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Anna Murphy
@annabuzzmurphy.bsky.social
Flora ecologist specialising in threatened species.
It’s such a great season for roses in Central Victoria. This is a heritage rose from my front garden. Two years ago, I picked some flowers for a friend who had just finished chemotherapy. Little did I know that two years later it would mark the end of mine. #cancer #natureheals
November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yesterday, I sat in the garden to take in spring. My post chemo / fibromyalgia fatigue was so intense that I couldn’t stand. So, I sat there for an hour, flowers in full bloom all around me watching honeybees up close, sipping nectar from one flower, gathering pollen from the next and felt lucky.
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Chair in the garden #gardentherapy
October 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It’s that time of year… for planting veggie seeds. Way behind due to a year of intensive and challenging cancer treatment but I’ll still give it a go..
#spring #cancerrecovery #sustainability
#veggies
#eatyourveg
#thankgodforcancerresearch
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This week I read Claire Keegan’s ‘Small Things Like These’ which asks us how we will act on injustice. Brilliant writing. Highly recommend. #BookerPrizeShortlister #literaryfiction #BookClub
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Cabbage leaf #eatyourveg
August 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Trigger plant beauty on the coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania).
#Australianflora #nature #biodiversity #plantconservation
August 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
July 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Lake Daylesford.
June 21, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Dew on winter leaves. #nature #winter #biophilia
June 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Here in Australia, our spider orchids (genus Caladenia) are a little different.. 🕷️🕸️
June 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Eyespot (mimicry) as demonstrated by my tabby Clara. Who’s watching who? Can you see it? #mimicry #evolution
June 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sleepy Bay
May 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Garden gates at Buda House.
May 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It’s a cold, cold winter here as I go through chemo. Remembering back to my wonderful summer trip to #freycinetpeninsula #lutruwita #tasmania
May 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Farmhouse window
May 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Autumn harvest
May 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Citrus
April 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Hidden path.
April 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Recovery window
April 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
My wild, unkempt garden with a native lawn is teeming with life. Three skinks darted anxiously by, blue banded bees are whizzing around inspecting flowers and the eastern spinebill perches on the stakes in the garden to take a sip of nectar from the salvias. #wildgardens #wildlife #biodiversity
April 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Gratitude 💕. Boyfriend thinks he’s hopeless with food but brings me this delicious meal for lunch. So lucky to have such wonderful support for my cancer recovery.
March 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Absolutely love this book by Isabella Tree about rewilding the Knepp estate (which I am reading in this sweltering heat from the comfort of my toddler pool in the garden… incl. mosquito net)..
February 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
A tough week calls for sunflower therapy.
February 9, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Buda historic house, central Victoria Australia.

Home of the Levini sisters who lived there together as creatives until the end of their lives. #migranthistory
February 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM