SERIES 34 | Episode 31 We met Elisabeth when we visited her horticulture class at Footscray High School. One is Philodendron ‘Dean McDowell’, which she points out has extra-floral nectaries that produce necta; in the wild this farmed by ants which, in turn, guard the plant, forming a mutually beneficial relationship. The garden was built out of an old laundry …
Blue Anthurium by Feng Ji. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has collected three pieces from celebrated contemporary jewelry artists, including two Chinese designers, Wallace Chan and Feng Ji. The objects are a pair of sapphire tassel earrings by Christian and Yasmin Hemmerle, Forever Dancing: Bright Star by Wallace Chan, and Blue Anthurium by Feng Ji whose house label is …
SERIES 33 | Episode 31 We meet Shajan Valaedan, an optometrist with a stunning set up for his indoor plants as well as a collection of unusual caudex varieties. "I was born to mixed parentage, my dad's Indian my mum's Chinese so we always had a very interesting of both the Indian and the Chinese side of the family… Mum …
