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This beautiful soup is morninga, green papaya (picked fresh from the mulch pit community garden) and free range chicken; made by Edna, who moved to Darwin from the Phillipines and has shared her food and migration story with us at GULP. We are making these stories into recipe cards. So watch this space. #foodstories #localfood #tropicalproduce #darwinfood #plantconnections #growyourown #themulchpitdarwin #darwinnt #otlmagazine #papayasoup

I have had a bit of an instagram break. So much going on in real life; to be honest real life connections are the best, for me this has included some highlights of face to face tropical plant knowledge exchange. Loving the exchanging of stories and connection to Darwin and community through food. This is part of a truly beautiful group of women I have the pleasure to work with and facilitate the sharing of stories, connection and plant knowledge. They are new residents to Australia and embarking on Conservation Land Management training which includes this community engagement sector. I am blessed with their company and kindness and I am continuously thankful to live in such a diversely populates part of the world. #foodstories #localfood #empoweringwomen #tropicalplants #gardenlove #communityconnection #sustainablegarvest

As a lover and protector of our natural places I seem to be spending way too much time writing reports on work in them rather than actually being in them. Luckily yesterday after beautiful sun showers I was amongst the smell of perfume from steaming blossoms and eucalyptus leaves... so many lovely Grevillea flowering. I am often worrying about what will come of our natural spaces and biodiversity and human diversity and then I read this quote that a friend shared“What is most important is not to allow your anxiety about what happens to the world fill your heart. If your heart is full of anxiety you will get sick and then you will not be able able to help.” Thich Nhat Hanh. so true, be healthy and connected yourself and then you can reach out! #naturelover #ntflora #topendbeauties #naturelover #naturetherapy #bushlover #flowers #mytopend #biodivesrity

Community connection through cooking ! Sneak peak! Once a month a small group of people get together to share food made by a Darwin community member who loves cooking and using local produce. This project promotes the connection of people from diverse backgrounds who share their stories of connections to community and darwin through food. These stories and recipes are then shared further in a short article in Off The Leash Magazine to encourage others to use local produce and appreciate the often less promoted diversity of Darwin. Our last cooking session was with Karunika from Sri Lanka who is highly knowledgeable about Tropical plants and made a delicious pawpaw curry. You can catch this recipe in the next issue (April) of OTL. We are seeking more cooks and people to get involved ! If you would like to be involved or know someone in Darwin please email gulpcommunity@Gmail.com $100 is gifted to the cook plus ingredient costs for hosting. This project run through GULP NT with the assistance of City of Darwin grants program @offtheleashmagazine @cityofdarwin @abcdarwin #abcmyphoto #cityofdarwin #darwin #harmonyday #communitycooks #srilankanfood #tropicalfood #tropicaltaste #communitycooks #tropicalfruits #diversedarwin

It’s the little things that make a difference and add to the diversity. Bio diversity and human diversity, the way to a better future ! A beautiful time of year for many small flowers popping up, ephemeral and important for many insects. Everything and everyone is connected #ntnatives #nativeplants #topendlove #mytopend #naturelover #harmonyday

People plants and place for inclusive communities. We are excited to be going on a wild food hunting expedition next week with Larrakia elder Leslie Gordon, this photo was from our last outing. We will involve female plant lovers and newly arrived Australian women. This is part of a training program to upskill migrant women and connect them to indigenous culture and local community and share stories through food and plants. I love the concept of this project and that connection and shared understandings (and female empowerment) is the way for a better future. If you know of any migrant women in the Top End who would like to join us for an outing or a whole internship PM me #inclusivecommunities #spreadthelove #plantlove #indigenousaustralia #bushwomen #spreadthelove #plantsandpeople #bushtucker #wildfood #mytopend #darwin #tasteofthetop #foraged #migrantwomen #nativeplants @lesliegordon3 @abcmyphoto

It’s in our hands! This is one of my favourite photos and a pair of hands belonging to a wonderful carer of country, plant lover and friend and he and this photo will be featuring on ABCs gardening Australia later this month, showing his garden and bush tucker knowledge at his home in Kakadu. We have been catching up and working on some wonderful ideas to collaborate on photos for an exhibition I am working on “We are, we eat, we connect” where people and food plants are one. These sacred water lollies will be involved @kakadukitchen #plantlovers #planthunter #indigenousaustralia #plantlove #abcmyphoto #wildcollected #bushtucker #kakadu #wildharvest #waterlilly #wetlands #ediblenatives #connecttocountry #mytopend #australiasnorthernterritory #ausoutbacknt #tasteofthetopend #plantsandpeople #plantmagic #plantsaremagic

Strong women, may we know them, be them and raise them. This week I hosted the wonderful women of my family in Mapuru, Arnhemland at my house in Darwin, for lunch swimming and cups of tea. The fuzzy photo is under my house, it is hard to get 9 women to keep their eyes all open at once!. I am so excited that they are on their way from Arnhemland to Melbourne to host weaving workshops and see what life is like in a big city, for many it is their first time out of The Territory and on a big plane. The rest of Australia really is like another world (to me too). These amazing women are an inspiration to me and I am happy to share an ongoing and growing connection across worlds. #indigenousaustralia #maparu #internationalwomensday #strongwomen #yolngufamily #arnhemweavers #arnhemland #weaving #balandadreaming @friends_of_mapuru

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