Brockhoff’s Sublime Garden Wonderland
Art & Design, GardensKarkalla is one of the great private gardens of Australia.
From Control to Connection: A New Ethos of Care
CultureAn essay by Georgina Reid exploring an alternate way to care.
Mama Kin is a Rock n’ Roll Gardening Goddess
Harvest, PeopleMama Kin's spirit animal is a ride-on lawnmower.
War Gardens: the Search for Calm amid Chaos
GardensA journey through the war gardens of Afghanistan, Gaza, Israel, the West Bank & Ukraine with war photographer, Lalage Snow.
How to Propagate Hoyas
How-ToLearn how to propagate hoyas from the experts!
EVENT: Art and the Garden: Bill Henson
Join internationally acclaimed artist Bill Henson in conversation with Georgina Reid at the Art Gallery of NSW on October 20.
Gardens
Bill Henson’s Post-Industrial Walled Garden
GardensVisit this acclaimed Australian artist's incredible courtyard garden in Melbourne.
The Dirt: David Fripp and Blake Jolley
Gardens, PeopleCheck out THE BEST plant collection we've ever stumbled across!
Fiona Brockhoff’s Sublime Garden Wonderland
Art & Design, GardensKarkalla is one of the great private gardens of Australia.
Plant / Life: A Lush Fitzroy Garden
GardensA lush Melbourne garden designed by Amanda Oliver.
Australian Dreamscapes: The Art of Gardening
GardensImmerse yourself in the wild beauty of photographer Claire Takacs's new book, Australian Dreamscapes
Essays
Wild: the Healing Relationship Between Nature and Grief
Wild nature, in contrast to the urban landscape, is a place that invites the grieving to grieve. It does not seek to silence a damaged, confused heart or distract it with noise and activityThe Way of the Gardener
I am committed to tending to this world as a gardener. I am committed to cultivating new shoots, new stories, new hopes, new futures. I do this work with dirt under my nails, with curiosity, reverence and respect. And I wonder, is there any better way to be in the world right now than the way of the gardener – aware, engaged and in love?Support The Planthunter
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Fiona Brockhoff’s Sublime Garden Wonderland
Art & Design, GardensKarkalla is one of the great private gardens of Australia.
Landscape Architecture and the Garden
Art & DesignLandscape architect Bede Brennan explores the sometimes fraught relationship between landscape architecture and gardening.
Designer Profile: Juan Grimm
Art & Design, GardensWe chat with one of South America's most outstanding landscape designers, Juan Grimm.
River Garden Diaries: All Prospect, No Refuge
GardensWhat to do with a windy garden?
Beauty and Courage: Thoughts on Life, Gardens and the Human Spirit
Culture, GardensThere is a garden near artist Katherine Throne's home that borders on bedlam...
Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care
GardensA personal essay on life and gardening by Georgina Reid.
Seeking Refuge: How Australian Plants use Soil for Shelter
BotanicaRobert Champion explores the clever fire-shelter tactics of Australian plants.
Awakening the Activist: Right Here, Right Now
CultureWriter Freya Latona on what it means to be an environmental activist, right here, right now.
Life Lessons: Georgina Reid
PeopleLessons from the life of The Planthunter founder and editor.
Plant / Life: Lyle Filippe of Roraima Nursery
Gardens, PeopleA visit to the garden and nursery of a self-confessed plant hoarder.
Coming Home: The art of Tamara Dean
Art & DesignTamara's photographic work explores beautiful ways of saying painful things.