Culture
‘The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.’ – Stanley Kunitz
Here, we explore the nuances of the relationship between humans and the natural world. We share provocative ideas and thoughtful opinions, and ask plenty of questions about what it means to be here, now.
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The New World, Tomatoes and Mortgage Lifters
Botanica, CultureOn tomatoes, discovery and creativity in trying times.
Attention is the Beginning of Devotion
CultureA musing on what it means to pay attention to nature.
The Art of Refusal: Lucienne Rickard’s Extinction Studies
Art & Design, CultureAn extraordinary essay on extinction, art and erasure.
“The still point of the turning world”
CultureA musing by Georgina Reid on the call to garden at times of uncertainty, and always.
A Collection of Odes. To Resilience, Weeds and Wishing Trees
Culture“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
A collection of Odes: To Dirty Hands, Chairs and Un-Cool Plants
CultureGorgeous garden odes from the Planthunter Ode Project
Untethered
CultureA note from The Planthunter editor Georgina Reid.
Victor Steffensen’s Fire Country
CultureIndigenous Fire Practitioner Victor Steffensen explains how Indigenous fire management could help save Australia
Introducing the Planthunter Ode Project
CultureImagine an untamed and entangled garden of words that whisper, shout, murmur and yell of the beauty and importance and value of the natural world! Ode with us.
The Earth is in Her Hands
CultureA conversation with the author of new book featuring 75 leading women of plants.
Once Upon a Tree War
CultureBede Brennon dives into a complex and venomous debate over weeds and street trees in a quiet country town.
The Man Who Writes Lists: A Fire Story
CultureBird watcher and botanist Max James's property 'vaporised' in the 2020 Australian bushfires. This is Max's story, told by his daughter Clare.
Breathing Fire
CultureAn essay by Georgina Reid exploring questions of relationship and imagination in the wake of the Australian bushfires.
Poem: This Here, This Now
CultureA poem by Georgina Reid.
Into the Darkness: Light Pollution and the Dark Sky Movement
CultureWhat do we lose when the lights stay on? Emma Simms on light pollution, the Dark Sky Movement and more.
What Tree Will You Be When You Die?
CultureCreating new life from death with memorial forests.
On the Other Side of Loss Lies Love
CultureA personal exploration of the relationship between ecological grief and transformation by Georgina Reid
Healing Women, Healing the Earth: An interview with Jane Hardwicke Collings
CultureFreya Latona chats with women's mysteries teacher and founder of the school of sharmanic womencraft, Jane Hardwicke-Collings.