What's on

Eden Unearthed, the largest privately funded exhibition of its kind in Australia, returns to Macquarie Parks’ Eden Gardens on Monday 1 November. The 35-installation strong showcase spanning over 2.5 acres prides itself on upholding the three pillars of sustainability: economic, environmental and social, with generous stipends paid to support the artist’s work.



Featured artworks range from sculptural pieces, textile to tactical works, interactive sound and light installations, all capturing something exceptional and ephemeral about our environment, often utilising recycled materials and plant products. This year, there seems to be a little shimmer and sheen in many of the works, evocative of the hope that lies ahead and the joy we all feel at being able to celebrate and visit art exhibitions once again.



Graham Forsyth, one of the three Eden Unearthed judges and honorary Associate Professor UNSW Arts and Social Sciences said, “The works, often beautiful, sometimes whimsical, and always enchanting and stimulating, engage with Eden Gardens’ rich resources of spaces, nooks and ‘rooms’, using plinths made from trees, rocks, walls and water. The flow is both ways: the gardens and spaces allow the works of art to be enlivened and made rich with meaning, while the works support an idea of the garden as green, living, fluid and complex.”



This sprawling exhibition is free to all and runs for a six-month period with the first prize being awarded $10,000 at the launch event on October 31. Picture giant dragonflies, floating houses, a labyrinth made from stick and stones, an expanse of tessellated painted works created in partnership with the trees themselves and suspended and a 'living biofield' of lichens and tardigrade micro-organisms. Our interactive catalogue will tell the story behind each piece of work allow guests to vote for their favourite and hear from the artists themselves.



Located beside the Lane Cove National Park, Eden Gardens is a beautiful plant mecca and display garden for the whole family. A special Children’s Art Trail and child friendly signage caters to all ages with workshops scheduled for the school holidays in January and again in April.



Locals, art and plant enthusiasts alike are invited to attend the launch event on Sunday 31 October, a guided tour begins with a traditional smoking ceremony amongst the gardens and finishes on the lawn with a Q&A with the artists hosted by landscape architect Costa Georgiadis. A small ticket price of $20 will cover seasonal canapes and bubbles.

Get your Tickets here.



Congratulations to the following artists selected:


Allyson Adeney Still

Mary Elizabeth Barron Scribbly Gum Lace

Alex Berini and Selina Springett Fools’ Gold

Pamela Lee Brenner and Johannes Muljana Bayangan

Jan Cleveringa Listening to Trees

Cybele Cox Mystic Kitten

Alix Crowe The Night Music Box

Rmsina Daniel Imaging the Past Before it Happens

Mimi Dennett FutureProofing

Saskia Everingham Shelters for the Coming Storms

Caleb Fletcher and Christopher Stenta Trickster

Christina Frank and Michelle Perrett Small Bird

Marta Ferracin Symbiont

Neelam Gopalani The Walk Forward II

Ryoko Kose w- Danielle Minett Being Keepers

Caroline Kronenberg Fragile

Simone Leonelli 4 Seasons and The Drop

Pamela Leung Knots of Eden

Anne Levitch Strategems

Francois Limondin Reflection

Ainslie Murray Road Trip

Owen Redmond A Precarious Position

Anne Palmer Gold Leaf

Basilios Papaioannou Leonardi de Hawk

Louis Pratt King Coal

Lisa Shepherd & FCR’s Youth Off The Streets Floral Odyssey

Christy Sin Rain

Chloe Alice Stafford Zenova and Cave of Yhi

Jayanto Tan Ritual Rainbow Gathering

Alison Thompson Our Happy Place

Aria-Joshes Waterford They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot

Elizabeth West Sticks and Stones

1. Dad’s Desk

Why not spruce up dad’s desk?  Your desk is where so much action takes place, and it makes sense to create an atmosphere of calm and inspiration there if you can.  Think peace lilies and fruit salad plants for a calming zen. Our Combo offers means you can pick up a basket and a plant and save!

2. Home Holiday?

Nothing says vacation like a palm tree, so celebrate your STAYCATION with one of our potted palm.  Try a parlour palm (25% off!) for fuss free fab - the perfect standalone piece or use it as a backdrop for that zoom meeting at home!

3. The Handyman

…With garden tools you can’t go wrong. We have a great of walnut handled cultivators, pruners and large scissors, as well as stainless steel hand tools made to last.

4. In Your Own World

We stock a range of great of completed terrariums, which are easy to look after, or terrariums kits, if your dad is a project kind of guy who might like to build his own.  Special offer 2 for $80 so you can get one for yourself too!

5. Can you kill rocks?

Buy dad a succulent or cacti – the most forgiving of all plants when it comes to watering.  We stock a sensational range of designer and rare succulents and cacti, as well as making up bespoke bowls and mini gardens to order.  With 20% off, there’s no point delaying!

Other Father’s Day offers include 20% Monstera, Australian Natives and hedging plants till 5 Sept.

Hungry for Change

We are offering a great deal on our fabulous Hungry Bins for Father’s Day.  $494 includes and Hungry Bin, worms starter box and 3 bags of Eden potting mix – everything you need to start your failsafe home compost.

Save or print out his monthly Wellness Calendar for inspiration and ideas to be more well every day!

This week is NAIDOC week from 4^th-11^th July. The theme for this year is Heal Country! – and is a plea “for protections of our lands, waters, sacred sites and our cultural heritage.”NAIDOC originally stood for ‘National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee’ and is a chance to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, as the oldest continuing cultures on the planet.  The theme is a chance“to embrace First Nations’ cultural knowledge and understanding of Country and their custodianship of the land.  Heal Country, heal our nation.”

With this in mind, we invite you to take a walk into Eden Gardens and discover some of our Indigenous art-e-facts.  D’harawal woman and Knowledge Keeper created this shadow handprint work with Father Chris Riley’s Youth Off The Streets in 2019…you can find it in the garden surrounded by the Scribbly Gums and Bloodwoods endemic to the area, overlooking the Lane Cove National Park.  The garden plantings and art might inspire your journey of discovery, understanding and healing.