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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.

 

Jess Hood is a Gardener of the Mind

PeopleA wander through one of Australia's oldest native gardens with artist Jess Hood.

The Dirt: Clive Blazey

Gardens, PeopleThe Diggers Club founder is an icon of Australian horticulture.

Fear, Hope and Ending Ecocide

CultureAn international law of ecocide has the power to change the world.

Plant / Life: Jeremy Francis

Gardens, PeopleA passionate plantsman and his once-in-a-lifetime garden.

Joshua Werber Sticks Flowers to his Head

Art & DesignThis NY based floral designer makes next level headpieces!

Terrifying Plants: Be Scared, Very Scared

BotanicaBe scared of this bunch of bad guys, killers, parasites and two-faced-never-to-be-trusted plants...

Collectors’ Plant Fair is COMING!

BotanicaPut it in your diaries, plant people!

Make an Indoor Jungle Jar Garden

How-ToWant more plants indoors? Grow a jar jungle, in water. Now!

20 Cheeky Questions: Phillip Withers

PeopleA cheeky chat with Melbourne based landscape designer Philip Withers.

Simon Rickard is a Player

PeopleMeet Simon Rickard - baroque bassoonist, passionate gardener and duck fancier.

Play Date with Natasha Grogan

People"It's in play that children find their confidence, their imagination and their passions," says Natasha Grogan.

The Dirt: Simon and Anna Ainsworth

PeopleThe owners of Eden Gardens are passionate about plants, community engagement and business.

Plant / Life: Robyn Prent

Gardens, PeopleCheck out this playful perennial garden in Melbourne!

Kati Thanda: An Ephemeral Landscape

Art & DesignExploring an iconic Australian landscape, from above.

The Handover: Sue & Peter Miles

GardensA gorgeous story of a mother and son, and the garden they share.

20 Cheeky Questions: Annie Hamilton

PeopleAnnie clothes people with plants. Literally.

Plant / Life: David Whitworth

Gardens, PeopleVisit a wild inner city jungle garden with us!

Plant Profile: Selenicereus chrysocardium

BotanicaWe profile the particularly ephemeral fern leaf orchid cactus!

Michael McCoy: The Dreamy Gardener

PeopleA chat with landscape designer, writer and now TV presenter Michael McCoy about his life, with plants.

Plant/Life: Natasha Morgan

Gardens, PeopleEscape to the country garden of landscape architect Natasha Morgan.

Victoria Alexander’s Garden House

GardensA visit to author, photographer and plant lover Victoria Alexander's incredible garden house.

Street Libraries: Books on the Footpath

CultureGrow community, grow literacy, grow hope. Grow a book garden on your street.

Soil: Nature’s Intestines

BotanicaThe incredible importance of the zombie world beneath our feet.

20 Cheeky Questions: Elle Prince

PeopleA chat with the co-founder of online plant shop Plants in a Box

Brilliant Green: Plant Intelligence Explained

Botanica, CulturePlants are WAY more brilliant than we realise. Be surprised!

Surprise! A Five Minute Survey + Competition

CultureHelp us shape the future of The Planthunter.

WATER KILLS: How to Water Indoor Plants

How-ToA guide to watering indoor plants

PLANT: Exploring the Botanical World

CultureThis beautiful new botanical art book is full of surprises

Plant / Life: Cherrie Miriklis-Pavlou

Gardens, PeopleA visit to a gorgeous mountain garden in Olinda, Victoria

20 Cheeky Questions: Ivy Muse

PeopleA chat with Alana and Jacqui from botanical wares design studio Ivy Muse

Love Kills: A Short Story

CultureA short story about a heart leafed philodendron caught in the crossfire of a failed relationship.

Designer Profile: Andrea Cochran

Art & Design, GardensAn interview with one of the masters of modern American landscape architecture.

Day Trip: National Rhododendron Gardens, Olinda

GardensPack a picnic and escape to the hills for some weekend plant appreciation.

