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Modern kitchen gourmet potatoes (Image: Totum Revolutum, Pixabay)

To potato or not?

08/02/2023 Clive Larkman 646 Views 0 Comments

By Clive Larkman

Over the last few years I have written about as many herbs and edible plants as I can find. Many of these are part of the Columbian Exchange. This was a major shift in the food and culture of the entire world.… Continue reading

Community plantings (Image: ABGMA)

Botanic Gardens

Greening our Garden

07/02/2023 Michael Elgey 670 Views 0 Comments

Returning 40 hectares of native canopy at Australia’s largest Botanic Garden

By Michael Elgey

In 2019 the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan (ABGMA) secured NSW State Government grant funding as part of the Greening Our City initiative. Our successful proposal was to plant 22,500 native trees and return a canopy that was unfortunately cleared during European colonisation.… Continue reading