Design / Design Concepts / Garden and Public Art / Green Walls & Green Roofs / Landscape / Landscape Structures / Landscaping - Soft
How to Design a Greenhouse
Since at least as early as ancient Roman times, humans have recognised the value of what is now known as controlled environment agriculture, allowing farmers to cultivate plants year-round rather than seasonally. Though they were invented hundreds of years ago, greenhouses continue to be the most popular means of controlled environment agriculture today, with innovations...
Design / Design Concepts / Erosion Control / Garden and Public Art / Green Walls & Green Roofs / Landscape / Landscape Architecture / Landscaping - Soft
Urban Designer Calls for Greener Neighbourhoods
Urban designer calls for a shift to greener, self-sufficient neighbourhoods with multifunctional streets in a post-pandemic world. The recent change in the way people live, travel and work presents a unique opportunity for urban developers and designers to improve issues such as the liveability of our neighbourhoods and access to public spaces. A Perth urban...
Design / Design Concepts / Environmental Management / Erosion Control / Landscape / Landscaping - Hard / Landscaping - Soft
A Guide to Flood-resistant Urban Landscapes
Climate change and rising sea levels are impacting the design and shape of our cities. Edward Barsley, author of Retrofitting for Flood Resilience: A Guide to Building & Community Design, outlines six key strategies for creating environments that are adapted to flooding. Yanweizhou Park by Turenscape In his book, Barsley outlines how urban and natural...
Design Concepts / Landscape / Landscape Architecture / Landscape Construction / Landscape Design / Landscaping - Hard / Landscaping - Soft
New Guide to Universal Design
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) has published a new Guide to Universal Design. According to the ASLA, one billion people, or 15 percent of the global population, experience some form of disability. The new guide explores the ways in how Universal Design means that everyone, regardless of ability or age, can access and...
Environmental Management / Green Walls & Green Roofs / Landscaping - Soft / Nurseries / Water Management
How to Develop a Sustainable Community in Australia’s Fastest Growing City
The way our cities and towns are planned, designed and built has a vast impact on the economy, the environment and our wellbeing. Sustainability and liveability have become popular buzzwords over the past decade, but developing truly sustainable communities that can thrive in Australia’s most populated regions requires far more than a focus on their...
Design / Design Concepts / Environmental Management / Erosion Control / Green Walls & Green Roofs / Landscape Structures / Landscaping - Hard / Landscaping - Soft
Are Rooftop Amenities the New Standard Inclusion for Residential Development?
There’s no question that, as Australia’s population grows, high density living will become the way of the future, and with many young Australians looking to own their first home, it’s becoming the only affordable choice. Owning a two-bedroom apartment with sweeping skyline views is fast becoming the new Great Australian Dream and with affordable quarter-acre...
Top Tips for the Perfect Spring Lawn
Overwatering, “scalping” and turf varieties mismatched to the conditions are among the three most common traps for Australian homeowners in search of the perfect lawn, warns Toro Australia. Toro Australia’s Senior Marketing Manager – Equipment, Elise Willemsen, says Australian’s dream of having lush, green lawns, but for many, the reality is a patchy, uneven, brown...
Do you know your planting success rate?
This is an important question that we, as business owners or managers, need to know the answer to. For small and medium landscaping companies it is relatively easy to keep records and to monitor statistics and understand the reason for any failure. For big landscaping companies the large amount of plants used may hide the...
Bringing kids back to nature, one kindergarten at a time
In this guest post, contributor Wes Fleming discusses the benefits of natural outdoor play environments and the effect on children’s health and wellbeing. Something truly exciting is happening at the moment – we’re going backwards, and it’s happening all around us. From health professionals and nutritionists espousing the benefits of a caveman diet, to scientists...
Public/private partnerships the key to greener communities
In this guest post, contributor Wes Fleming discusses why private/public partnerships could hold the key towards future-proofing our suburbs while securing more green space in the municipalities which need them most. Whenever I drive around some of Melbourne’s oldest inner-suburban pockets, I am astounded by the number of derelict street corners, disused urban blocks and...
Healthy Soils
In Landscaping and horticulture in general we are involved primarily with growing media. The quality of soil we work with is important; this is recognised by the Australian Standards we must adhere to. What is less known and too often overlooked is the health of our soils. What constitutes a healthy soil? A soil is healthy...
The big, red Tomato Festival Sydney, 2014
A little more dignified than La Tomatina is the Tomato Festival Sydney, which will be held 31st January- 2nd of February at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney, giving you the opportunity to celebrate and learn about the most popular fruit in the world. The event will feature: A cooking masterclass with Pietro Demaio Talks by...
