The List Goes On
Those are some of the plants you found on the Bundanon grounds, some of them will make it to the brochure and self-guided tour you will leave behind when leaving the residency to other artists. A plant for post, you’ll present them all: Black locust Robinia pseudoacacia Origin: Native to North America Alternative Name(s): False […]
On Camphor Laurel and the need to preserve it
Yesterday you got lost on the island. The expanse of the river-deposited sand dune confused you. Although, through the meandering on the thickly growing vegetation (mainly Casuarina and Lantana), you found a beautiful tree. This is the first time you spot a Camphor Laurel in Bundanon. This particular one was big, healthy and fruiting. No […]
On Willows And Shovel Handles
It must be one of your most recurrent observations, how low peoples/farmers/government in this country think of Willows. You remember your youth, comes late autumn/winter, the work in the fields quites down. Is the time for the cleaning, the keeping warm, the reassessing your tools and machinery you are going to use and abuse so […]
Spiny Rush
Panel #7 of the Self-Guided Tour of the Weeds of Australia now installed at Wollombi. Spiny Rush Spiny Rush is widely used in Africa as weaving fibre for baskets and mats. Woman in Ghana weaving a basket . Rush is used as natural fibre for weaving in many cultures around the world. The fibre gets […]
Here’s a review published about another Weed Tour i set-up in 2002.
well, well, well, here’s the blog. by now i have worked on the website/databse for about 2 months non-stop. i know, sum ppl wip -up such a thing in less then a week, but i never wrote a website, therefore you can immagine the steep hill i had to climb. nevertheless here we are, i […]
