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Why would you spend hours, days or weeks making something exquisitely beautiful that’s not going to last? The world of the ephemeral sculptor is an intriguing one. By using material that decays, rots, slumps or falls apart with weathering, these … Continue reading
Villa Massei sits high on a hill overlooking beautiful countryside near the town of Lucca. It’s easy to argue that any garden would look spectacular in such a setting. When a 16th century hunting lodge, with its old bricks, faded … Continue reading
Windyridge at Mt Wilson in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney is one of those quintessential cool-climate gardens. Growing on the rich soils of an old volcanic plug, Windyridge has been developed over nearly 20 years by Roger and Wai … Continue reading
‘Tropical Breeze’ has been a labour of love for Helen Curran for many years. Tucked away in north-western Sydney, it is an oasis of both calm and tropical abundance where neighbours and a busy road outside seem far away. And … Continue reading
Excitement! I will be one of 2,200 selected attendees at the 2013 TEDx event in Sydney on May 4. It will be huge day with 15 inspiring speakers from human rights and environmental activists to designers, scientists, architects, historians and geographers. And all fed with crowd-farmed food & any biodegradable waste composted. Can’t wait to become a ‘TEDhead’
Apart from the main gardens at MIFGS, there were plenty of other exhibits to see – the small details within some of the gardens, sculpture, nursery exhibitors, cubby houses, well-known faces and fun in the crowd. Here are just a … Continue reading
Pot growers who use poisons to reduce rat infestations are threatening native wildlife like the fisher in Washington & California. Continue reading
Melbourne FS – who dared to be different?Last week’s Melbourne Flower Show was great fun but there were many similarities between most of the big display gardens. They were all very beautiful, very accomplished and very…..tasteful. As much as that’s lovely to look at, I did hanker after the days of Jenny Smith’s extraordinary 2008 homage to Martha Schwartz with its bizarre parade of painted tyres and gnomes, Rick Eckersley’s black and white garden or the very memorable “musk-sticks and burial mounds” (not my words) of Eco Concepts garden way back in 2004. Continue reading