Celebrating National Science Week and presented in partnership with Now or Never, this discussion takes you underground where vast, interconnected networks quietly sustain life.

Delve into the microscopic organisms that shape healthy soils, support food systems, and lock away carbon. Learn more about how threads of fungi and microbes weave intricate relationships between what grows below and what thrives above.

In this conversation, host of Life Matters (ABC Radio National) Hilary Harper is joined by Gardening Australia’s Hannah Moloney and Museums Victoria’s Simon Hinkley.

Together they will explore how modern agriculture has disrupted these systems, and how regenerative practices might help repair them.

What emerges is a different way of seeing soil: not just dirt, but as a living infrastructure that holds environmental futures in balance.

Ticket includes entry to visit the multisensory Our Wonderous Planet gallery from 8pm to 9pm, where guests are invited to discover our world's vibrant living systems four billion years in the making.