Anna Lindstad - Saving the Abbotsford Convent

Sunday, 27 April 2025 - 10:00am to 10:30am
The saving of the Abbotsford Convent

Anna Lindstad is an architect who believes in regenerative design.

https://parlour.org.au/parlour-annexe/regenerative-designers/

She grows pomegranates and other produce, including large juicy pears in the small courtyard garden at her house in Abbotsford. In the early 90's when the historic Abbotsford Convent was under threat from housing developers she began a campaign to save it. Soon a skilled, committed and connected coalition formed whose effective action saw the  Convent preserved as site for events, festivals and artistics and educational pursuits for the people of Melbourne.

Anna also discusses the fate of the community veggie plots at the nearby Collingwood Childrens Farm.

 

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