In Gardening Australia episode 14 2019: we are celebrating our 30th Birthday with another dive into the archives! We are looking back on some of the most popular My Garden Path series in an exploration of gardens, gardeners and plant lovers alike.
Gardening Australia has always provided practical, trustworthy and credible gardening advice to inspire and entertain. Join Costa Georgiadis and the team as they traverse the country unearthing the best gardens.
Gardening Australia episode 14 2019
A Rare Gem
We meet a plant collector and nurseryman who shares his wonderland of rare and intriguing plants. We meet nurseryman David Fripp who shows us around his nursery filled with an amazing collection of fascinating plants.
A Plant-based Economy
We visit Adelaide’s Museum of Economic Botany to discover an intriguing botanical collection. Tony Kanellos is the Cultural Collection Manager and Curator of Adelaide’s Museum of Economic Botany. His role is to manage all of the non-living parts of the RBG’s collection – historic statues, paintings of the gardens, photographs and the museum itself.
Insect Photographer
An avid insect photographer shares how a fascination for entomology has inspired her to learn more about the plant world around her. Insect photographer Sunayana Rammohan is an amateur entomologist. She took up this hobby, led by her spirit of curiosity, when stepping back from a career as a doctor and becoming a full-time carer and mum.
What’s in a Tree
We meet a researcher who has been studying some of Melbourne’s most iconic trees for over 40 years. Greg is a botanist and ‘plant mechanic’ at the University of Melbourne with a specific interest in arboriculture. His passion for trees is centred around understanding how trees cope with their environment and appreciating the benefits trees provide in urban spaces.
Beauty in Decay
We discover how a Queensland artist combines plants and photography to explore the rich beauty of plant decomposition. Renata makes art by arranging plants on photographic materials and allowing them to decompose. Photographic papers contain gelatine, so Renata can create breeding grounds for microbes and other elements of decay. These create their own pigments, which work with light to create stunning and unusual pictures.
Mangrove Wetland Wonderlands
A D’harawal saltwater knowledge keeper shares her personal connection to a critically important part of the ecosystem.
For the Love of Plants
We meet a couple who have dedicated their lives to discovering, growing and writing about Australia’s native flora
I Garden Because I Am
A philosopher shares his intriguing views on the way that gardens influence our lives.
Floral Sculptor
We meet a floral sculptor who creates stunning works of art using nature as her inspiration and her medium.
