The CEO of social enterprise and technical innovators Move & Groove, Alison Harrington says her company's silent disco therapy is being adopted in several aged-care facilities across the ACT and NSW – and the benefits during lockdown have been huge.
Kathryn Vukovljak
Kathryn Vukovljak is a former "CityNews" journalist.
WITH people spending more time at home and movement restricted, there has been a significant increase in demand for family violence services, according to victims of crime commissioner, Heidi Yates.
DIANNE Anderson’s park-like Red Hill garden will be open to the public in April for the last time, as she and her husband Brian prepare to downsize later this year.
KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK previews an upcoming open garden – historic Lambrigg at Tharwa.
PROVING the “pretty and productive potential of a suburban block”, Michele and Andrew England’s no-waste, organic garden in Braddon provides year-round food and flowers. rep[ortds KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK.
Open Gardens Canberra’s autumn program will start in mid-March, despite gardens suffering over the disastrous summer, says convenor Tom Baker.
Gallery owner Robert Stephens is rallying the art community to gather works to give to victims of the recent fires, but he knows first hand what it’s like to be affected.
Author Elita Mackay, has woven early childhood memories from growing up in Bombala into a work of fiction in her debut novel “The Wind Queen”.
Four gardens in Bungendore will close the spring season for Open Gardens Canberra over the November 23-24 weekend. KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK visits one of them, a sustainable cottage garden...
"Terroux" is a meaningful garden for owners Peter Fletcher and Barbara Baikie, who started planting trees, shrubs and flowers on the Wallaroo property 15 years ago from the bare ground up. It will be open to the public and reporter KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK has the details...
Gardening is healing for mosaic artist Tina van Raay, whose Campbell garden is her expression space, art gallery, meditation zone and respite for friends and family.
Halloween can be about trick-or-treating, lollies and dressing up in spooky costumes, but Lilitu Babalon, who identifies as a witch, usually does things a little differently, reports KATHRYN VUKOVLJAK.
