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Cutting Back: Pruning for Renewal
How-ToGarden queen Jac Semmer shares expert advice on winter pruning for health and renewal.
Keeper of Place
PeopleLearned student and gentle teacher Mark Parre has dedicated his life to care, curiosity and growth.
Tracing the Sky: Ornithographies by Xavi Bou
Art & Design, EcologySpanish photographer Xavi Bou makes visible the invisible movements of birds in the sky.
Paths of Least Resistance: A Conversation With Teresa Moller
Art & Design, ConversationsAcclaimed Chilean landscape architect Teresa Moller chats with Georgina Reid.
Between the Lines
CultureAn inexhaustive exploration of line and desire.
Beach Beat (Public Acts of Indecency)
PoetryNew poetry by Scott-Patrick Mitchell.
A Line Across the Deep
CultureThe courage and patience required to make art can be found in unlikely places.
Reckoning with Marianne North
Art & Design, CultureChristin Geall reflects on privilege, art and plants.
Flight Paths
EcologyThe lines that mark movement of animals and plants across landscapes are mysterious and long misunderstood. What can we learn about our world and ourselves if we pay them attention?
Scent and Memory
Culture, MemoirOur sense of smell tethers us unconsciously and elusively to people, places and our past. How? Why?
phosphorescence
Poetry16.06.2022 Words by Jazz Money Images by Daniel Shipp Issue 3Poetry…
Conversations with Plants
BotanicaEvolutionary biologist Monica Gagliano tunes into the desires of plants.
Labour Relations
CultureRecognising the value of life-supporting work in the home and garden.
The Collector
Agriculture, CultureNikolaj Vavilov lived, and died, for diversity.
Choreographing Desire
Agriculture, EcologyHow can land be managed in a way that liberates, not smothers, ecological processes?
Love Letters to Country
Culture, PeopleGamilaraay writer Marika Duczynski yarns with Wiradjuri artist, poet and author Jazz Money about language and Country.
A Forestless Path
Culture, Ecology'I wonder whether I walked through a forest at all.' Courtney Adamson comes to ground in a desecrated landscape.
Site Unseen
Art & DesignThree artists speak about how the land we live on is cleaved by borders or shaped by colonial desires.
Ogmographia
PoetryA poem by India Flint.
Audacious Gardening: On Daring to Care
GardensTo be a gardener is to care deeply, inclusively and audaciously for the world outside our homes and our heads.
The Law of the Land
Culture, EcologyWorking towards legal ancestral personhood for Martuwarra, the Fitzroy River.
Desire Lines: An Introduction to Issue Three
CultureA sneak peek into Wonderground Issue Three, due for release in early June 2022.
Subscribe to Wonderground and WIN!
CultureA most excellent giveaway.
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.
Knowing River
Culture, EssaysMarika Duczynski gets to know Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River.
Gaining Ground
Agriculture, MemoirElizabeth Farrelly discovers the reality of life on the land.
The Well of Grief
PoetryA poem by David Whyte.
Gardening. Radicalised
Art & Design, Conversations, GardensDavid Godshall chats with Georgina Reid about remaking landscape architecture.
Other-Motherhood
Culture, MemoirGeorgina Reid discovers what it really means to care.
The Lost Flora
Art & Design, Culture, EssaysWhat can the stories of plants teach us about living with extinction?
She Rests Under the Oleanders
Gardens, MemoirCamille Roulière tastes loss and love in the garden.
The Everybody Ensemble
EssaysNew writing by award-winning author Amy Leach
Keeping Track
Culture, EssaysDavid Whitworth explores new and old ways of seeing nature.
Miss Galbraith and I
Memoir, PeopleOne book has a profound effect on Michael McCoy
Adventureland
PoetryA poem by Monique Germon.
Earth Works
Art & DesignNeha Kale uncovers fertile ground in the art of Agnes Denes, Nicole Foreshew and Asad Raza.
In Praise of Quiet Landscapes
Art & Design, GardensGardening can be about seeing as much as making, suggests Georgina Reid.
My Pal Mel: An Ecstatic Encounter with an Endangered Plant
BotanicaRobert Champion makes friends with an endangered plant.
Minding the Garden
Conversations, Culture, GardensPsychiatrist, gardener and author Sue-Stuart Smith in conversation with Georgina Reid
Listening to Land
AgricultureIdeas of legacy, transformation and love with regenerative farmer and author Charles Massy and his daughter Tanya.
Making Meaning not Mulch
BotanicaDavid Godshall chats with tree death-walker Jeff Perry.
Memories of Soil
BotanicaIf soil could speak, 'unprecedented' would not be in its vocabulary.
Welcome to the Planthroposcene: A Conversation with Natasha Myers
Conversations, CultureCultural anthropologist Natasha Myers chats with Georgina Reid about growing new worlds.
Farming Futures: A Conversation with Bruce Pascoe
Agriculture, ConversationsA conversation with Bruce Pascoe about farming indigenous food plants.
The Beauty and the Terror
EssaysWriting and gardening, seeing and being. An essay by Georgina Reid.
The Art of Nature
Art & DesignNeha Kale meets four artists exploring new relations with nature.