Stackwood’s Sarah Bell has a Plant Addiction

PeopleA chat with Sarah Bell from Stackwood - a new creative venue and concept store in Freemantle, Western Australia

Living Legacy: From Grief to Growth

CultureHonouring death with life. And trees.

Gardening. It Can Change the World

GardensCultivating perspective, connection and hope in the garden.

Isamu Sawa: Without Water

Art & DesignPhotographer Isamu Sawa photographs floral escapees!

Jellyfish Barges: The Future of Urban Farming?

BotanicaFloating urban farms could just be the future!

Kooks: The Social Winery

HarvestA chat with Alec Law, one of the kooks behind Kooks Social Winery.

Phillip Johnson’s Living Landscapes

GardensLandscape designer Phillip Johnson creates beautiful, biodiverse gardens.

Plant / Life: Erica Wagner and Craig Smith

Gardens, PeopleA gorgeous (and very water-wise!) Melbourne garden

Meditative Photography in the Garden

CulturePhotographer Christopher Phillips is leading Photography and meditation workshops in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

20 Cheeky Questions: Paul Hyland

PeopleA chat about life, plants, and water with nurseryman Paul Hyland

Water: Liquid Gold

CultureWho cares about fancy cars, diamonds or big houses if there's no water?

LADY BOSS: Sasha Titchkosky

PeopleA chat with the founder and boss lady of Australian furniture and design company Koskela.

Plant / Life: Jen Vardy and Family

Gardens, PeopleA visit to a rambling garden designed by Edna Walling in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.

Mary Oliver’s Wild and Precious Life

CultureMary Oliver is a woman of the wilderness and one of America's most celebrated poets.

Lady Boss: Susan Tait

PeopleWe chat with creative director and kitchen dancer Susan Tait.

Tulita the Plant Truck Interviews her Driver. What?!

CultureEach week Tulita the plant truck prowls the streets of NYC, driven by leafy lady Christan Summers.

LADY BOSS: Kara Rosenlund

PeopleA chat with photographer, stylist, author, and all round good gal Kara Rosenlund.

The Dirt: Clover Moore

PeopleA chat with the most influential woman in Sydney, Lord Mayor Clover Moore.

The Dirt: Dan Kyle

Gardens, PeopleA visit to the mountain home and garden of artist Dan Kyle.

Killer Plants! Be Alert, not Alarmed

BotanicaIt's not all beer and skittles in the botanical world. Here are some sinners...

The Plant Society: A Network for Plant Lovers

CultureMelbourne rare plant collector and architect Jason Chongue is having a plant party and you're invited!

20 Cheeky Questions: William Dangar

PeopleA cheeky chat with highly regarded landscape designer William Dangar.

Plant / Life: Barry Byrne and Miguel Alvarez

Gardens, PeopleA visit to a grand five-hectare Blue Mountains garden.

Plant / Life: Michael Bates

Gardens, PeopleA beautifully crafted Sydney garden.

Five O’clock Flower: A Photographic Series

Art & DesignLight, shadow, flowers. All the best things. A gorgeous photographic series by Jenny Peñas

Greg Bourke: Carnivorous Plant Hunter

PeopleA man with a passion for the flesh-hungry sinners of the botanical world.

Conservatories: Putting Plants on a Pedestal

GardensA musing on the magic of plant conservatories.

The Euphorbia Journal

BotanicaThe Euphorbia Journal is a euphorbophile's wet dream. Or thereabouts.

Ed’s Feral Cactus Garden

Gardens, PeopleA wild cactus garden in inner suburban Sydney

Plant Profile: Althaea officinalis (Marshmallow)

BotanicaMmm... Marshmallow! Eat for dessert in the desert

Moorten Botanical Garden: A Family Affair

GardensEver been to a cactarium?! Now's your chance.

The Dirt: Jess Miller

PeopleJess Miller is a mover, shaker and change maker.

Garden Visit: Breenhold, Mount Wilson

GardensA vast garden estate with a lasting legacy of beauty and generosity.

Garden Visit: Withycombe, Mount Wilson

GardensA historic Blue Mountains garden with a new lease on life.

