This week on Landscape Design

• A restaurant that keeps the kids in mind… Who needs high-chairs?
• What’s garden designs are trending? Messy gardens are. There’s a reason they call it a bedhead design.
• Mark and Becky just wanted to install electric garage doors. What they got was a lot more.
• Miles worth of land growing crops to be turned to an airport in China. Will the food supply be able to keep up with the times?
• New design breathes architectural innuendo

On Industry News:

• Tactical urbanism, urban agriculture… What’s next for green communities?
• Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) establishes a Regional Working Group to review current policy.
• The economy is a strong driving force for improving green designs
• Celebrity chef Pete Evans: No hipster kool-aid outfit
• With the ageing population problem, Australia needs to design communities and spaces suitable for the elderly by promoting social engagement and exercise

On Industry Events:

• February 24 – Designing and Selecting for the Outdoors: A Forum
• February 26 – QLD Parks Forum
• February 26 – April 11 – Mono no Aware: The Poignancy of Things
• February 26 – SA Welcome Drinks and Rodney Beames Award