This Week on Landscape Design

• Find out how a landfill called “Mountain of Crap” is turned into a lovely park
• Quality of food is relative to how the crops are grown. Let’s take a look at how local farmers grow our food.
• Here are some new ideas on how to decorate with plants.
• HuffPost interviews British-Iraqi architect Dame Zaha Hadid: “If You Want an Easy Life, Don’t Be an Architect.”
• German architect and engineer Frei Otto has been awarded the 2015 Pritzker Prize just before passing away.

On Industry News:

• Plan unveiled for 200 hectare “super park” in Sydney. Expect 15,000 trees, four kilometers of bike and walking paths, playgrounds, a gum tree forest and a cafe
• Vienna’s 84-metre timber structure to dethrone Melbourne’s Forte which stands at 32 metres as the world’s tallest timber structure
• National Gallery of Victoria to be transformed into a leading international hub for design
• A ‘soft touch’ façade is featured at Queens Domain, a project by DKO Architecture

On Industry Events:

• March 10 – April 16: Carlton Connect – Exhibition
• March 17: SA Landscape Technical – Conference
• March 18: The Health Care/Health Design – Forum
• March 18: WA Landscape Technical – Conference
• March 19: NSW Landscape Technical – Conference