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The Garden Pushes Back
GardensAn excerpt from James Golden's new book, The View from Federal Twist.
River Garden Diaries: An Aesthetic of Care
Culture, GardensGeorgina Reid explores explore an aesthetic of care that moves beyond the human as source and beneficiary of action. A de-centring of human desire in the garden.
Hot Tips: Planting, Transplanting and Dividing Plants
How-ToOur horticultural queen Jac Semmler has a guide to planting, transplanting and dividing plants - the perfect Autumn garden job!
A Message From the Flood Zone
CultureThe NSW floods are a call to take action on climate change, writes Anna Rose.
The Garden as Ecological Island
GardensCan a suburban garden become an ecological island? NZ artist Michael Shepherd finds out.
Essays
The Garden as Ecological Island
'I wanted to create a garden that almost frightened people. In many gardens, the plant becomes an accessory and it’s only there to decorate a human’s life. When this garden was mine, I made people push up against plants, I made them struggle. I think those are good experiences.’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.ARCHIVE
Letter from the Editor: Welcome to Wonderground
From The EditorThe Planthunter is now Wonderground. Find out more!
Explainer: The Planthunter is now Wonderground
From The EditorWhat? Where has the Planthunter gone?! Find out more, here.
Hot Tips: Planting, Transplanting and Dividing Plants
How-ToOur horticultural queen Jac Semmler has a guide to planting, transplanting and dividing plants - the perfect Autumn garden job!
The Garden Pushes Back
GardensAn excerpt from James Golden's new book, The View from Federal Twist.
Gaining Ground
Agriculture, MemoirElizabeth Farrelly discovers the reality of life on the land.