In this episode, Laura speaks with Emma Cutting, founder of Heartscapes. Heartscapes transforms city streets into thriving ecosystems through community‑led street gardening, turning overlooked pieces of public land into buzzing, biodiverse gardens.
What began as Emma’s personal way to reconnect with the earth – and to show the next generation that people are willing to take big risks for positive change – has grown into the Melbourne Pollinator Corridor, a flagship project that creates wildlife pathways for native pollinators while reconnecting people to nature and building more resilient urban communities.
There are many ways to get involved with and support Heartscapes:
- Join the pollinator club
- Take the online street gardening course
- Plus much more. Visit the Heartscapes website.
This podcast was produced by Laura Aston, in collaboration with Regen Melbourne.
Gardens for People and Pollinators, Regenerative Streets Podcast © 2026 by Laura Aston and Regen Melbourne. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Music: Carefree, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
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