Gardening with Soul

Gardening with Soul follows four seasons in the life of irresistible gardening nun Sister Loyola Galvin. 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 its influence on Loyola’s Island Bay garden, from the 2011 snow 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 the Best Documentary at the 2013 Moa (NZ Film) Awards.

In nature things that are dying off are really getting ready for the next phase of life. And that’s how I see it: I think that’s how spirituality helps you to see things.

– Sister Loyola Galvin

Key Cast & Crew

Jess Feast

Director

Vicky Pope

Producer

Gareth Moon

Camera

Ari Wegner

Camera

Hamish Waterhouse

Camera

John McKay

Sound Designer/Sound Mix