Twenty Manhattan Charcoal Cube 1000 planters have been used in the parking lot in Rosny Park Shopping Centre in Tasmania. The charcoal colour of the cube planters provide a nice contrast to the concrete. It even matches the colours of some of the surrounding architecture. Manhattan Charcoal Cube Planters are made of lightweight fiberglass. The […]
Must-Have Components in Your Next Landscape Design
If you’re looking at your yard as a blank canvas, then good for you. You see the potential in it for high-quality landscape design. However, seeing the potential and knowing what to include in your landscape plans are two different things. If you’re stuck for ideas and would hate to miss the most obvious inclusions, […]
Moscow GRC Planters Help to Green St. Patrick’s College
IOTA’s Moscow GRC planters were installed in this student area at St. Patrick’s College in Brisbane. The place is a popular destination among students. Benches and tables have also been situated where students can relax, have lunch, and socialise. The planters have been lined up across the wall and planted with climbing shrubs. The result […]
IOTA Moscow Planters Liven Up Springfield Lakes
IOTA’s Moscow range of GRC planters now highlight Springfield Lakes Shopping Center in Brisbane. The trough planters have been lined up to serve as a border for the shopping center’s outdoor walkway. At the same time, the planters will help to add green foliage to this urban landscape. Trough planters are especially helpful in directing […]
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 […]
