WHERE: Michael Maher Room, Haberfield Library
WHEN: December 1, 2017 2pm-4pm
WHAT: A seed swap is an event where gardeners meet to exchange seeds. Refreshments will be provided. WHO: Everyone who gardens. You don’t need to be an expert, you just need to be open to sharing.
BRING: Seeds to exchange or give away.
Bankstown Arts Centre produced this short video of us introducing The Plantiness of Bankstown. The video is part of a YouTube series presenting all the artists in Symbiosis, the inaugural Bankstown Biennale. There are important tips, such as finding mulberries and spotting ibis.
The Planty Atlas of UTS is a participatory project we designed for UTS Library Creative in Residence 2019. The project invites participants to imagine a more planty UTS campus, and it consisted in an installation of plants and books from a variety of disciplines, curated walks in the UTS precinct and workshops. We recorded the […]
Since our 2018 project documenting environmental stewardship practices in the gardeners of Haberfield, we have volunteered as judges of the Haberfield Association’s Garden Competition. This year we were looking at the category ‘Whole Gardens’. Presentation night was 22nd Monday, 2024 at the local library. Judges showcased the stunning entries to share the resilience, generosity and […]
Recently I’ve been reading Merry Hall by Beverley Nichols written in 1951 about a 5 acre rundown Georgian estate he bought after WWII. An avid gardener he wrote: I noticed something else. At each end of this lovely little wall there were two brick pillars. They stood there, perfectly poised, exactly the right height, exactly […]
To launch the Green Square Atlas of Water Stories, the storytellers got together on Easter Friday to share stories. We began with an acknowledgement of Country by Bangawarra. And then, of course, collected some easter eggs, which the Green Square bunny had kindly delivered to the paperbark trees surrounding Matron Ruby Grant off leash dog […]
PhD scholarships available with Mapping Edges as part of the ARC Discovery Project ‘Surfacing urban wetlands in two urban renewal sites in Sydney’ Fully funded for 3.5 years full time Email CV and cover letter to Alexandra.crosby@uts.edu.au by 8 April 2024. Successful applicants will join the research team sharing knowledge between partners, with milestones for […]
We are absolutely thrilled to be starting on a new project in 2024. This Discovery Project is funded by the Australian Research Council. Wetlands are an endangered ecosystem globally. We aim to foreground, explore and reconnect with wetlands in Sydney. The project builds on research undertaken in Water Stories, using a similar methodology (including walkshops, […]
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