passing on some good writing
Patrick Jones is an artist, permaculturalist and dad from Melbourne. At the moment busy with the setting up of a food forest as part of the incoming show at the MCA, In the Balance, check out the progress here and some more of his writings here. Here you would like to share an article by […]
This is funny
so, you have been bragging about spontaneous flora from a while, and it somewhat feels strange this, but you are now involved in a garden project, www.tending.net, where in collaboration with Lucas Ihlein and anybody else who would like to join in the adventure, are going to somewhat grow things! yes, that’s right, actual seeding, […]
weedbook >>Sydney!
yep, here it is. if you are in Sydney, or you’d like to follow the developmnet of this facebook-weed-ing excercise, just click below and ‘like’ this page! cheers, more to come 🙂 weedbook SydneyPromote your Page too
Vite potata
Vite potata, originally uploaded by the weed one. While talking to the local gardener here (il signor Merloni, the most esquisite person), and explaining your background in pretty much a wide spectrum of gardening/farming in orchards and dairy farms, you got entrusted with the task of pruning 3 separate grapes trellis. It is spring here, […]
while you were talking
You gave a talk last week, a the Wildlife in The City forum, part of the Clubhouse at Performance Space and organized by Joni Taylor. For the occasion you presented a mini photo/environmental survey of the area surrounding Carriageworks. You thought it would have been nice while talking about the state of the wildlife in […]
on a beautiful storytelling
Yes indeed, a fantastic and charming speaker, with funny jokes every now n then, to lively up the audience partecipation, harnessing attention. Yes indeed, a beautiful story of faraway lands, exotic people and striking colours. Yes indeed, a noble message, broadcasting all of the good-doing of the National Geographic. Yet, what about your connection to […]
More on Bidens pilosa
The Facebook intervention is building up, with some plants getting more friends than other’s.. Interesting is that one in particular, Bidens pilosa (search for it on Facebook) is proving true to its vernacular name in Australia, Farmer’s friend, sticking to people and propagating from one friend to another in a viral mode. So lately you […]
on Bidens pilosa
You have been walking around, and traveling the world lately, so that you could compare the spontaneous vegetation in different parts of the globe..no not that many, but a few. You came across this Bidens pilosa on The Domain, Sydney, and posted it on you flickr page. While doing a bit of research in trying […]
on media
Hi all, Weedyconnection got feautured in the local Sydney media last week, with an article about urban foraging, read the article here, while today there was a broadcasting of an interview for ABC Radio National’s Bush Telegraph. Readers can download the sound here, or listen to the stream here.
On Wild Food and Foraging
You found a pubblication distributed via the Free Range Activist Network (FRAW), a loose collection of actions and initiatives with the common goal of improoving living experiences towards a world concerned more with sustainability than economy. Their website is a portal to a number of amazing projects, indicative of the effort of many. Below is […]