How to Build the Alps
PoetryA poem by Rachael Mead
A Tree and a Boat
PoetryA poem by Tony Birch.
On Country
Culture, MemoirSome things, like gardening, come late. Others, like Country, are always there, according to Zena Cumpston.
The Poem that Saved a Forest
CulturePoet Jacqueline Suskin on questions of time, transformation and activism.
Bowerbirds
FictionShort fiction by award-winning author Holly Ringland.
She-Oaked Shores
PoetryA poem by Dakota Feirer
Nurturing Nature: School-Based Nature Education
Culture, EssaysGrowing connections beyond the classroom with school-based nature education programs.
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.
Gardening as Freedom: A Conversation with Dan Pearson
Conversations, GardensA conversation with landscape designer and writer Dan Pearson.
Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t
Botanica, Culture, PeopleFelix de Rosen roams the streets with Youtube botanist Joey Santore
Introduction: Wonderground Issue One
CultureAn introduction to the inaugural issue of Wonderground journal, by editor Georgina Reid.
Introduction: Wonderground Issue Two
UncategorizedAn introduction to Wonderground Issue Two, by editor Georgina Reid.
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.
A Remnant of Rainforest
CultureWriter Freya Latona finds respite in a patch of remnant rainforest.
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.
The Dwindling Glades of Gondwana
Botanica, CultureEssayist Peter Grant on the plight of Tasmania's endemic, and imperilled, Pencil Pine.
Growing the Future: A Conversation with Lille Madden
CultureLille Madden is a climate activist, bird nerd and the First Nations Director at Groundswell Giving.
Gardening as Surrender
PeopleA conversation with garden designer and author Richard Unsworth of Garden Life.
Introducing Wonderground Issue Two: LOST
CultureFind out more about Wonderground Issue Two.
Transformative Landscapes: Brooklyn Naval Cemetery Landscape
GardensA Nelson Byrd Woltz designed public space by in New York is created for contemplation and connection.
River Diaries: Getting Lost in the Issue
CultureA behind-the-scenes peek into the process of making Wonderground Issue Two.
Transformative Landscapes: Wild Yards Project
GardensCreate a biodiverse, beautiful and compassionate garden, wherever you live.
Transformative Landscapes: Landscapes of Cohabitation
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
Ecological Anger Management
GardensBreathing new life into a neglected Los Angeles park, one plot at a time.
Decolonising a Caribbean Garden
GardensGardener and artist Ernesto Pujol on designing and tending a decolonised Puerto Rico garden.
Dirt is Good: Notes on Gardening in Australia
Culture, GardensAuthor Belinda Probert on growing a connection to her adopted country via gardening.
Soils of Substance: A Guide by Jac Semmler
How-ToOur resident horticultural expert digs deep (geddit?) into the science of good garden soil.
Kate Seddon’s Glorious Gardens
Art & Design, GardensMeet Kate Seddon, a Melbourne landscape designer with a penchant for plants.
Backyard Adventuring with Filmmaker Beau Miles
PeopleBeau Miles's exploits include sleeping in ancient gum trees, walking 90km to walk and eating 191 cans of beans. Tanya Patrick finds out more about this curious backyard adventurer.
You’ll Never Plough a Field by Turning it Over in Your Mind
CultureWhat we do to the soil, we do to ourselves. An excerpt from Matthew Evan's new book, Soil: The incredible story of what keeps the earth, and us, healthy.
Kate Friend’s Botanical Portraits
Art & DesignBritish photographer Kate Friend's new series explores the relationship between people and their plants.
Designer Profile: Peter Shaw
Art & Design, GardensA garden ramble with designer Peter Shaw on Victoria's Surf Coast.
Tall Tree Tales: Inga Simpson’s Book of Australian Trees
CultureInga Simpson's Book of Australian Trees brings the forest to the living room and classroom, helping kids see the leafy life around us.
Caroline Rothwell’s Infinite Herbarium
Art & DesignAn interview with Sydney based visual artist Caroline Rothwell about plants, art, and painting with carbon emissions.
Growing Compost and Community
CultureHannah Churton started a street composting hub during the COVID-19 lockdown, diverting over two tonnes of food waste from landfill and growing strong community connections. A gorgeous story.
How-To: Propagate Plants Using Soft-Tip Cuttings
Botanica, How-ToGo maximal plant! Learn how take soft-tip cuttings with horticultural expert Jac Semmler.
Ecological Treasure Hunting with Artist Penny Sadubin
Art & Design, PeoplePenny Sadubin's art explores the complexity, importance and beauty of endangered ecological communities.
River Garden Diaries: Playing in the Layers
Culture, GardensA musing by Georgina Reid on gardening in the space between knowledge and intuition.
The Garden as Breath: A Sydney Garden Designed by Spirit Level
GardensA visit to an austere Sydney garden in a spectacular bushland setting.
The Wonder of Seeds (and How to Successfully Germinate Them)
Botanica, How-ToOur horticultural expert, Jac Semmler, offers the ultimate seed-sowing guide.
Book Review: Spirit of the Garden
GardensA new book by Trisha Dixon explores the elusive essence of gardens and landscapes.
River Garden Diaries: The Mind is a Garden
CultureGeorgina Reid explores the relationship between gardening the earth and the mind.