Friday, September 20, 2024

landscape design

Backyard compost bin (Image: Ben Kerckx, Pixabay)
EnvironmentEnvironment & Sustainability

Recycling food and gardening organics study

Compiled by Karen Smith

Among the global targets set at the 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference, COP 15, in Montreal was an agreement to cut global food waste in half, and significantly reduce over-consumption and waste generation, and reduce by half, both excess nutrients and the overall risk posed by pesticides and highly hazardous chemicals.Continue reading

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The correct loading technique using your lower body minimises strain on your back and shoulders (Image: Patrick Regnault)
EquipmentGreenhouses & Technology

Back to basics with small tools

By Patrick Regnault

Small tools are the basis of our trade. Secateurs, pruning and grafting knives, shovels and spades, picks, and hoes, and so much more. Some of the small tools have been used for centuries and reached their final forms a very long time ago.Continue reading

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One Central Park in Sydney offers a clean, healthy, and welcoming space for the community (Image: Karen Smith)
Green InfrastructureLandscape

Objectives beyond aesthetics – the full potential of greening buildings

By Michael Casey

Greening buildings, a practice involving the integration of vegetation and eco-friendly features into architectural design, has gained significant traction in urban environments in recent decades. While the concept holds promise for enhancing environmental quality and reducing ecological footprints, its true impact on overall sustainability warrants careful examination.Continue reading

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Replicating a habitat - the coastal garden (Image: Barbara Wheeler)
Botanic GardensPlants

Showcasing New Zealand indigenous plants in creative ways

By Barbara Wheeler

Often seen growing as scrappy carpark plants, badly pruned to keep within the bounds of narrow strips of garden beds and frequently planted in the wrong place, the wonderful indigenous flora of New Zealand has had a history of being overlooked and much maligned in its own country.Continue reading

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