Garden Visit: Tallawong, Mount Irvine

GardensA visit to a rambling Blue Mountains garden with a sculptural twist.

Designer Profile: Sacha Coles

Art & DesignA chat with Sacha Coles, landscape architect and director of ASPECT Studios.

Plant / Life: Judy Sederof

Gardens, PeopleWe visit an over-achieving, 60 square metre East Brunswick garden!

New Shoots: Eileen Chong

PeopleA chat with Sydney based 'poet of small things', Eileen Chong

Mount Wilson: A Garden Community

GardensWe visit the basaltic beauty of Mount Wilson, a garden village in the Blue Mountains of NSW

Plant Profile: Anthurium andraenum

BotanicaWe profile Anthurium andraenum for Man month.

The Dirt: Daniel Baffsky

Gardens, PeopleA chat about plants with landscape architect Daniel Baffsky.

New Shoots: Mark Tredinnick

PeopleA chat with award-winning writer and poet Mark Tredinnick.

Plant / Life: Criss Canning & David Glenn

Gardens, PeopleA visit to a stunning dry climate garden in central Victoria.

Man Candy: Richie Northcott

PeopleRichie from Fresh Prince is our Friday Man Candy man!

Life With Plants: Patrick Honan

PeoplePatrick Honan from St Kilda Indigenous Nursery Co-op is our Reader Profile for the Man issue.

Grow a Micro Forest in Your Kitchen!

How-ToGrow a forest in your kitchen. YUM!

The Australian PlantBank

BotanicaThe Australian PlantBank is saving seeds for the future.

New Shoots: Tamryn Bennett

PeopleLife is a poem, according to multidisciplinary artist, poet, and plant lover Tamryn Bennett

The Dirt: Isaac Miller

PeopleA chat with a four-year-old gardener and philosopher.

Life With Plants: Hannah Cooper

PeopleHannah Cooper from The Tree Diaries is our Reader Profile for this month!

Read & Grow: How Books Inspire Lifelong Plant Love

CultureHow children's books can influence a 'life with plants'.

Plant Profile: The Murderous Pitcher Plant

BotanicaLearn how to grow pitcher plants. Here! Now!

Craig Scott: The Gentle Grower

HarvestWe feast on flowers at Craig Scott's Mangrove Mountain farm.

Plant / Life: Michael Cooke

Gardens, PeopleMichael Cooke has been working with plants since he was 11. No wonder his garden is excellent!

Amanda Dziedzic – Glass Artist

Art & Design"Plants are bloody amazing," says Melbourne-based glass artist Amanda Dziedzic. We agree!

Eating Habits with Belinda Jeffery

PeopleCookbook author Belinda Jeffery shares her Eating Habits with us - everything from raw onion sandwiches to caramel soufflé.

A Feast of Creepers

Culture, PeopleSophie McComas has a thing for creepers. Naturally, we're intrigued!

The Dirt: Aunty Fran Bodkin

PeopleWe take a walk with indigenous elder and storehouse of botanical knowledge, Fran Bodkin

Eating Habits with Jill Dupleix

PeopleThis month we're feasting, and what better way to do it than talk food with Jill Dupleix?

Life With Plants: Erica Nathan

PeopleThis month's reader profile is Erica Nathan of Hobart, who shows us a different way of seeing gardens.

Dear Hunter: A Fiddly Fig Problem

BotanicaOur first Dear Hunter letter is from a distressed fiddle leaf fig owner.

A Cosmic Whale Garden!

GardensYep, whale and garden in the same sentence. Only on The Planthunter

Biodynamic Magic

HarvestWe visit Jurlique's biodynamic flower farm in the Adelaide Hills.

Plant / Life: Ann Sherry & Michael Hogan

Gardens, PeopleA visit to the garden of one of Sydney's most iconic residences!

Life With Plants: Betina Simmons Blaine 

PeopleIntroducing Betina Simmons Blaine of Seattle, our first reader profile about life with plants.

Plant Profile: Cosmos

BotanicaLearn how to grow the most cosmic of blooms!