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The Poem that Saved a Forest
CulturePoet Jacqueline Suskin on questions of time, transformation and activism.
Acts Of Co-Creation
Art & DesignArtist Sammy Hawker gives voice and visual expression to the more-than-human worlds that vibrate around, and with, us.
Root and Branch
Art & DesignNeha Kale profiles three artists who re-imagine ideas of kinship and ask us to look closely at ties that bind.
A Line Across the Deep
CultureThe courage and patience required to make art can be found in unlikely places.
Site Unseen
Art & DesignThree artists speak about how the land we live on is cleaved by borders or shaped by colonial desires.
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.
Caroline Rothwell’s Infinite Herbarium
Art & DesignAn interview with Sydney based visual artist Caroline Rothwell about plants, art, and painting with carbon emissions.
Ecological Treasure Hunting with Artist Penny Sadubin
Art & Design, PeoplePenny Sadubin's art explores the complexity, importance and beauty of endangered ecological communities.
Falling Awake: Paintings by David Whitworth
Art & DesignAn interview with painter David Whitworth about art, landscape architecture and poetry.
The Art of Refusal: Lucienne Rickard’s Extinction Studies
Art & Design, CultureAn extraordinary essay on extinction, art and erasure.
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.
Case Studies: Questions of Home, Plants and Power
Art & DesignAn art project by Felicity Jones and Mark Smith exploring the cultural and environmental impacts of the Wardian case.
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...
Daniel Shipp’s Cast of Ugly Misfits
Art & DesignMeet photographer Daniel Shipp's gang of ugly plant misfits in their first ever glamour shoot.
Dr onacloV and the Mysteries of the Anthropocene
PeopleMeet Dr onacloV - a fascinating woman on the forefront of artistic responses to climate change.
The Dirt: Janet Laurence
Gardens, PeopleA chat about plants, politics and hope with highly acclaimed Australian artist Janet Laurence.
Helene Schmitz and the Sublime Power of Nature
Art & DesignPhotographer Helene Schmitz's work explores the complex and often violent relationship between humans and the natural world.
Painting Lila’s Garden
Art & DesignArtist Samantha Dennison has turned neighbourhood flower thieving into an art form.
Leila Jeffreys: The Birds and the Trees
Art & DesignWe catch up with an incredible artist to talk birds, bees and trees.
The Wired Lab: A Space for Contemporary art in Rural Australia
Art & DesignGet down, dirty and arty on the farm!
In Linnaeus’ Garden: What We are Made of Will Make Something Else
Art & Design, CultureArtist Penelope Aitken went to Sweden to imbibe Carl Linnaeus.
Embellish: A Photographic Series by Emma Bass
Art & DesignA new photographic series by NZ artist Emma Bass explores notions of truth, beauty and authenticity.
Gardening is Not a Rational Act
Art & DesignAn exhibition exploring the relationship between art and gardens is popping up at Abbotsford Convent this spring.
Painting Plants: Elizabeth Barnett
Art & DesignElizabeth Barnett plays with plants and paint.
Soft City: An Exhibition by Penelope Metcalf
Art & DesignPenelope Metcalf captures the magic of everyday Sydney streetscapes.
Think Like a Plant, Think Like a Woman
Art & DesignClimate change, eco-feminism and the art of Janet Laurence.
Native Swinson: Bringing the Bush to Bondi
Art & DesignArtist, illustrator and textile designer Kate Swinson is bringing the bush to Bondi
The Dirt: Dan Kyle
Gardens, PeopleA visit to the mountain home and garden of artist Dan Kyle.
Mapplethorpe’s Flora
Art & Design, CultureWe take a look inside the epic book, Mapplethorpe Flora.
Man Candy: Ken Done
PeopleColour, optimism and, well, KEN DONE!!!
Azuma Makoto: International Man of Flowers
Art & DesignStep inside Azuma Makoto's world.
Your Future Is Written In The Trees
Art & DesignArtist Caitlin Franzmann has mapped out your destiny in her 'Tree-telling' divination cards!
When Bread Met Honey
Art & DesignGet your fingers sticky with the Bread + Honey exhibition, on show at Hotel Hotel from 6 February!
Wonderplants!
Art & DesignSarah Illenberger's Wonderplants are just normal plants... with superhero alter egos!
Accidental Smoothie: Patterns, Plants & Art!
Art & DesignA whole lot of plants and patterns underpin Karina Sharpe's 'Accidental Smoothie' series.
Salad, Mr President?
PeopleWe chat with Julia Sherman of Salad For President about art and salad (of course!).
‘The Awkward Gardener’ by Natasha Cantwell
Art & DesignA photographic exploration of defiant suburban gardens by Natasha Cantwell.
The Art of Nature: Karl Blossfeldt
Art & DesignThe photographic genius of Karl Blossfeldt.
Misha Hollenbach Attack
PeopleMisha Hollenbach of fashion team P.A.M. attacks ikebana and wallpaper with art.
