Mike Mills in Wilder Quarterly photographed by Nicholas Haggard.
The 2012 Winter issue of Wilder Quarterly wanders through the wintry season with a trip to Norway’s Svalbard Global Seal Vault and then coasts down to Mexico to check out Xochemilco’s floating garden district. Renaissance rooftop gardener Annie Novak shows us how field-to-fork stays alive in the colder months and director Mike Mills chats about his passion for greenery. We interview Defiant Gardens author Kenneth Helphand about growing in wartime as a form of hope and Portland chef Aaron Woo who is revolutionizing the vegetarian plate. Before heading indoors, we tour the gardens of Austin-based musician Martin Pena and famed horticulturist Yvonne Savio in Los Angeles.