Oh Boy, Bok Choy! is one of the go-to places in Brisbane at Stafford Road QLD if your palate is looking for an authentic Southeast Asian fix. They serve great food. The glowing reviews from its patrons are a testament to this. Apart from the culinary excellence, the...
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Youfoodz Warehouse Goes Green with Manhattan Trough Planters
Large The Youfoodz Warehouse in Karawatha, QLD 4117 is a testament to innovative design and sustainability. One of the most striking features of the warehouse is the use of Manhattan Trough planters, which adds a touch of sophistication to the industrial space....
Florence Concrete Trough Planters Used for Greening Karalee Shopping Village Expansion Project
Hutchinson Builders have commissioned a total of 30 Florence Trough planters to help add foliage to hardscaped areas in Karalee Shopping Village in Ipswich, Queensland. Along with the steel beams, the planters helped to differentiate the pedestrian area and the...
Enhancing Outdoor Elegance with Manhattan Trough Planters at North Balwyn Residence
In the Eastern suburb of Melbourne in North Balwyn, a residential project showcases the transformative impact of IOTA's Manhattan Tall Trough Planters on a modern outdoor setting. These planters, crafted from lightweight and durable fiberglass, epitomize how...
GCB Constructions Commissions Milano Custom Planters in Redevelopment Project in Varsity Lakes
A total of 83 Milano GRC Custom Planters from IOTA were commissioned by GCB Constructions in a multi-million dollar redevelopment project at Varsity Lakes in QLD. The planters were placed in the arcades at the corner of Varsity Parade and Lake St. The area is host to...
Scott Brown: Reflecting on 19 Years of His Landscape Design Career
Scott Brown retired from his landscape design career and is now pursuing other interests. But one thing is certain, his legacy and influence in the landscape design industry will not be forgotten. Despite hanging up his boots back in 2012, Scott continues to receive...
Australian Landscape Designers: Brent Reid on Loving His Craft and Building Good Relationships
With 14 years of experience in the industry, Brent Reid is one of the most accomplished Australian landscape designers. In 2006, he started his own firm Candeo Design, after eight years of working with Semken Landscaping, and Jim Fogarty for three years. He is a...
Jim Fogarty: On Learning, Being Passionate, and Keeping Up with Technology
Jim Fogarty is an award-winning garden designer from Melbourne. He has been all around the world designing gardens here and there as he strives to learn and improve on his craft. Jim is driven by passion and we all know passionate people are destined for greatness. I...
How to Create a Container Garden with Limited Space
Want to have a garden, but short on space? Use containers! City dwellers with very limited space can be an intimidating prospect. But not having access to a yard full of rich soil, and abundant sunlight, doesn’t exempt you from enjoying homegrown flowers, vegetables,...
A Guide to Weed Identification
A good gardener always starts as a good weeder. - Amos Pettingill, author What are Weeds? These are some of the accepted definitions of a weed: A plant growing where it is not wanted A plant out of place and not intentionally sown A plant whose virtues have not yet...
Anne Wareham: On Designing a Garden but Hating Gardening
Anne Wareham and her husband has been working and designing a garden in the UK for 25 years. They are the couple behind Veddw House Garden -- now one of the most awe-inspiring gardens in the UK. I made the garden because I wanted a garden, not because I wanted to...
A Guide to Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
Gardening with herbs, which is becoming increasingly popular, is indulged in by those who like subtlety in their plants in preference to brilliance. – Helen Morgenthau Fox Medicinal Plants at Present The medicines that we see today, including the heavy antibiotics and...
Weekly Roundup (August 27)
This Week on Landscape Design: Leaders in engineering, horticulture and landscape design share their part in the creation of an iconic piece of landscape architecture. Green Varnish, designed by New York-based Nomad Studio, is the first major, transformational...
Horticulturalist Janna Schreier: Why She Left the Corporate World to Pursue Her Love of Gardening
This time around we interview horticulturalist Janna Schreier. Janna left the corporate world to pursue her love of gardening and her life partner. She is a recipient of Most Promising Garden Design Graduate award in 2011. She passed both RHS Cert 2 and the RHS cert 3...
