Beans
byA new personal essay by gardener-writer Mandy Goddard, making connections between farming, protest, and the beautiful ‘yin yang’ bean.
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Meadow Grass / Unmake the Land
by“In the tracks of grazing cattle and the oak tree’s swell” – a pair of new poems about labour and the land by writer Hannah Green.
Residency Reflections
byArtist Rosa Farber, who currently lives and works at Laines Organic Farm, looks back at her online residency with The Learned Pig.
Cartographies of the Imagination
byCartographies of the Imagination explores the outer limits of what a map can be, interrogating the bit of lost land that falls between the…
In the PoemGarden
byA personal essay by Professor Alice Entwistle of the University of South Wales exploring the many connections between poetry and gardening,
Lessons from Seed
byA personal essay by seed researcher and baker Col Gordon on the complex relationships between plants, people and place.
Bees, Art and Biodiversity
byHow can artists improve biodiversity? Philosopher, author and curator Sue Spaid’s 2020 lecture explains (includes video + edited transcript).
Crosscutting / Night Strands / Homesteads
byThree new poems from the farmlands of Idaho by Samuel Strathman.
Going to Ground
byRoot systems as a metaphor for friends, family and routines: new lockdown garden paintings and drawings by artist Emma Cousin.
Compassionate Climate Activism
byVermont-based environmental and social justice advocate Chris Gaynor on the compulsion to protect, educate and care for our species.
Canopic Jars: the Afterlife of Matter
byArtists Anna Walker and Genie Poretzky-Lee make use of glass jars as containers for an experimental process of growth and transformation.