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Georgina Reid

Georgina Reid is a writer and the founding editor of Wonderground. Her prose and poetry have been published in books and magazines nationally and internationally. She’s the author of The Planthunter: Truth, Beauty, Chaos and Plants and lives by the river on Darug land.

 

Whose Tree is it Anyway?

CultureOn trees and humans co-existing in urban areas. And an elegy.

Field Trip: Orongo Station with Thomas Woltz

Art & DesignA ride around an internationally renowned example of conservation agriculture in a farm buggy.

Where’s a Gardener When you Need One?

CultureOn choosing a career in gardening and horticulture.

Felicity Jones, Urban Flower Farmer

PeopleFelicity Jones is an Auckland based florist and backyard flower farmer.

Leona Romaniuk’s Garden of a Lifetime

GardensVisit a garden in Brisbane that's been loved and cared for by its owner, Leona Romaniuk, for over sixty years.

Australian Dreamscapes: The Art of Gardening

GardensImmerse yourself in the wild beauty of photographer Claire Takacs's new book, Australian Dreamscapes

Plant/Life: A Camberwell Family Garden

Gardens, PeopleDrop by this gorgeous Melbourne family garden!

Mind your Words. Because they Matter

CultureA musing on language, landscape, nature and words.

New Shoots: Carissa Lee

PeopleIf poet Carissa Lee were a plant she'd be a kangaroo paw.

Bob Griffin: “Go Forth my Young Writing Warrior”

PeopleBob Griffin was a gardener and nurseryman whose words and way of being helped shape The Planthunter.

Gumnut, Baby

CultureAn ode to the great Australian gumnut.

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

Bill Henson’s Post-Industrial Walled Garden

GardensVisit this acclaimed Australian artist's incredible courtyard garden in Melbourne.

River Garden Diaries: And then the Snake (and the Rain) Came

GardensThat time a diamond python visited my garden.

The Way of the Gardener

CultureWe're killing our world. This is why love, and gardening, matters.

A Love Letter to My Neighbour’s Ugly Garden

GardensFreya Latona's neighbour has a beautifully ugly garden.

A Succulent Love Story

BotanicaNatasha Grogan used to HATE succulents. But not anymore!

The Planthunter Book: Truth, Beauty, Chaos and Dirty Laundry

CultureWe made a book! Read the ugly/beautiful truth about it here.

Falling into the Future: Nostalgia, Grief and Granny’s Begonia

GardensAn exploration of grief and nostalgia, framed by the story of a pot plant.

Plant / Life: Andrea Fitzpatrick of Botanick Brisbane

Gardens, PeopleAndrea has transformed an industrial wasteland into a plant paradise.

Book Review: Milkwood by Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar

HarvestGrowing joy and abundance with a passionate pair of permaculturalists.

Women of Plants: Vivian Scarpari

PeopleViv is a horticulturalist, landscape designer and photographer with a penchant for prickly plants!

The Dirt: David Fripp and Blake Jolley

Gardens, PeopleCheck out THE BEST plant collection we've ever stumbled across!

River Garden Diaries: Composting jellyfish and other meanderings

GardensGrowing vegetables, composting, the garden as temple. Another rambling essay by Georgina Reid.

Plant/Life: Wildenstein

GardensWildenstein is a rambling 12-acre garden in the Blue Mountains town of Mount Wilson

Plant Obsessives Unite!

BotanicaObsessive about plants? Join a plant society. There's one for every genus!

Get a Rheum! Plant Hunting in the Himalayas

BotanicaGo hunting botanical oddities in Bhutan with Chris Brown!

Sharon Pie’s Garden Compound

GardensWe drop by the Pie family compound in Brisbane (and fall in love with Sharon).

River Diaries: A Book in a Boatshed and Pondering Place

CultureA musing on the power of place, and news of a Planthunter book.

Designer Profile: TALC Studio

Art & Design, GardensMeet a pair of plant-obsessed San Francisco-based designers of intentionally chaotic gardens.

