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Useful Information
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Event dates
27 August - 31 October 2024
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Price
FREE
Available online to listen anytime. -
Location
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
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Podcast Link
The Garden Against Time
As part of The Wheeler Centre’s 2024 Spring Fling program, visitors to the Gardens can listen to an exclusive podcast interview with celebrated writer Olivia Laing, interviewed by Sophie Cunningham.
Olivia discusses her new book, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise, which moves between real and imagined gardens, exploring how new modes of living can and have been attempted amidst the flower beds. Listen as you walk through the Gardens, and experience first-hand the joy of wandering in nature.
Available online to listen anytime.
Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre.
Image credit: Olivia Laing, image by Sandra Mickiewicz
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