Weekly Roundup (August 21)
This Week on Landscape Design: The 28. Října Square (October 28th Square): Town council decides to hold an architecture competition to create an open public space suitable for all the types of activities. Netzvilla: a climbing frame resembling a multi-story villa,...
BBC Gardener of the Decade: Katherine Crouch
We have had an opportunity to interview one of the greatest gardeners of this decade - Katherine Crouch. Katherine was hailed as BBC Gardener of the Decade in 2008 and BBC Gardener of the Year back in 1999. Get to know this award-winning gardener and her story below....
Weekly Roundup (July 30)
This Week on Landscape Design: Make gardening and landscaping more fun and easier by choosing the right plant for the right place. Read more. Urbanization destroys the natural habitat of certain wildlife. Increasing biodiversity is possible by linking landscape design...
Weekly Roundup (July 16)
This Week on Landscape Design: New Zealand man spent 4 years growing a church from trees. Are you ready to check out the article? Yes take me there. Scientists have since studied the relationship between human behavior and the environment. How does our environment...
Weekly Roundup (July 2)
This Week on Landscape Design: James Corner: The Landscape Rock star and his $32 million Public Square makeover. Read full story here. Peak Experience - A flexible, culturally-unique and educational multi-use playful terrain inspired by San Francisco’s topography was...
Weekly Roundup (June 18)
This Week on Landscape Design: When at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Nature rewards the bold. A great gardening motto. Click here to read the full article. A forest where you can draw and express your feelings is dedicated to the victims of violence in...
Weekly Roundup (June 4)
This Week on Landscape Design: How to make the most of your green space in the city? Click here to find out. Will an ambitious new project make Minnesota a global medical-tourism destination? Check it out in this blog post. There is a connection between landscaping...
Weekly Roundup (May 28)
This Week on Landscape Design: What did David Alexander do to improve operation and company morale at TruGreen? Find out in this article. The new Novo Disk Nature Park is so full of, well… nature. Check it out in this post. A building’s design is critical in the...
Weekly Roundup (May 21)
This Week on Landscape Design: Do you love nature? Then you must love gardens. Check out these 10 enchanting gardens found all over the globe. Many gardeners dislike tulips as the foliage becomes unattractive as it ages. Still, spring wouldn’t be complete without...
Weekly Roundup (May 14)
This Week on Landscape Design: See how Seattle layers nature and infrastructure. This is the first part of a series of posts. Free the Bears, a group which fights illegal live bear trade, opened a store made of bamboo. Check it out in this post. Renowned architect Sou...
Weekly Roundup (May 7)
This Week on Landscape Design: Check out this green paradise right in the heart of the city. The project called Tanner Springs Park is located in Oregon and was designed and accomplished by Atelier Dreiseitl. Learning how to say “no” to clients can be good for you and...
Weekly Roundup (April 30)
This Week on Landscape Design: Check out this building which was awarded six stars for sustainable design. Should we have more buildings like this? Find out what the time in the prison garden meant to the prisoners. It not just a way to pass the time. Check out these...
Weekly Roundup (April 23)
This Week on Landscape Design: Have you ever heard of a long-distance interior designer? Think we’re joking? Read on here. Ideally, landscape designs should have regionally appropriate plants but it is actually hard to find regional plants at your local growers. Read...
Weekly Roundup (April 16)
This Week on Landscape Design: New designers came up with their own solutions for a future train station in Canberra as part of Young Designers Light Rail Ideas Competition at the University of Canberra. Read more about it here. Use Hicks yew to emphasize your annuals...
Weekly Roundup (April 9)
This Week on Landscape Design: Green walls are the new design trend. Let’s look at some examples. When it rains, it pours? Hardly. In this design, rain brings out some amazing street art. Storytelling using architecture – This design tells slavery’s violent story...
Weekly Roundup (April 2)
This Week on Landscape Design: Street Wisdom – Do you have it in you? Designers were asked to visualize a redesign for Toronto Ferry Terminal and Waterfront Park. Check out the results. Good ol’ marketing strategy saves national parks. Find out how. Landscape...