Plant / Life: A Lush Fitzroy Garden

GardensA lush Melbourne garden designed by Amanda Oliver.

Phoebe Stephens’ Wild Brisbane Garden

GardensGet lost in Phoebe's wild garden with us!

Fashion x Plants x Lust Survey: Kuwaii’s Kristy Barber

PeopleThe founder of Kuwaii answers our lust survey!

Ecosexuality: Earth as Lover, not Mother

CultureBe an ecosexual. Love the earth.

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!

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.

A Tropical Brisbane Garden Wonderland

GardensA visit to Sebastian Di Mauro's glorious tropical garden in Brisbane.

The Dirt: Barry Kable

Gardens, PeopleMeet Australia's most enthusiastic truck driver turned plant collector!

Plant Chat: Thomas Denning

PeopleA chat with the man behind one of our favourite instagram feeds: @t_h_o_m_a_s

Plant/Life: Sean Cook

Gardens, PeopleThe lush inner city garden of leading Sydney florist, Sean Cook of Mr Cook.

A Home Among the Gum Trees: the Pull of the Treechange

CultureFreya Latona muses on our innate desire to find home amongst nature.

Designer Chat: Miguel Urquijo

Gardens, PeopleA chat with Spanish designer Miguel Urquijo about 'homeness', not replicating nature, and much more.

Goods (and happenings) in the Garden: April Edit

GoodsPlanty products and a bunch of Autumn events. April = sorted

The Wasp and the Orchid: A Remarkable Partnership

BotanicaEdith Coleman was the foremost Australian female naturalist of her generation.

Angus Stewart on Attracting Native Animals to the Garden

GardensA chat with the boss man of Australian native plants about creating habitat gardens.

River Garden Diaries: Neighbourly Relations

GardensA story about romance, pragmatism and wildlife in Georgina Reid's river garden.

Designer Chat: Andy Sturgeon

GardensMeet one of the UK's leading garden designers, Andy Sturgeon!

The Human Animal and the Garden. Why?

CultureWhat drives us to create gardens?

Plant/Life: Heronswood House and Garden

GardensHeronswood is home to The Digger's Club's living catalogue of rare plants and heirloom seeds. And it's gorgeous!

Plant / Life: William Dangar’s Bondi Garden

Gardens, PeopleVisit Sydney landscape landscape designer William Dangar's lush Bondi garden with us!

Forgotten Garden Corners

BotanicaA tale of mysterious and forgotten spaces in suburban gardens!

Robin McLay: The Gentle Gardener

GardensRobin McLay, owner of Brookfield Garden Centre, is a woman of the earth.

Designing with Nature: The 2018 Australian Landscape Conference

GardensAustralia's favourite landscape conference is back in 2018, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers.

How-To Grow Air Plants (Tillandsia spp.)

How-ToA guide to growing air plants with expert Bruce Dunstan.

Gutter Talk with Adam Robinson

PeopleA chat about wellbeing, anxiety, and the power of plants with landscape designer Adam Robinson.

The Buzz on Native Bees ‘n Bugs with Tobias Smith

HarvestA chat about native bugs and bees with pollination ecologist Dr Tobias Smith.

Botanical Names are Hot! A Love Letter/Explainer

Botanica, CultureWant to be on trend in 2018? Start learning the language of plants NOW!

Plant/Life: Adelaide Botanic Gardens Wetland

GardensCheck out this award-winning urban wetland in Adelaide with us!

Waterfall Cottage: An Enchanted Garden

GardensWe visit an enchanting Sydney garden, complete with it's own waterfall!

The Dirt: Janet Laurence

Gardens, PeopleA chat about plants, politics and hope with highly acclaimed Australian artist Janet Laurence.

Kids Gone Wild: Nature Play in the City

GardensA new nature playground has just opened in Sydney's Centennial Park. It's wild!

