10 minutes with…
GEORGINA REID, THE PLANT HUNTER
Horticulturist, garden designer, writer and passionate plant lover Georgina Reid launched
The Planthunter in 2013. Since then, the website has attracted many followers around the globe. Now Georgina and her long-time collaborator, photographer
Daniel Shipp, have published their first book, The Planthunter. What’s your mission with The Planterhunter online? To seduce people into falling in love with the natural world. We approach the subjects of plants and gardens in an unexpected way, not geared towards the horticultural and practical. The stories celebrate the wonder and beauty of relationships between people and plants.
The Planthunter tackles big themes: life, death, fear, love. Is there a connection between gardening and life’s major issues? Absolutely! Gardening is an incredibly powerful vehicle for connecting people to place, to themselves, to the universe. All the big questions are asked, and occasionally answered, in the garden.
How long have you been planning this book? It’s the culmination of the five years I’ve spent pondering questions of plants, people and connection on The Planthunter. Also, it’s the natural progression of a creative partnership with Daniel Shipp. This book is a reflection
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‘A garden is not only a fenced-off suburban backyard. It’s anything that involves a conversation between nature and culture.’ Georgina Reid
of our shared commitment to truthful storytelling.
What do you hope to achieve with it? We wanted to explode common perceptions of what a garden is and can be, and draw in people who don’t think of themselves as readers of garden books.
The book features profiles of 24 gardeners. What do they have in common? They’re all constant gardeners, committed to the cultivation of the earth and, through this, the human spirit. What type of gardens feature in the book? A wide range, from a wild indoor wonderland in Melbourne to a renegade street garden in Los Angeles, a farm in New Zealand to a tiny courtyard in inner-city Sydney.
What will readers love about your book? I hope they’ll feel the truth of each story, and be inspired and excited about the ways in which they can garden the earth and, in turn, themselves. # theplanthunter.com.au