My favourite book in 2024

Please read this book! Especially the chapter called Rope Swing.

p.s. I’ve reviewed it for a couple of magazines and if you click through you can read them.

Helen Cushing 13/6/24 Helen Cushing 13/6/24

The Pollinator Project that’s Transforming Melbourne’s Streets

Recently I met Emma Cutting, founder of the Heart Gardening Project and the Melbourne Pollinator Corridor. She’s a force of nature on a mission to feed the tiny winged things that keep nature reproducing in Australia’s famously urban city.

Helen Cushing 20/3/24 Helen Cushing 20/3/24

The Landscape Architects Making Singapore Wilder

I met innovative landscape architects, Salad Dressing, in Singapore in 2023. I soon realised that a deep, exploratory philosophy underpins their extraordinary work.

Helen Cushing 13/3/24 Helen Cushing 13/3/24

Welcoming the Wild Things

Published in the Organic Gardener, Feb-March, 2024.

It’s a hot day in Singapore but it’s pleasantly cool as I walk through a rainforest in the grounds of the National University of Singapore (NUS). I’m with a champion of urban rewilding, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Yun Hye Hwang, whose passion for ecological design and planning has transformed the grounds of the NUS campus.