Thank you to everyone that jumped to the donations callout and organised urgent supplies for bushfire affected Yarck. Thousands of dollars of food, sanitary items, cleaning supplies, burners, batteries, gloves and safety glasses were delivered to the incredible crew at Yarck Hall for distribution. Alongside all you individual legends who went shopping for these donations were businesses such as @marketlane , @juanitapeaches and @thomastownproduce (who organised 20+ bales of clover hay!). A special mention to our clients @jessicaandari … young Ari donated his own kids bike to go to a Yarck kid who might have lost their bike in the fires. Big thanks to @claresingline for organising the Southside contributions + @lexicalli , @yarckgarden an @hi_care_ on the hard yakka. And finally, a special thanks to @beciorpin for hosting us in Brunswick and helping with the callout.
It’s a long way back for everyone throughout the fire zone, so if you’re still keen to donate funds to help with the recovery, the Yarck community suggest donations to Yarck CFA brigade or @foundationmurrindindi . Thank you all!
URGENT BUSHFIRE RELIEF CALL OUT / Our family home outside of Yarck burnt down in the bushfires last week. Over the last 25 years, my mum and dad slowly fixed up this 100+ year old farmhouse with the help of our neighbour David. I didnt live there but it became the place I call home. And it’s where so many friends and family have come to feel nurtured, nestled in this small valley. It’s strong but humble, caring country. We’re all fine and safe but right now the valley and surrounds of Yarck are truly blackened, and much of the community have lost houses, shedding, pets, livestock and livelihoods. There’s some urgent community needs that we can all help out with. If you can add something from this list to your own shopping and donate / drop it in to us today / tomorrow we would be deeply grateful. We’ll take it directly up to the Yarck relief centre. See drop off details in image above.
Early autumn meadow mix in that nice teeter between blooms and seedhead baubles.
Verbena rigida, Ratibida columnifera, wild carrot (weedy yes) and Redbeckia goldsturm.
Rooftop garden detail with beautiful pillar top retained by @____xdp . Themeda, rytidosperma mix with salvias, atriplex, dampieras and teucrium marum.
(Thanks to @plantscienceart for all the rooftop planting wisdom!)
So fun to have ABC's national gardening TV show @gardeningaustralia feature the garden I created for @beciorpin 's studio. I love how this segment captures Beci's many talents in creations - in museums, books, community events - her work made it so clear what this garden needed to be. You're the best @beciorpin !
This was filmed at the height of last Summer (40 degrees!), in the garden's second year. It's always in motion, growth and collapse, so we'll treasure this little snapshot of it in time.
Extra thanks to @madl_enka and all the GA crew for such kind interest and documentation of this little courtyard.
Princes Hill dry meadow-ish planting back in January. Lots of layering of Mediterranean, indigenous and eastern Euro flowers to poke their heads up. Glorious knobbly fingers of Verbascum in my view.
@thedesignfiles made a visit to @beciorpin ’s studio garden in downtown Brunswick!
Creating this garden for Beci has been such a source of joy. Not just watching the plants evolve, but also getting to know Beci and her insatiable curiosity. Love that we finally got a photo together in the space, the site of many @alldaydonutsyum and chats about flowers, life and who deserves some googly eyes stuck on them. Thanks for the opportunity to make a garden for you and all your people Beci!
And if you haven’t checked out Beci’s incredible illustrations and massive installations- go feast on that @beciorpin IG NOW!
Thanks for the stunning photos @ameliastanwix and the lovely feature @thedesignfiles@lucy.feagins@christinalkarras
