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 various establishments and restaurants. These include The Rusty […]
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 project requests from all over the world. Literally a celebrity in […]
Top 10 Most Influential and Famous Landscape Architects in Australia
Landscape architecture is defined as the design of outdoor public areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioral, or aesthetic outcomes. People enjoy being in nature for multiple reasons like trying to to escape from the stress of everyday life. Most of the time people have to head to the mountains or the woods to […]
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 recipient of numerous awards for his show gardens at the Melbourne […]
Top 10 Influential and Most Famous Architects of Australia
Architecture is one of mankind’s most noticeable forms of expression. Every now and then, there comes that extraordinary architect that changes how we see and perceive design. In no particular order, here are some of the most influential and most famous architects of Australia. Their work has remarkable effect on our lives. From homes to […]
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 also quite like modernism and exploring Australia’s identity […]
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, or herbs. One popular option? Container gardens, or growing plants in […]
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 been discovered. (R.W.Emerson) Plants that are […]
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 garden in it. My […]
Companion Planting Guide: Good & Bad Companions for Vegetables
Keep the potatoes away from tomatoes, and the cucumbers away from squash. Like people, plants compete for resources, and relationships among them are varied. In plant communities, certain plants support each other while others, well, just don’t get along. Through science, gardeners have discovered that some plants may exude toxins that may retard the growth […]
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 the normal syrups, didn’t exist a century ago. In the past, people depended […]
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 installation in Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis’ courtyard. Landerneau is built around its river, the Elorn. Rethinking […]
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 exams with commendation. Soon after, she flew to […]
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, creating a play space almost eight meters high aims to revitalizethe interior of Schwäbisch […]
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. 1. How did you get started in […]
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 with our ecosystem. According to reports, 1.24 million people are killed in traffic accidents every […]
