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 […]
Brenda’s Gin
A twig of a tree in the empty vessel of the Empire’s tears. Monkey do, monkey see, monkey fears. Brenda, Haberfield
on hanging gardens and other tales
by Underbelly Public Arts Lab and Festival Artists: Makeshift and Nobody Editor: Dylan Behan Mostly filmed by: Dom Santangelo Music: Meem
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- […]
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 – in Darlinghurst, Surry Hills, and Glebe. We figured ti was […]
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 studio. Mark, Camperdown
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 […]
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. […]
it’s all happening out there, in the big wide space!
The space is slowly filling with plants and stories. Here’s Elena with her special cactus Petite. She’s very fond of her green friend, which is been living with her for several years. And Below is Petite‘s story: For my sixth birthday my dad’s friend Lucas gave me a pot full of dirt, so i thought. […]
on taking down websites and rigging up potplants
well well, the webmaster for weeds.org.au (the online resource for the government’s agency which deals with weeds in Australia, Weeds Australia) decided to censor you. Here’s how it happened: To whom it may concern A website at the address http://www.weedyconnection.com/ contains material (images and text) sourced and copied directly from the Weeds Australia (http://www.weeds.org.au/) website. […]