Climate scientist Maquel Brandimarti has lived in a cottage on Belmont Street for the past 10 years. An avid gardener, Maquel recently completed a PhD on kangaroo ecologies at the University of Sydney. In her back garden there are chickens in a coop and a resident ringtail possum. The garden is shaded by a big […]
Rosebery Honey is a home honey business run by Rosebery residents Fiona and Michael. It’s a small operation – the couple have beehives in their backyard and sell their honey from a stand out the front of their house. The business was born when a swarm of bees took up residence in their possum box, […]
Garnet, Tony and Mary are part of Green Square Growers (GSG), a community gardening group that cultivates beds at Joynton Avenue and Tote Park. According to Tony, Green Square is home to a very mixed demographic that includes busy full-time workers and their unemployed or retired counterparts, which means residents have varying amounts of time […]
learn about saving seeds in preparation for seed balling in Spring
Mapping Edges was invited to judge this year’s Haberfield Garden Competition. We walked with Inner West Greens Councillor Marghanita da Cruz looking at gardens in the ‘Kitchen’ and ‘Autumn’ categories.
Home Gardens of Haberfield sought to explore the nexus between gardens, place-making and senses of belonging and community and to document gardening practices. Our methodology for this project included iterative walks to help us identify human and non-human participants and issues of concern. As we walked we also documented gardens and streetscapes with photography, and […]
Jakarta can feel oppressive for residents and visitors. If you’ve heard stories about the traffic, the reality is much worse. As in any city though, there are many people doing good things. Journalists Fergus Jensen and Rebecca Henshcke have been living in Jakarta for around 15 years. For the last nine of those they have […]
In late March this year when ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie moved south and merged with a cold front moving up the north coast it triggered heavy rainfall in the Northern Rivers leading to significant flooding in the river town of Lismore. There are some amazing photos here According to the NSW government, the floods have caused more […]