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.
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.
After Nature: An Exhibition by Janet Laurence
Art & DesignCare, art and activism at Janet Laurence's new exhibition in Sydney.
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.
River Garden Diaries: Austerity, Abundance and an Empty Idea
GardensOn uncovering the heart of a garden.
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!
River Garden Diaries: Tree Songs and a Sense of Place
GardensRebirth on the river...
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.
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!
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.