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Interview

The lovely Marissa published an article about my work on DasSuperPaper, a free Australia-wide magazine.
Here’s the introduction:

As the global pace of urbanisation accelerates and the world’s
agricultural resources diminish, Diego Bonetto’s use of organic
material and exploration of agrarian botanical themes emphasise
key eco concerns such as temporality, the fragility of nature, the
randomness and the impermanence of life. While [...]

on privet posters, or rather, how you got there via a busy year

Somewhere you read 2008 is the year of getting busy building for the future..uhmm
Sure you where busy up to now!
This post is just to make a list of what you have been up to so far and a few upcoming events as well.
You, reader, might or might not know you are involved in a number of [...]

Brenda’s Gin

A twig of a tree
in the empty
vessel of the
Empire’s tears.
Monkey do, monkey
see, monkey [...]

on hanging gardens and other tales

by Underbelly Public Arts Lab and Festival

Artists: Makeshift and Nobody
Editor: Dylan Behan
Mostly filmed by: Dom [...]

privet rave

One Bonsai Privet’s Story

Twenty five years ago I was removed from a chook pen in postcode 2454
and put in a pot.

What could I do to stop it? Nothing.

What have I done about it? Adapted

The carer is not so smart and endlessly resists the reality of being
root bound in a pot.

But we Privet [...]

chiara’s tale

This plant was left on the desk one early morning.
We loved the presence of a little jumping spider!
Grazie Chiara!

FRA “N CESCA

Fra ‘n Cesca are my two little succulents! they have both living with us since the day I went to the Glebe’s market to find a present for my sister birthday- I got her a [...]

Luca’s

This postings are a double-blogging exercise. The project’s page is Hanging Garden and Other Tales..

Lucas and Elena with their cactus

Mama Cactus

On new years eve, 2001, a bunch of us went for a big bike ride
around to lots of different parties â€“ in Darlinghurst, Surry
Hills, and Glebe. We figured ti was a good way to get around
town [...]

mark’s green friend

My grandmother was such a great thumb. THis plant was one of few she gave me years ago, and the beginning of my personal love of plants.

Nanna nena, my grandmother, passed away late last year, so this plant is extra special now. Like she lives with me in my [...]

more pots, more tales

Yesterday was a great day for the Hanging Gardens and Other Tales.
Many willing palnt lover parted themselves of special friends, to enrich the dispaly of beautiful tales.
below is the tale told by Ali’s green friends:

I thought I was a total brown-thumb, death to plants, until the day my ex-girlfriend took me around her garden and picked [...]

more plants! more stories

This plant was given to me during a polish christmas celebration, It propagates very easily, you just break a branch off and stick it in the ground, and that’s how i received it. My friend has given away manyof this plant, and i have continued to break off parts and giving them them away also. this [...]

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