We have had a busy few months of presentations. First was the 4S conference, the annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, which had the theme this year of – TRANSnational STS – Mapping Edges joined the Composting Feminisms and Environmental Humanties panel with the paper ‘When plants design: multispecies entanglements in […]

We recently visited the Wayside Chapel’s Rooftop Garden in Kings Cross. With views across the parklands and the CBD, the 200 square metre garden is filled with over 50 different varieties of organic fruit, herbs and vegetables. It has rainwater tanks, solar panels, worm farms, a compost system and bee-hives. The gardens have a strong […]

Reposted from The Australian Interestingness Thank you Thomas Lee. In the introduction to James Hull and Bede Brennan’s Shit Gardens, the authors spell out an ambivalence concerning aesthetic evaluation that is core to the concept and production of the book. For the authors, ‘shit’ describes gardens which might initially appear “inexplicably bad”, then, with time, come to […]

Today we presented at the Asian Studies Conference of Australia. Our paper abstract: Plants and the City in Singapore As food security becomes an increasingly prioritized political issue in Southeast Asia, governments across the region are considering alternatives to rural agriculture. This paper considers a number of urban farming initiatives in Singapore as sites of social innovation […]

This spring I visited a variety of gardens in UK, from grand National Trust estate properties to council estates plots. Everywhere I saw plant-human collaborations to green our environment and lives.

Last week I visited Bumi Langit Farm, located in a hilly area in Imogiri old town, precisely at Jalan Mangunan KM. 3, Giriloyo village, Wukirsari, Imogiri, Bantul, Yogyakarta. This hilly area is the beginning of the Gunung Kidul hills line, an area known for its long dry season. Located on 350 m above sea level, […]