Deity, Demon or Somewhere In-between: Eucalyptus Trees in California
Botanica, CultureJeff Perry explores the complex story of gum trees in California.
Saving Grace: Bill Henson Moves his Childhood Garden
Culture, GardensBill Henson moves his late mother's garden, before the bulldozers arrive.
Shared Pleasures: The Joys of Other Peoples’ Gardens
GardensPlant-a-holic Jac Semmler is in love with visiting other peoples' gardens.
Gardening, Radicalised!
GardensGet radical in the garden with David Godshall and Terremoto.
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Musk Cottage: Rick Eckersley’s Rogue Garden
GardensAcclaimed Australian garden designer Rick Eckersley is a rogue. So is his garden. So is his upcoming book.
Saving Grace: Bill Henson Moves his Childhood Garden
Culture, GardensBill Henson moves his late mother's garden, before the bulldozers arrive.
Ecological Anger Management
GardensBreathing new life into a neglected Los Angeles park, one plot at a time.
Fiona Brockhoff’s Sublime Garden Wonderland
Art & Design, GardensKarkalla is one of the great private gardens of Australia.
Essays
Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care
I’m rarely the recipient of negativity, of course. Everyone smiles when I mention I write about gardens, that I am a gardener. “How lovely,” they say, seeing me as a simple and wholesome woman, secateurs fused to my right hand and fingernails permanently encrusted with soil. “Salt of the earth!” they suggest enthusiastically. I smile outwardly, and inwardly too, telling myself they have no idea just how gritty this woman really is.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?ARCHIVE
Gardening, Radicalised!
GardensGet radical in the garden with David Godshall and Terremoto.
The Dwindling Glades of Gondwana
Botanica, CultureEssayist Peter Grant on the plight of Tasmania's endemic, and imperilled, Pencil Pine.
Gardening as Surrender
PeopleA conversation with garden designer and author Richard Unsworth of Garden Life.
Wild Yards Project: Wilderness Begins at Home
GardensCreate a biodiverse, beautiful and compassionate garden, wherever you live.
Ecological Anger Management
GardensBreathing new life into a neglected Los Angeles park, one plot at a time.
Growing the Future: A Conversation with Lille Madden
CultureLille Madden is a climate activist, bird nerd and the First Nations Director at Groundswell Giving.
Landscapes of Cohabitation by doxiadis+
Art & Design, Gardens'The idea of creation is beautiful, and the human species is capable of so much creation. But an existing climate and ecosystem, it’s not a blank page’ - Thomas Doxiadis
River Diaries: Getting Lost in the Issue
CultureA behind-the-scenes peek into the process of making Wonderground Issue Two.
This Park in a Former Cemetery is Designed for Contemplation
GardensA Nelson Byrd Woltz designed public space by in New York is created for contemplation and connection.
Dirt is Good: Notes on Gardening in Australia
Culture, GardensAuthor Belinda Probert on growing a connection to her adopted country via gardening.
Kate Seddon’s Glorious Gardens
Art & Design, GardensMeet Kate Seddon, a Melbourne landscape designer with a penchant for plants.
Designer Profile: Peter Shaw
Art & Design, GardensA garden ramble with designer Peter Shaw on Victoria's Surf Coast.