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Why is it that we place a plant in a pot confining its ability to grow and occupy physical space This work is part of Plantarians which asks what does it mean to have a garden Apportioned into episodes the film studies the capacity of garden plants to respond to the particularities of their surroundings At the same time it tracks the lives of the contemporary men and women who cultivate enjoy eat obsess over and even grieve with and for these plants The piece invites audiences to witness the codependent existence of earths living organisms and to reflect on the ways in which this interdependence can be characterised by both conflict and intimacy