The Soft Meadow Collective are multidisciplinary artists Sarah Lynch, Daniella Ruffino, and Adele Daniele, who are interested in plants, pollinators, biodiversity, and urban ecology. The Collective was established in 2022 during a residency at Collingwood Yards. Currently, the collective is participating in the Room To Create Program, supported by the City of Yarra, at the Fitzroy Town Hall.

Soft Meadow is passionate about generating new perspectives, inviting conversations, and collaborating with artists, musicians, urban ecologists, geographers, and landscape architects on projects to encourage a connection to nature.

Soft Meadow has produced exhibitions, workshops, publications, public art projects, film screenings, art/plant pop-up libraries and community engaged art projects.

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Residencies

2025

• Supported Residency, Fitzroy Town Hall, Room to Create, Yarra Council

2024

• Supported Residency, Fitzroy Town Hall, Room to Create, Yarra Council

• Supported Residency, The Plant Salon, Soft Meadow Collective, Smith + Gertrude

2023-24

• Supported Residency, Room to Create, Bryant and May Building, Cremorne 

2021-2023

• Studio 15, Collingwood Yards 

Projects/Events/Workshops

2025

• The Plant Salon Drawing Workshop, Soft Meadow Studio, Fitzroy Town Hall

2024

• Soft Meadow Studio Launch: Cocktails and Spontaneous Canapés, Fitzroy Town Hall

• Weed Derive Zine: The Drawing Issue # 2 Launch Party, Smith + Gertrude Gallery

• Spontaneous Plants Drop-by Drawing Workshop, The Plant Salon Residency, 

Smith + Gertrude Gallery

• Spontaneous Plants Drop-In Drawing Workshop, in partnership with Urban Campfire, NJC and BANH, Collingwood Yards 

• Music for Spiders #3, presented by SMC, Bryant and May, Cremone 

2023

• Spontaneous Plants of Collingwood Dérive, Pop-up Library and Weed Derive Zine, Collingwood Yards, supported by a Climate Change Grant, Yarra City Council

• Music for Spiders #2, presented by SMC, Bryant and May Building, Cremorne

• Well…it’s in my nature, Bakehouse Billboards, Bakehouse Studios

2022

• Food: Spontaneous Plant Walk, CLIMARTE Gallery, Richmond

• Spontaneous Plants of Abbotsford Dérive, Extraordinary Times Require Extraordinary Art, Yarra City Council

• Film Screening and Panel Discussion: NATURA URBANA. Panellists: Matthew Gandy (Professor of Geography), Sarah Lynch (Artist), Alistair Kirkpatrick (Landscape Architect) and Maitiú Ward (Publisher). Daniella Ruffino and Sarah Lynch in partnership with Bookshop by Uro and Composite, Collingwood Yards

• Botanical Drawing Workshop, Garden State Festival

• Spontaneous Plants of Collingwood Dérive, Garden State Festival

• Unpredictable Typologies, Studio 15, Melbourne Art Fair Precinct Night, Collingwood Yards

Grants

2023 

• Recipient of the Climate Action Small grant, Yarra Council

2022

• Recipient of the Yarra Small Grant, Yarra City Arts, Natura Urbana film screening and panel discussion

• Recipient of the Garden State Festival grant for the Botanical Drawing workshop

• Recipient of the Garden State Festival grant for Spontaneous Plants of Collingwood Dérive

Publications

2024

• Weed Derive #2, Drawing Edition

2023

• Weed Derive #1, A Handbook

2022

• Spontaneous Plants of Collingwood Map

• Spontaneous Plants of Abbotsford Convent Map

• Spontaneous Plants of Richmond Map