Red Room Blog
6th September 2017
New Shoots Launch at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
By Phoebe Powell

Photos from the launch of New Shoots Victoria at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. Ten of our commissioned poets were invited to share their poetry on Sunday 3 September ...
Read more6th September 2017
"Merely to recite the names of trees and shrubs makes one feel good." - Chris Wallace-Crabbe reflects on New Shoots
By Chris Wallace-Crabbe

This is the dream republic
of fruits and flora.
~ from 'At the Tandicals' by Chris Wallace Crabbe
Chris Wallace-Crabbe featured in New Shoots: A Garden of ...
Read more6th September 2017
"We need flowers to breathe and poetry to understand" - Autumn Royal reflects on New Shoots
By Autumn Royal

The flower-seller & her younger sister share
rival theories about the technical correctness
& angle for cutting & searing turgid stems.
The flower-seller dissolves grief on her tongue
like ...