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How-To: Propagating Native Plants with Nancy Shaw
How-ToIf you’re looking for magic in your life, look no further than vegetative propagation.
Plants in the Post: An At-Home Project
How-ToYou've got (plant) mail!
Victor Steffensen’s Fire Country
CultureIndigenous Fire Practitioner Victor Steffensen explains how Indigenous fire management could help save Australia
Interrogation and Regeneration with Artist Cara Johnson
Art & Design, PeopleArtist Cara Johnson's works interrogate ideas around land management practices and the human relationship with the natural world.
The Earth is in Her Hands
CultureA conversation with the author of new book featuring 75 leading women of plants.
Calling all Citizen Scientists and Dead Tree Detectives
BotanicaDust off your Hamburg hat, dig out your camera and get your notebook ready. There’s a mystery unfolding across Australia, and your help is needed to unravel it.
In the Stars: Astro-Gardening and Horticultural Horoscopes
BotanicaWhat can your zodiac sign tell you about your gardening persona?
Dancing with Diversity: Climate-Proofing Nardoo Hills Reserve
BotanicaAn innovative and ambitious approach to restoration ecology at Nardoo Hills Bush Heritage reserve
Alice Fox is a Natural Fibre Artist, Scientist and Gardener
Art & DesignA chat with natural fibre artist Alice Fox.
Designer Profile: Juan Grimm
Art & Design, GardensWe chat with one of South America's most outstanding landscape designers, Juan Grimm.
Beauty and Courage: Thoughts on Life, Gardens and the Human Spirit
Culture, GardensThere is a garden near artist Katherine Throne's home that borders on bedlam...
Awakening the Activist: Right Here, Right Now
CultureWriter Freya Latona on what it means to be an environmental activist, right here, right now.
River Garden Diaries: All Prospect, No Refuge
GardensWhat to do with a windy garden?
Seeking Refuge: How Australian Plants use Soil for Shelter
BotanicaRobert Champion explores the clever fire-shelter tactics of Australian plants.
Written in the Trees: The Roots of Arborglyphs
CultureAn exploration of the history of human mark-making on trees.
Life Lessons: Florist Melanie Stapleton
PeopleA chat about life, family and flowers with the founder of Melbourne florist, Cecilia Fox.
Design and Life: Xanthe White, Miguel Urquijo and Phillip Johnson
Art & Design, GardensThree outstanding designers with a deep appreciation for and reverence of the natural world.
Life Lessons: Artist Linda Tegg
PeopleWe catch up with Australian artist Linda Tegg to talk art, process and plants.
Design and Life: Andrea Cochran, Kate Cullity and Sacha Coles
Art & DesignThree landscape architects whose combined visions are shaping the earth beneath our feet for the better.
Life Lessons: Georgina Reid
PeopleLessons from the life of The Planthunter founder and editor.
In a Tangle: the Debate over New Zealand’s Small Leaved Shrubs
BotanicaRobert Champion untangles the mystery of New Zealand's small leaved, divaricating plants.
Bonsai and the Cult of Cute
Botanica, CultureAn exploration of our obsession with the tiny world of bonsai!
A Trillion Trees Can Save the World
Botanica, CultureThe simple solution you can put into action to kick climate change to the curb!
City of Trees: a Chat with Sophie Cunningham
PeopleFreya Latona chats with author Sophie Cunningham about her new book, City of Trees.
Battlefield Botanicals: Plant Use During War
BotanicaThe bloodstained history of plants as healers, harmers and sustenance in warfare.
War Gardens: the Search for Calm amid Chaos
GardensA journey through the war gardens of Afghanistan, Gaza, Israel, the West Bank & Ukraine with war photographer, Lalage Snow.
‘I Garden Because I Am’: A Conversation with Alys Fowler
PeopleWe chat with the UK garden writer, gardener and TV personality.
Zombie Plants!
BotanicaWhat is dead may never die, as these resurrected zombie/mutant plants will show you...
Plant/Life: The Garden of St Erth
GardensWe head to the hills of central Victoria for a ramble around a historic and highly productive garden.
David and Sheila: A Pair of Extraordinary Gardeners
GardensBede Brennan's grandparents are the most remarkable gardeners he knows.
Out of the Ashes: Fire as a Tool of Cultivation and Care
CultureLeading Australian voices Kate Cullity, Charles Massy, Lesley Patterson & Michelle McKemey on fire ecology in Australia.
