Stories

That’s no Fern it’s a Space Station…or maybe a Cycad

Michael Elgey

Wait that’s no fern, it’s a cycad; ok maybe it even looks similar to the Death Star?

Identity Crisis

Paul Hadley

Live in a place long enough you also get used to the wildlife that comes and goes in your neighbourhood... Unlike the new human neighbour, identifying new wildlife can be trickier.

A Trickster’s Plant

Zsuzsanna Ihar

A wild and paludal plant, my grandmother described stinging nettle as the ‘wheat of the floodplains’.

Fun with Urban Fungi During a Lockdown

Benjamin Dan

Due to the COVID-19 lockdowns that have been taking place, I have had the opportunity to consistently visit a patch of forest near my home in search of mushrooms.

Tempting Fate

Manu Saunders

I love finding clusters of tiny earthenware urns attached to the walls of our house... They are signs that the great artisan potters of the insect world are at work in our garden.

Two Native Black Birds

Danielle Corrie

A knock at the front door interrupts a phone call. "Do you know there are black galahs in your front yard?"

Playing with Squirrels

Jamie Lorimer

We started playing with our squirrel; building obstacle courses to test his or her abilities. We took one video that helps capture the joy the squirrel has given us; and the playfulness we think we see in our squirrel cavorting.

Kombucha, More Than a Drink

Hajrah Popalzay

I thought it was going to be gross since ‘fungi’ and ‘bacteria’ would be growing in the mixture, but surprisingly it was exciting to watch it grow.