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‘We are a landscape of all we have seen.’ – Isamu Noguchi
This is where we get to talk to all sorts of people about their passion for the natural world. Artists, makers, designers, thinkers, farmers, gardeners – the list is endless. We love sharing stories of people doing interesting, creative, and important work with plants and nature.
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Plant/Life: Mathieu Gallois
Gardens, PeopleMathieu Gallois lives halfway between the second and third floor of a huge old warehouse building in Redfern.
The Dirt: Holly Austin
Gardens, PeopleHolly Austin is an actor, musician, writer, beat-boxer, and self-confessed hack gardener. Here is her story...
Carolyn Barker: The Radish Alchemist
PeopleBy bridging the wonderful worlds of root vegetables and metalsmithing, radishes have finally managed to capture my…
Plant/Life: The Eckersleys
Gardens, PeopleThis garden in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills is a real family affair. Owned by Ross…
Gardening With Soul
PeopleThere is something very poetic about a gardening nun, don’t you think? Jess Feast, a documentary maker…
The Dirt: Nick Ritar
Gardens, Harvest, PeopleAn interview with Milkwood Permaculture co-founder Nick Ritar about murdering plants, food ethics and connection.
Guess I’ll Go Eat Worms: A Guide to Worm Farming
PeopleMan’s best friend is not the four legged canine, as popular culture would have you believe. In…
Conversations With Plants
PeopleWhen I was about seven years old my best friend and I did an experiment where we…
Plant/Life: Jonathan West & Family
Gardens, PeopleIn what could be the most exciting plant news since the discovery of the Wollemi pine, this…
Melissa Hirsch: Fibre Artist
PeopleThe origins of working with plant fibres are ancient. Evidence suggests the Peruvians began spinning cotton fibres…
The Dirt: Hayley West
Gardens, PeopleHayley West has a Rhipsalis addiction. I know, it sounds scary but its not. Rhipasalis is a…
A Petite Green World
PeopleAmy Wong is a painter, scientist, and teacher – but is perhaps best known as a creator…
The Dirt: Brendan Moar
Gardens, PeopleBrendan Moar is a lovely character. We had a two-cup-of-tea kind of conversation, rambling about all sorts…
Diego Bonetto: The Weedy One
PeopleIt’s a hot afternoon in March when I catch the train to an arts centre in western…
A Celebration of Cactus
PeopleA chat with cactus collector Lester Meyers, of Gilgandra in north western NSW
Doctor Lisa Cooper
PeopleI keep hearing of this Doctor Lisa Cooper character. She is an artist, a doctor of philosophy,…
