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Brooklyn Grange

By: Alexandra Crosby Nov 23 '17 Date: November 23, 2017 Comments: 0

America is full of superlatives. I’m usually not seduced. But the biggest rooftop garden in the world got my attention.     As a working farm, Brooklyn Grange is only open to visitors once a week, on Wednesdays (if you visit NYC keep this in mind) when they offer a guided tour. So, with my mother […]

From the archive: Mapping Edges first walk.

By: Ilaria Vanni Nov 19 '17 Date: November 19, 2017 Comments: 0

This is a short documentation of the first Mapping Edges walk around Marrickville while in residence at Frontyard in March 2016. It shows some key elements of our methodology: we walk slowly, and analyse plant life and the way plants design the urban environment. Also it often rains.

Seed Swap

Seed Swap

By: Alexandra Crosby Nov 09 '17 Date: November 9, 2017 Comments: 0

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.

Spontaneous gardens of migrants plants: a banana grove, taro, papaya and sweet potatoes growing along the rail tracks

Tropical Geographies of Abundance

By: Ilaria Vanni Sep 15 '17 Date: September 15, 2017 Comments: 0

We presented a paper at the conference Tropics of the Imagination in Singapore last week, and took occasion to think through what kind of tropical imaginaries are generated by plants. We started by locating our work in Gadigal country, specifically in Marrickville, explained our methodology, introduced which tropical tropes are associated with plants, and concluded following […]

Ingold and Solnit

By: Alexandra Crosby Aug 12 '17 Date: August 12, 2017 Comments: 0

This week Mapping Edges co-facilitated the Composting Feminism reading group with Abby Mellick Lopes. We read Tim Ingold’s 2004 essay ‘Culture on the Ground: The World Perceived Through the Feet’ and ‘Rising and Falling: The Theorists of Bipedalism’, one of the essays from Rebecca Solnit’s 2001 book Wanderlust: A History of Walking. Rereading Wanderlust for the reading group was […]

Sydenham

By: Alexandra Crosby Jul 30 '17 Date: July 30, 2017 Comments: 0

Over the last fortnight I have been in residency at Frontyard with artists, geographers, musicians, architects and residents, researching the area proposed by the Inner West Council as the ‘Sydenham Creative Hub’. Council has proposed changes to the current planning controls with the aim to further their vision for the area as ‘a vibrant entertainment […]

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