The Secret Garden
What:
The Secret Garden
Where:
Miller St, East Brunswick
When:
Until developers notice or plants take over
How much:
Unnoticed - free! Noticed - ask your lawyer
To believe in an escape from the quotidian aspect of our lives is probably one of our greatest, deep-seated motivators. Though we might love our friends, family and lives in general, our active minds constantly entertain a place or future far removed from the familiar. The escape plan can take many forms; a career breakthrough, a change of country or scenery, a loving relationship etc. The only way we can march to the beat of the humdrum, and chew the gristle of daily life is to believe that something more amazing might be around the corner.
In the inner-city suburb of Brunswick, a massive secret garden can be found hidden amongst the houses. It exists in a place where, due to the current rental crisis, space is in short supply. Once the home of a factory (the church of standardised predictability) the vast expanse has now been overtaken by determined-looking plants and complacent rubble piles. While the world hidden behind these gigantic blue doors verges on the post apocalyptic, the marked difference of scenery to its external surrounds can't help but stir the imagination and remind us to keep exploring and finding gaps in the everyday.
Trespassers will be prosecuted.
Ambience: Outdoor
Difficulty: Exertion will pay off
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