Ellis Rowan: Plant Hunter
CultureA radical Australian plant hunter who broke all the rules.
Rousseau in the Jungle
Art & Design, CultureHenri Rousseau painted exotic jungles, but he was really the ultimate city dweller.
Oh, van Gogh!
Art & Design, CultureVincent van Gogh painted sunflowers, olive orchards and lemons – and he's up next in our artist series.
Camille Pissarro: The Impressionist Gardener
Art & Design, CultureWe're exploring artists who depict nature this month - first up is Camille Pissarro.
The Garden: Art, Dalliance, or Both?
Art & Design, GardensAn exploration of the idea of gardens as art, and the implications of the title.
Roberto Burle Marx: The Modernist Gardener
Art & Design, GardensRoberto Burle Marx was an artist, landscape architect, plant hunter and passionate environmentalist.
20 Cheeky Questions: Marc Martin
PeopleWe enter the lush illustrated world of Melbourne artist Marc Martin to ask 20 Cheeky Questions.
Anne Harris: In the Artist’s Studio
PeopleArtist Anne Harris invites us into her studio, in Queensland's rainforest country!
The Dirt: Tamara Dean
PeopleA cup of tea and a bushwalk with highly acclaimed artist Tamara Dean.
Ritual & Nature: The Art of Tamara Dean
Art & DesignTamara Dean's breathtaking art explores the relationship between humans and the natural world.
(Botanical) Tattoos: Art or Craft?
Art & Design, CultureA musing on the question of tattoos as art. And a whole bunch of botanical tattoos. Just because.
The Dirt: Tracey Deep
PeopleAn interview with Tracey Deep, artist and curator of nature.
Emerging, Decaying
Art & DesignA photographic exploration of the temporal nature of existence by Peter Whyte.
Botanical Inquiry: An Exhibition by Daniel Shipp
Art & DesignA hauntingly beautiful body of work exploring the dialogue between humans and plants. And a video!
Weed Life: The Paintings of Matilda Julian
Art & DesignArtist Matilda Julian loves weeds. So much so, that she has produced a body of work featuring them. It's beautiful.
‘As if Dropped From Another Planet’
Art & DesignArtist Veronica O'Leary has been painting, drawing, observing and thinking about Banksias for many years. This is her story.
Imperfection is Perfection
Art & DesignA very beautiful photographic series of bounteous imperfection by Emma Bass.
Art Inspired By Plants
Art & DesignProfiles of five international artists inspired by plants to create great art.
Daniel Shipp: ‘Botanical Inquiry’ Series
Art & DesignA stunning series of images by Daniel Shipp. They'll make you look twice!
Art, Death & Secret Gardens
Art & Design, CultureA wonderful story by Josephine Pennicott exploring the relationship between creativity, loss, and the act of gardening in the lives of two women - Contemporary muse/artist Wendy Whiteley and novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett. A really beautiful read!
An Artist, Florist and a Passion for Flowers
Art & DesignA botanically rich collaboration between artist Alesandro Ljubicic and florist Sean Cook, soon to be exhibited in Sydney.
Fabric, Figs & Memory
Art & DesignFicus macrophylla, better known as the Moreton Bay Fig, has become a muse and metaphor for my new…
Mondrian: Funded by Flowers
Art & Design, CultureIts funny to think of being ashamed of making money from flowers, but apparently Mondrian was. I…
The Heart Garden
Culture, GardensThere is nothing quite like the sexual tension of an illicit love affair: the meaningful looks and…
Sex, Plants and Frida Kahlo
CultureThe Mexican artist Frida Kahlo kept almighty gardens. She painted furiously, slept with many, and loved like a one-eyed tornado. Sally Wilson explores the passion of the first lady of flower crowns. A brilliant read!
Moments of the Sublime: The Flower Photography of Peter Whyte
Art & DesignThere is a strange irony in the human penchant for displaying cut flowers in the home –…
Nature’s Typography
CultureAustralian explorers in the 19th century were struck by a strange and esoteric graffiti scrawled in an…
Artist Sonia Rentsch: Weapons & Nature
Art & DesignWhen I think of still life art what springs to mind are 19th century paintings by Paul…
The Dirt: Hayley West
Gardens, PeopleHayley West has a Rhipsalis addiction. I know, it sounds scary but its not. Rhipasalis is a…
Mnemonic Musings
CultureI don’t think I have a single memory not associated with a fragrance or scent of some…
A Beautiful, Purposeful Anarchy
GardensA gorgeous and heartfelt story by artist Genevieve Carrol about her wild garden in Hill End and the shelter it has provided her.
A Weedy Kinda Love
CultureMirra Whale is an artist based in Sydney. Obsessed by food and inspired by the natural environment…
The Beauty of Passing Form
Art & DesignI wanted to capture the death throes of plant life through the lens of a camera. Photos…