Listen to artist Caitlin Franzmann, gardener Kate Wall, and ecologist Renee Rossini in conversation about understanding and responsibly working with weeds.

The panellists share stories about getting to know plants that have been deemed unwanted and discuss the values that underpin such classifications. From a garden ‘soil improver’ to an environmental weed that has endangered a butterfly species, each plant interacts with the ecosystems they are nested within.

What are the ethical and cultural dilemmas we must consider when managing weeds? What are the plants telling us—about the soil, about the climate, about history? How do we listen?