Come gardening with us tomorrow
Chippo Nasturtiums on desk Gardeners There’s a couple of dozen buckets of good soil for us to put onto our gardens tomorrow. We need lots of us; even if you just have half an hour to help that would be terrific. We’d love to see anyone who’s never gardened, or think they can’t garden – after an hour with us you’ll be on your way and you’ll discover how easy and enjoyable it is to do something... Read More
Nicholson Museum’s ’50 objects’ exhibition a must
Perhaps my favourite Sydney museum with terrific curating, the Nicholson – just ten minutes walk. Lively, interesting curatorial notes for its exhibitions, eclectic tastes. And a beautiful space. Just walking in is like breathing out well. Do see the current exhibition, ‘50 objects 50 stories‘. In particular, the small glass tile portrait is one of the most beautiful works I’ve seen for a long time. And the Taste cafe in... Read More
Fun vid: some Chippo gardeners make a pallet into a vertical garden in an hour for Toby’s cafe
Lovely fun vid of some of our gardeners here: enjoy: vimeo.com… Sustainable Communities Plan vimeo.com… Michael Mobbs has a plan to create sustainable suburbs, and he is coming together with Chippendale residents and City of Sydney to make this ha Read More
If Earth had a newspaper column . . .
In today’s Herald: Clive James’ wonderful article about rubbish written about him. I journalist pretending to have interviewed him in fact writing the article from the transcript of a radio interview . . . I wish Earth had a column she could write or tweet about the rubbish written about her. Wonder what her first column might be: ”Oh, no!”, do you think? Or, she may quote Shakespeare . . . ” . . . what piece... Read More
Wonderful writing, great start to the day
Sometimes, we start the day, and read something that’s out of the ordinary. In today’s Sydney Morning Herald Jessica Irvine has written something which touches both our Chippendale and every community in every city; worth a read and I’ve blogged, facebooked and emailed it: www.smh.com… If you do read it, read James C Scott’s, Seeing like a state; he’s in Ostrom’s class (to whom Irvine refers),... Read More
