Growing more
than a garden.
A lifelong interest in plants, hands-on experimentation and multi-grafting has become a journey of creativity, patience and connection.
My gardens journey
My love of gardening began in Iraq and continued in Australia. Growing fruit trees and edible plants gives me a place to keep learning, try new ideas and share my enthusiasm with others.
Read the ABC gardening feature ↗A Guinness World Record achievement
In 2021, my multi-grafting work earned a Guinness World Record for five fruit species growing on one tree. Media coverage described ten fruit varieties—a distinction between species and varieties that matters to the story.
For me, different branches sharing one tree also express a message of coexistence and respect.
Read the 2021 story ↗From a lifelong interest to a world record.
Taha Al-Ani’s Arabic feature follows my interest in gardening from Iraq to Australia, the experiments behind my multi-grafted fruit trees and the evidence-gathering process for Guinness World Records. It also explores why I see different fruits growing together as an expression of cultural diversity and coexistence.
يتناول تقرير الجزيرة نت شغفي بالزراعة وتطوير مهاراتي في التطعيم، وصولاً إلى إنجاز غينيس. ويربط بين التجربة والصبر والتعلّم، وبين رؤيتي للتنوع والتعايش.
The garden as a place to learn.
In November 2022, GSSC’s Year 11 VCE Agriculture students visited my garden for a tour and a practical introduction to plant propagation. I shared my experience in grafting and budding, with demonstrations and opportunities for students to practise.
My Gardens Journey page shared the visit on 7 November. GSSC followed with an acknowledgement on 10 November, thanking me for sharing my time, skills and knowledge. The visit brought together two enduring parts of my work: education and gardening.
November 2022 · Hussam Saraf Gardens Journey
November 2022 · Hussam Saraf Gardens Journey
November 2022 · Hussam Saraf Gardens Journey
November 2022 · Hussam Saraf Gardens Journey
November 2022 · Hussam Saraf Gardens Journey
November 2022 · Hussam Saraf Gardens Journey
Growing a school garden together.
Sharing gardening knowledge with students is part of my commitment to practical learning. GSSC recognised my support for its horticulture program and The Patch with an appreciation plaque dated 5 September 2023.
Garden stories, shared around the world.
From practical learning at GSSC’s school garden to the story of my multi-grafted fruit tree, these reports explore the different ways gardening connects my work with others. Browse the original articles, interviews and newsletters by language and topic.
Photographs retain their source credits. Related and illustrative images are identified in their captions.
English
Articles & school newslettersHelping a school garden grow.
Reports on The Patch at GSSC, including my contribution to its trees, planting and learning opportunities.
Helping The Patch take root
Coverage of GSSC’s agriculture and horticulture space acknowledges Hussam ‘Samy’ Saraf’s contribution to the project.
The Patch garden opening
The college recognises Hussam’s help establishing trees with students and his support for the edible garden.
Planting for the future
A school update records Hussam’s donation of trees and his work planting with students.
Grafting & the world record.
Local and international coverage of the tree, the record and the message of coexistence.
Kialla gardener earns Guinness recognition
Local reporting explains the record: ten varieties on one tree, recognised as five distinct fruit species.
Around the Traps
A local news roundup includes Hussam’s attempt to grow a record-breaking fruit tree.
A remarkable tree in StrangeSights
The magazine’s roundup includes Hussam’s achievement in grafting different fruit species onto one tree.
A place in UPI’s Australian roundup
Hussam’s fruit-tree achievement appears among unusual stories from Australia.
The record reaches readers in Nigeria
Reporting on Hussam’s tree and its recognition by Guinness World Records.
A gardening story shared in Canada
The Down Under Club of Winnipeg’s newsletter includes Hussam’s tree in its news from Australia.
العربية
البستنة والتطعيم وإنجاز غينيسمن المعرفة الزراعية إلى مشاركة التجربة.
مقابلات وتقارير عن رحلتي مع الأشجار ومشاركة الخبرة الزراعية وإنجاز غينيس.
مشاركة المعرفة والعناية بالحديقة المنزلية
يتحدث حسام عن قناته الزراعية ومشاركة المعرفة العملية لمساعدة الآخرين على العناية بحدائقهم.
من شغف التطعيم إلى موسوعة غينيس
قصة اهتمام حسام بتطعيم الأشجار والإنجاز الذي حققه في موسوعة غينيس للأرقام القياسية.
إنجاز زراعي يصل إلى القرّاء العرب
تغطية لشجرة حسام متعددة الفواكه والمعنى الذي يربطه بالتنوع والتعايش.
شجرة واحدة وقصة نجاح
تغطية في صحيفة المدى العراقية عن خلفية حسام الزراعية وإنجازه في موسوعة غينيس.
اقرأ أيضاً: تقرير الجزيرة عن رحلة التطعيم من العراق إلى أستراليا ↑
Italiano
Giardinaggio e convivenzaPer fare un albero.
Una storia di giardinaggio e di frutti diversi che crescono insieme.
Per fare un albero
Una riflessione di Enrico Franceschini sull’albero di Hussam Saraf e sull’idea di frutti diversi che crescono insieme.
Türkçe
Bahçecilik ve dünya rekoruBahçecilik ve dünya rekoru.
Hussam Saraf’ın çok meyveli ağacının hikâyesi.
Tek ağaçta farklı meyveler
Cumhuriyet, Hussam Saraf’ın aynı ağaçta farklı meyveler yetiştirmesini ve Guinness Dünya Rekoru girişimini konu alıyor.
A Guinness achievement shared in India.
A video shared by Dr. Mufti Mukarram Ahmed mentions Hussam Saraf and his Guinness World Record achievement in its published title.
فيديو على قناة الدكتور مفتي مكرم أحمد، يذكر عنوانه المنشور حسام الصراف وإنجازه في موسوعة غينيس.
Dr. Mufti Mukarram Ahmed · YouTube · Archive date not recorded
Gardening photo albums.
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