Michelle Bowen, Xanthorrhoea - Our Grass Tree (Animal & Nature 2021)

Limited with a badly broken ankle and lockdown, I began looking for inspiration. Fortunately, our Grass Tree flowered at just the right time and I became mesmerised by the native bees attracted to its nectar and insects taking shelter in its grassy fronds,

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