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Beauty and productivity in Chile - vines, lavender for oil, and olives (Image: Chloe Humphreys)

Finding sympathy with a changing natural landscape

06/05/2023 John Fitzsimmons 741 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By John Fitzsimmons

As it exited pandemic times the biennial Australian Landscape Conference 2023 attracted impressive audience numbers and was another signature offering of diverse and accomplished presenters. While the 2023 theme was nominally ‘Beyond the Boundaries’ it could be argued this conference revealed just how much awareness, skill, and creativity is needed and how challenging it can be to identify ‘boundaries’ much less define them.… Continue reading

City Sanctuary’ by Angelina Fox, Porch Envy (Image: Ludovic Vilbert, Inwardout Studio)

Landscape

Top tips for designing your next balcony garden

06/05/2023 Gabrielle Stannus 654 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

A small footprint does not necessarily make for a boring garden, judging by the balconies I saw at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show recently. Given the growing number of multi-level apartment buildings that have been, and are continuing to be constructed in our urban environments, the demand for balcony gardens will not be going away anytime soon.… Continue reading

Folia Apartments biodiversity planting throughout all balcony gardens (Image: Michael Casey)

Green Infrastructure Landscape

Biodiversity built for purpose

04/05/2023 Michael Casey 661 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Michael Casey

Global cities continue to develop at a rapid rate, and with an increase in size comes more people, more built structures, and in a lot of cases fewer green spaces for biodiversity to thrive. To counter the reduction of biodiversity, city planning needs to incorporate larger dedicated green areas rather than commonly creating small green spaces.… Continue reading

Rehabilitation Garden project concept (Images supplied by OUTHOUSE Design)

Landscape Design

Wellness Garden: The essence of flow

04/05/2023 admin 988 Views 0 Comments Botanic gardens, Garden Design, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design

By Karen Lau and Steve Warner

It has long been said that gardens can heal the soul and replenish depleted spirits. For years, we have been coming together in one form or another to cultivate soil, produce food and experience a social connection.… Continue reading

Solar panels integrated with green roof on Daramu House, Gadigal Land (Image: Lendlease)

Green Infrastructure Landscape

PV panels and green roof combinations are taking charge

11/04/2023 Michael Casey 961 Views 0 Comments Garden Design, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design

By Michael Casey

Our cities are full of built structures with buildings of all shapes and sizes dominating our skylines, and they all have one thing in common – in most cases, they have an underutilised roof space.

Over the course of decades, roof spaces of all shapes and forms have been used to store HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) installations, and until recently, photovoltaic panels (PV).… Continue reading

A Grape Ivy’s (Cissus nodosa) roots hang from a pergola at Enabling Village (Image: Salad Dressing)

Landscape

Singapore: Rewilding the garden city

10/04/2023 Gabrielle Stannus 814 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

Visiting Singapore recently, I took in a good few of its more manicured horticultural highlights, including the Singapore Botanic Gardens, and its showy counterpart Gardens by the Bay. However, seeking design inspiration of a different type, I trekked out to The Grandstand, a rather ‘unfussy mall’, to visit a landscape architecture studio seeking to rewild not only the gardens, but the hearts and minds of Singaporeans.… Continue reading

A relaxed look with natural elements and bold leafy foliage (Image:Jason Busch/Landart)

Landscape Design

Landscape Design Trends for 2023

06/03/2023 admin 1279 Views 0 Comments #Tree, design trends, Garden Design, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape design, Landscape design trends

Supplied by Landart

Mediterranean influences, bold leaf foliage, soft curves, timber and stone materials, and colour palettes of earthy naturals, greens, blues, and fresh white. With a business grounded in being amongst the first to deliver outdoor design trends, Matt Leacy, creative director and founder of the award-winning Landart, shares some of the key outdoor trends for 2023.… Continue reading

Urban forest will play a role in managing the environment (Image: Michael Casey)

Green Infrastructure Landscape

The tricky business of planting and managing trees in our built environment

06/03/2023 Michael Casey 887 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Green Infrastructure, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Michael Casey

Urban greening is becoming an important tool in helping to address climate change by adding greenery into our built environment. The one design inclusion that green infrastructure experts are starting to use more and more is the installation of trees into, and onto, buildings.… Continue reading

Delonix regia - a flowering shade tree for the subtropics. (Image: Patrick Regnault)

Horticulture/Design

Tree choices for a successful design

06/03/2023 Patrick Regnault 750 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Fruit Trees, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Patrick Regnault

Before compiling this article, I asked colleagues in different parts of Australia to provide me with three trees they find perform well; one for shade, one for ornamental purposes and one fruiting, and to give me the reasons for their choices.… Continue reading

Biofilta food cubes at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (Image: TSLC)

Landscape Design

Workplace urban farms, more than a food source

04/03/2023 Georgia Warren 833 Views 0 Comments

By Georgia Warren

Workplace farms add environmental and social amenity to office spaces, as well as economic value. Green spaces woven into and around the built form provide a sense of human scale and relationship to the broader urban form.

By growing food, workplace farms provide a range of benefits for workplaces, including improved food security and nutrition, reduced food bills, increased social connection, and opportunities for exercise and team building.… Continue reading