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Gardening is like a drug, says photographer Bill Henson

Gardening is like a drug, says photographer Bill Henson

Photographer Bill Henson invites AFR Magazine into his garden, which he created from a former car park, for this month's Other Passions column.

Bill Henson in his backyard. "Caring for things is very, very good for us, whether we’re talking about trees or other sentient beings." Josh Robenstone

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Bill Henson is a photographer and artist. He's 64 and lives in Northcote, Melbourne.

Photography is your work, gardening is your hobby. But you and your partner, artist Louise Hearman, are immersed in both, aren’t you?

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