The New Normal: Gardening for the Future in Rural Australia
GardensWhat does an increasingly extreme climate look like for gardeners in rural Australia?
Horticultural Therapy: Finding Ground in Nature
Botanica, CultureKathryn Tam takes us on a mindfulness walk in the New York Botanical Gardens.
Stefano Mancuso’s Nation of Plants
BotanicaAn upcoming exhibition from neurobiologist & author Stenfano Mancuso explores the concept of plants as living & sentient beings.
Australian Dreamscapes: The Art of Gardening
GardensImmerse yourself in the wild beauty of photographer Claire Takacs's new book, Australian Dreamscapes
Living Art: Lina’s Garden
GardensShare in the wonder of Lina Massi's lovingly-tended Sydney garden.
Surviving the Urban Jungle, with Help from Herbs
HarvestThis is how naturopath Sarah Fehlberg survives in Sydney's urban jungle.
Plant/Life: A Camberwell Family Garden
Gardens, PeopleDrop by this gorgeous Melbourne family garden!
Why Listen to Plants?
Art & DesignA new exhibition in Melbourne asks what can we learn by listening to plants.
New Shoots: Kirli Saunders
PeopleMeet poet, children's author and motorcycle enthusiast, Kirli Saunders.
New Shoots: Carissa Lee
PeopleIf poet Carissa Lee were a plant she'd be a kangaroo paw.
New Shoots: Nandi Chinna, Poet and Wanderer
PeopleWriting words and wild wanderings with Nandi Chinna.
Madness and Wonder: An Excerpt from The Gardener’s Year
Botanica, CultureAn excerpt from Karel Čapek's glorious book, The Gardener's Year
Writing and Wombating: a Chat with Jackie French
PeopleFreya Latona catches up with the beloved Australian author, ecologist and gardener.
Nature as Muse: Landscapes that Inspired Literature
CultureLandscape and literature - a match made in heaven!
Weeds Might Save the World
CultureWeeds are valuable resources in the age of the Anthropocene.
Bill Henson’s Post-Industrial Walled Garden
GardensVisit this acclaimed Australian artist's incredible courtyard garden in Melbourne.
The Night Gardeners: A Short Story
CultureA magical tale about cultivating beauty in an abandoned garden.
Kate Wall is a Gardener of Weeds
PeopleWelcome to Kate Wall's weedy world!
A Love Letter to My Neighbour’s Ugly Garden
GardensFreya Latona's neighbour has a beautifully ugly garden.
The World’s Ugliest Plants
Botanica, CultureIs a gerbera uglier than a penis shaped plant that stinks of rotting meat?
A Succulent Love Story
BotanicaNatasha Grogan used to HATE succulents. But not anymore!
Green Light: Photographic Nostalgia from the Garden
Art & DesignYou know those brilliant pics of your mum and dad in flares and crochet tops? You can thank the plant kingdom for them.
The Lore of the Land: Weather Forecasting with Nature
CultureExploring the ancient craft of predicting weather events by reading the landscape and the skies.
Women of Plants: Ann Marie Amato
PeopleA day in the life of a seedstress at Cistus Nursery!
Book Review: Milkwood by Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar
HarvestGrowing joy and abundance with a passionate pair of permaculturalists.
The Octopus’s Gardener: Growing Coral Reefs in the Gili Islands
CultureJust off the coast of Indonesia, a passionate team of coral gardeners are growing new ways to fight the war on ocean pollution.
Women of Plants: Amanda Woodhams
PeopleAmanda is an incredibly passionate tree woman, horticulturalist and dahlia lover.
My Family Tree Grows Through the Roof of Nana’s Garage
CultureA tale of family, nostalgia and Nana Eileen's huge old oak tree.
Women of Plants: Jane Rose Lloyd, the Strange Plant Lady
PeopleA chat with horticulturalist, rare plant hunter and plant obsessive, Jane Rose Lloyd.
My Dad Bill, the Tree Planting Obsessive
CultureA story of a man, his spirit level and a tree museum.
Plant/Life: Wildenstein
GardensWildenstein is a rambling 12-acre garden in the Blue Mountains town of Mount Wilson
Tulipomania: A Tale of Obsession, Greed and Flowers
Botanica, CultureThat time when tulips were more expensive than houses.
Sharon Pie’s Garden Compound
GardensWe drop by the Pie family compound in Brisbane (and fall in love with Sharon).
