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Gardening with Soul

Suitable for general audiences 2013 2m Film
  • Documentary

Gardening with Soul follows four seasons in the life of irresistible gardening nun Sister Loyola Galvin, who spent 70+ years as a member of the Sisters of Compassion. Director Jess Feast (Cowboys and Communists) unearths sage gems from the nonagenarian on everything from compost, to Catholic Church sex abuse scandals. The cycles of Wellington’s weather are charted via their  influence on Loyola’s Island Bay garden, from the snows of 2011 to flax-drunk tui. Feast worked with editor Annie Collins to piece together a paean to a life lived with zest and compassion. Soul won Best Documentary at the 2013 Moa Awards.