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 […]

The Plantiness of Sydenham encourages you to walk the vital industrial lands of Sydenham, envisaging the neighbourhood in more than human ways. Contribute to an online collaborative map or pick up a printed map during Creative Trails. We will be working with the ever brilliant local illustrator Ella Cutler to design the printed map. There […]

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 […]

We are pleased to announce that Mapping Edges has been awarded a Local History grant by Inner West Council to undertake a research project called ‘Home Gardens of Haberfield’.