A Saturday excursion with my Regenerative Agriculture class at William Angliss to the inspiring Yan Yan Gurt Agroforestry Farm - 30 years of hard work by Andrew and Jill Stewart and family. Apart from sheep and timber trees there was a planting of Australian and South African proteaceous species for cut flowers and a Cob House straight out of Hobbiton but fit for humans with a green roof as a bonus. Thanks so much Jill, Andrew, Kristy and Hannah! #agroforestry #landcare #regenerativeagriculture #yanyangurtwestfarm #otways #deansmarsh #weekendexcursion #farfromthemaddingcrowd #proteaceae #banksia #leucospermum #cutflowerproduction #cobhouse #gaudiesque #organicarchitecture

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My Konjac is flowering and it absolutely stinks! I thought there was a dead possum in my garden and literally followed my nose to this fly-attracting monstrosity of rotting flesh and mouldy cheese! Nature is wonderful! (You can make noodles out of the giant corm) #konjac #amorphophalluskonjac #giantflower #smellsbad #stinky #fliesloveit #natureisweird #novelcrops #panc

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I confess I’ve made fun of Iris collections and plant breeding obsessions in lectures over the years but after seeing these specimens in the Burnley Field Station today I seek forgiveness, for I now believe!!!#converted #iveseenthelight #roadtodamascus #gardenesque #amateurhorticulture #flowerporn #burnleyfieldstation #likeacoralreef #plantbreeding

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Sometimes you really have to cut the grass, slash the weeds, and trim the bushes - and mean it! The last prac today for the Famous Final Five was power tools and now it’s all over bar two exams and a park management plan assignment. Goodbye and good luck FFF and thanks for indulging my tangents in lectures, I certainly enjoyed yours... #powertools #brushcutters #hedgetrimmers #lawnmowers #burnleyfieldstation #sunsmart #wearinghats #studentswithstyle #goodbyeandgoodluck

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Today my students and I played host to gardeners from Cultivating Community, the Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre and the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre in our campus nursery where we propagated ginger, turmeric, sweet potatoes, yams and more ready for the Melbourne summer growing season. Pictured with me is Tessie from Papua New Guinea who told us all how desperate she was to grow and garden again in real soil after moving to Melbourne, coming from a culture with deep and ancient gardening traditions. Tessie has inspired us all to try growing peanuts in Melbourne. Thanks to everyone for coming today and to my students for being such great horticultural facilitators! #communitygardeners #growingplants #crossculturalexchange #culturallyappropriatefood #facilitation #propagatingplants #burnleynursery #cultivatingcommunity #asrc @c.nlc @cultivatingcommunity @asrc1

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Exotic things for a class propagation prac - all purchased at the Preston Market this morning. Next week we’ll be growing a range of heat loving veggies with gardeners from @cultivatingcommunity and @c.nlc amongst others, including most of the things in this pic. From top left we have Jicama, Purple Yam, Banana Flower, Sugar Cane, Luffa, Lotus Root and Ginger #prestonmarket #tropicalveggies #mexicanyambean #sugarcanestick #nelumbonucifera #asiangroceries #novelcrops #communityengagement #exoticthings

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I collected around 12 so-called cockchafers under an old tub and donated them to the semi-tame magpies in my backyard; they’re currently feeding very demanding out-of-the nest babies. Magpies are happy, I’m a whisperer of sorts. PS no football metaphors, parables or allegories are to be read into this post #larvae #cockchafer #feedingbirds #feedingmagpies #beakfull #nometaphor #aflgrandfinal #backyardlife #aliensdoexist #thingsthatliveinmygarden

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Antioxidant overload! Fresh spring leaves of Toona sinensis start off translucent pink before going green for summer. At this pink stage they taste like a combination of garlic, onion, bacon and savoury shapes with a touch of beef cubes...eat raw or cooked, surprisingly delicious #eatingtreeleaves #plantsofchina #unusualveggies #toonasinensis #asianveggies #pinkleaves #shinyleaves #freshleaves #novelcrops #panc #springequinox #happyequinox #nutritionism #foodasmedicine #justeatitalready

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An obscure but fun mini-landscape of citrus trees in giant pots at the St Kilda Botanic Gardens - a bit of Dr Zeuss meets the Plain of Jars in Lao. They badly need repotting for fresh potting mix and more regular irrigation but at least there’s some signs of people doing interesting things in Melbourne’s often neglected urban green spaces #citrusinpots #stkildabotanicalgardens #citrusflower #bigpots #springday #nearlyspringequinox #urbangreenspace #canwehavenicethings #soapboxmoment

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This way fella! Student Lucy Adams guides me to a watering can in a class prac on Therapeutic Horticulture where students role played plant propagation activities for people with injuries or disabilities and acted as facilitators. I was well looked after in a temporary blind condition. Thanks again to @stevenwellsthegardener for running such a great prac for my class in Horticulture for Sustainable Communities #therapeutichorticulture #urbanhorticulture #plantpropagation #burnleynursery #teacherneedshelp #kindstudent #couldntsee #leadingahorsetowater

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Our one and only Apricot is heavy with blossom right now and the bees are loving it! #apricotblossom #apricottree #prunusarmeniaca #beesonblossoms #beesinflight #springflowers #beesworkhard #burnleyfieldstation #urbanfruittrees #tooktenshotstogetthisone

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Sweet Potatoes- Awake!! In shallow trays of potting mix, lying on heated nursery benches, 10 different sweet potatoes will produce shoots for further propagation over the next few weeks - great work by @maddylivingston for the Novel Crops Project #growingsweetpotatoes #burnleynursery #glasshouse #propagation #bottomheat #gettingreadyforsummer #summercrops #novelcropsproject #gettingorganised

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