Plant propagation for the people

The text of this post was originally published on the website of UBC Botanical Garden. This past summer, as part … More

The tomatoes between us (excerpt)

Last year, in the early days of the pandemic, I accidentally grew many more tomato seedlings than I could plant … More

The art of propagation

The big news this year is that I am the Artist in Residence at UBC Botanical Garden. The (somewhat loose) … More

Gardens are social media

A few years ago, the first full summer we lived in Sherbrooke, my husband and I built a wooden planter … More

Archaeologies of urban landscape

Hinge Park, as if the past was present (Nicole Crawford, 2019)  This past summer I taught a special topics course … More

Landscapes of inattention

Two papers of mine recently appeared in academic journals. Both have been a long time coming to print, so maybe … More

Climate change and the many solitudes of Canada

Last summer, my family and I moved from Sherbrooke to Vancouver. Sherbrooke is a city of 150,000 people, located in the … More

What is landscape criticism and what can it do?

Last year I published an essay on the alternative news website, Rabble. After much thought and with more than a little … More

Collective gardening as research

Last summer, my husband and I built a small garden-on-wheels: it was a large rectangular planter mounted on the wheel … More

The work of gardening

For the first time in my life, I have my own garden. That is, my first garden larger than a … More