Sunday, June 21, 2026

Landscape

A long day on site and still laughing; teamwork and shared experience are part of working smarter (Image: Patrick Regnault) A long day on site and still laughing; teamwork and shared experience are part of working smarter (Image: Patrick Regnault)
Working Smarter

The real work of working smarter

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By Patrick Regnault

‘Work smarter, not harder’ is a popular adage in these times. In reality, working smarter often depends on first doing the harder work of understanding a problem deeply and approaching it with flexibility. To solve a problem, we need to examine it from different perspectives.… Continue reading

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The Keppel Marina Desalination Plant hosts a beautiful 20,000 m2 green roof open for the use by the public (Image: Michael Casey, Evergreen Infrastructure) The Keppel Marina Desalination Plant hosts a beautiful 20,000 m2 green roof open for the use by the public (Image: Michael Casey, Evergreen Infrastructure)
Green InfrastructureLandscape

The future of green infrastructure

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By Michael Casey

This is a difficult article to write, partly because it is my last for Hort Journal Australia, and partly because the subject feels larger now than it once did. When I first began writing and speaking about green infrastructure, it was often framed as an emerging opportunity, a new way of imagining what cities could become.… Continue reading

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Super Bloom’s ‘Plant Futures: The Future in Bloom’ garden at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2026 (Image: Sarah Pannell) Super Bloom’s ‘Plant Futures: The Future in Bloom’ garden at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2026 (Image: Sarah Pannell)
LandscapePublic Spaces

Public revelry when complex planting is primary

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By Jac Semmler and Alice Ziebell

As cities respond to climate pressure, resource constraints, and rising expectations for high quality public space, planting should be central to how we shape the future of urban design. A plant driven approach, which embraces naturalistic, multi-layer principles offers adaptive, biodiverse, and experientially rich environments, spaces where living systems structure form, moderate climate, and deliver long term value.… Continue reading

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A rich backdrop accentuates the elegant curves of the architecture, while lush textural plantings soften the heavy columns and encourage a sense of discovery A rich backdrop accentuates the elegant curves of the architecture, while lush textural plantings soften the heavy columns and encourage a sense of discovery
Garden DesignLandscape

Chasing the sun

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By Wendy Moore

A grand home comes to life surrounded by a Moroccan style garden worthy of its beauty.

Perched on the edge of Sydney’s Centennial Park, a home filled with heritage deserved a garden to suit its stunning, structured surroundings.… Continue reading

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'Sentio’: Human sensitivity and vulnerability expressed in a beautiful sensory garden crafted by Conchi Batson (Image: Patrick Regnault) 'Sentio’: Human sensitivity and vulnerability expressed in a beautiful sensory garden crafted by Conchi Batson (Image: Patrick Regnault)
LandscapeLandscape event

Beauty, purpose and the modern garden

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By Patrick Regnault

Visiting the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in late March helped me to clarify what I am looking for in a garden. It is not only the craftmanship, plant knowledge and overall balance, but something less tangible and probably harder to define, a presence, a purpose.… Continue reading

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Coastal ecologies self-organising into Fractal Buffering Succession Zones to survive harsh exposures (Image: Erik van Zuilekom) Coastal ecologies self-organising into Fractal Buffering Succession Zones to survive harsh exposures (Image: Erik van Zuilekom)
LandscapeScaled design

The fractal advantage: Multiplying niches through scaled design

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By Erik van Zuilekom

Nature does not repeat itself randomly. Look closely at a river delta, a fern frond or the branching of your own arteries and you will see the same geometric logic recurring at every scale. When this principle is applied to landscape design, integrated ecologies do not simply persist, they multiply.… Continue reading

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The Grand Entrance to Birkenhead Park (Image: Phil Nash via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0) The Grand Entrance to Birkenhead Park (Image: Phil Nash via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Garden DesignLandscape

Gardens of lasting beauty

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By Patrick Regnault

Designing a garden that lasts more than a few years seems to be more of a challenge these days when compared to previous centuries. The fast pace of change and our desire for constant renewal accompanied by quick results are not conducive to a generational view of landscape design.… Continue reading

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Evergreen Infrastructure employees Madison Slocombe (L) and Taylor Casey (R) receiving on-site training (Image: Evergreen infrastructure) Evergreen Infrastructure employees Madison Slocombe (L) and Taylor Casey (R) receiving on-site training (Image: Evergreen infrastructure)
Green InfrastructureLandscape

Building living infrastructure

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Why more women are choosing trade pathways

By Michael Casey

If you have spent any time on a green roof installation, a streetscape retrofit or a living wall maintenance visit, you will have noticed the shift: crews are changing, conversations are changing, and so is what ‘good trade work’ looks like in green infrastructure, which matters because the work ahead is significant.… Continue reading

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This project included a variety of green walls, which were added to the scope of work for The Gardenmakers after the original contractor went into administration mid-build This project included a variety of green walls, which were added to the scope of work for The Gardenmakers after the original contractor went into administration mid-build
LandscapeLandscape Design

Better with age

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By Lynne Testoni

A luxury landscape for a seniors’ living project features quality elements from the rooftop down.

A premium senior living development, The Langlee, was a construction project with multiple elements of soft landscaping, irrigation, maintenance and hard landscaping from the ground to the rooftops, including outdoor kitchens and firepits.… Continue reading

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Healthy, living soils develop recyclable biomass inputs back into their structure via living, ecological chains of integration (Image: Erik van Zuilekom) Healthy, living soils develop recyclable biomass inputs back into their structure via living, ecological chains of integration (Image: Erik van Zuilekom)
Garden DesignLandscape

Temporal dynamics in design

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How living systems accumulate value

By Erik van Zuilekom

Unlike built infrastructure that generally depreciates from day one, ecologically designed landscapes appreciate through biological compound interest. This temporal inversion, where gardens become more valuable, stable, and integrated over time, emerges when we design with succession rather than against it.… Continue reading

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