From Damascus to Kyoto: Victoria Alexander’s Garden Travels
GardensDive into part two of Victoria Alexander's world tour of planty places.
Yappo: A Book About a Man and a Plant
Art & DesignYappo is a philosophical picture book for adults
Designer Profile: TALC Studio
Art & Design, GardensMeet a pair of plant-obsessed San Francisco-based designers of intentionally chaotic gardens.
From Oaxaca to Amsterdam: Victoria Alexander’s Garden Travels
GardensA world garden tour with author and photographer Victoria Alexander.
A Guide to Fruit Trees in the Home Garden
HarvestIn an area no bigger than a domestic front yard, any gardener can grow a year’s supply of fruit & vegetables. Get planting!
Sarah Glover is an Adventure-Seeking Chef
PeopleWe chat with the Aussie chef about her outdoor food adventures.
Wild Motherhood (Orchid Hunting in Cyprus)
CultureA tale of orchid hunting in Cyprus with a baby botanist.
Native Orchid Rescue
BotanicaDive into the complex dynamics of Australian native orchid propagation.
Fashion x Plants x Lust Survey: Kuwaii’s Kristy Barber
PeopleThe founder of Kuwaii answers our lust survey!
Plant/Life: Jenny Rose-Innes
GardensVisit this magnificent relaxed formal Bowral garden with us!
Fashion x Plants x Lust Survey: Stephanie Devine
PeopleThe founder of the Very Good Bra answers our lusty survey!
Sexologist Juliet Allen on Lust and Nature
PeopleFreya Latona chats with sexologist Juliet Allen about the relationship between lust and nature
Plants: Nature’s Aphrodisiacs
BotanicaSexy-time with Plants! You'll be happy to find many an aphrodisiac lurking in your veggie patch or pantry...
Fashion x Plants x Lust Survey: Kelly Elkin
PeopleWe chat fashion, plants and lust with the co-founder of Well Made Clothes, our favourite online ethical fashion shop.
The Lusty Origin Story of Perfume
CultureStick your nose into ancient stories of scent.
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour’s Garden
GardensA tale of street-side garden envy!
A Tropical Brisbane Garden Wonderland
GardensA visit to Sebastian Di Mauro's glorious tropical garden in Brisbane.
Inga Simpson is a Writer and Woman of the Trees
PeopleFreya Latona chats with Inga Simpson about her latest book, Understory.
Abandoned Garden Anarchy
BotanicaWhat happens to a garden when it’s left to its own devices? Anarchy, of course.
Plant Chat: Thomas Denning
PeopleA chat with the man behind one of our favourite instagram feeds: @t_h_o_m_a_s
Suburban Parks as Native Plant Refuges
BotanicaHow closely have you looked at the plants in your local park lately?
Abandon Floral Foam. NOW!
Culture#nofloralfoam. Get on board.
The Bold and Beautiful Ceramics of Elnaz Nourizadeh
Art & DesignWe chat with Elnaz about her process, ideas and transitioning from Iran to Melbourne.
Aphids and Abandon: A Surprising Tale
BotanicaMother Nature always has a few surprises up her sleeve!
Plant/Life: Sean Cook
Gardens, PeopleThe lush inner city garden of leading Sydney florist, Sean Cook of Mr Cook.
Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf
PeopleAn immersive and compelling documentary about the Dutch master of planting design.
Abandon and Opportunity in the Veggie Garden
BotanicaA tale of hope and in the wake of garden destruction (by rats!).
Life, Death and Mandalas: Lessons from Flowers
CultureAn incredible story of love, loss and healing through flowers. Read it!
A Guide to Growing Native House Plants
BotanicaLearn how to grow native Australian plants and trees indoors!
Anna Macoboy: Coming Home to Plants in Perth
PeopleA chat about all things plants with the founder of Wilding, a Perth based design studio.
Landscape is Destiny: A Chat about Home with Author Holly Ringland
CultureWe chat to the author of 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' about home and landscape.
The Call to Home
CultureA story about finding home, by Lucy Munro.
Talking Shop: Lisa Lockhart from Garden Objects
Art & Design, Culture, GoodsA chat with the co-creator of one of our favourite online garden ware stores, Garden Objects.
Secret Gardens: A Book by Matthew Cantwell
GardensA new book from leading Sydney landscape designer and founding director of Secret Gardens.