Max Out Your Plant Life Balance

BotanicaPlants make you happier and healthier. It's in the science.

Life, Death and Compost: A Guide (of Sorts)

How-ToIs there any better place to ponder existential questions than the compost heap?

Global Gardens of Peace: Building Gardens, Healing Communities

GardensWe chat with landscape architect Andrew Laidlaw about the healing power of gardens.

Plant/Life: The National Rhododendron Gardens

GardensWe drop by the largest rhododendron collection in the southern hemisphere!

Andrew Barker and Grow Free: Growing Community and Food

PeopleGrow Free is growing food, love and community!

Plant/Life: A Striking Suburban Melbourne Garden

GardensTake a trip to a gorgeous, and incredibly well loved, Melbourne Garden with us!

How-To: Re-Purposed Plant Pots

How-ToNever buy new plant pots again!

Gardening is Not a Rational Act

Art & DesignAn exhibition exploring the relationship between art and gardens is popping up at Abbotsford Convent this spring.

The Art of Frugal Hedonism

CultureBecome a frugal hedonist and be free!

Alex Elliott-Howery’s Thrifty Kitchen

PeopleAlex is co-owner of Cornersmith cafe and the Queen of Kitchen Thrift.

Thrift is my Middle Name

CultureGeorgina Reid's life of thrift.

Tessa Watson’s Tea Garden

Gardens, PeopleTessa Watson grows her own tea!

David Holmgren’s Permaculture Revolution

PeopleA chat with the seriously revolutionary co-founder of permaculture.

How to Make Seed Bombs

How-ToLaunch a spontaneous floral attack with us!

Plant / Life: Clare James

Gardens, PeopleVisit artist Clare James' wild and productive Healesville garden with us!

New Shoots: Plants, Poetry and Place

CultureA garden of poems is sprouting in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens this spring

Dirty Nails Survey: Scott Cain

PeopleScott Cain is tropicoloco!

Plant/Life: Matt Reed of Antique Perennials

Gardens, PeopleA chat with a real-life plant hunter.

From Soil to Plate: District Exhibits at Sydney Royal Easter Show

HarvestWe head behind the scenes to get the low down on one of the biggest/maddest events at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.

Dirty Nails Survey: Graham Ross

PeopleWe find out whats under the grandfather of Australian gardening's nails.

Gaylene’s Maximalist Indoor Garden

GardensWe visit a plant packed Melbourne apartment!

Dirty Nails Survey: Wendy Reid

PeopleA chat with The Planthunter grandmother.

Lucy Culliton is an Artist and Dahlia Fancier

GardensA visit to acclaimed artist Lucy Culliton's incredible country garden.

Plant/Life: A Lush Heritage Garden in Sydney

Gardens“The most important thing with old gardens is to be considerate of and sensitive to the overall fabric of the space."

River Garden Diaries: Truth, Thoreau and Design Dilemmas

GardensA musing on creating a garden, solitude and Thoreau.

A Waltz with Thomas Woltz

Art & Design, GardensThomas Woltz is changing the world, one hectare at a time.

Garden Case Study: Towers Road Residence

GardensWe drop by a striking Melbourne garden designed by Taylor Cullity Lethlean.

Plant/Life: Peter Shaw

Gardens, PeopleTake a trip to a striking and sculptural coastal garden with us.

On the Verandah with Peter Watts

PeopleA chat about conservation, integrity and Edna Walling on Peter Watts' back verandah.

SEED: The Untold Story

CultureA new documentary following the defenders of global seed diversity. Watch it!

Trisha Dixon’s Secret Garden

GardensA visit to Trisha Dixon's wild and historic country garden.

Cruden Farm Garden Diaries

GardensThe garden at Cruden Farm was Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's great labour of love.

Fiona Brockhoff’s Seaside Rebellion

GardensWe drop in on landscape designer Fiona Brockhoff's gorgeous city garden.

Plant Profile: Rosa gallica

BotanicaA rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. Or is it?