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 …
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 …