Landshapes.

30/09/2019

How do you like THIS view? ...

Readers have been asking for some more shots of this spectacular "green roof" that we designed and installed for ths new apartment complex in West Melbourne ... so here you go.

Native Australian style all the way, so the garden itself is low maintenance, while providing all the usual benefits to residents, the building and the environment, which is of course why Melbourne City Council in particular are placing such a strong policy emphasis on green roofing looking in to the future.

12/09/2019

At Landshapes, we do a lot of work for Body Corporates, and we love taking care of their often unique needs.

Let's face it, not every tenant has a green thumb, while others can't help but meddling with things. We understand all the unique needs of a Body Corporate for Landscape design that doesn't need a tonne of regular maintenance but presents a neat face to the word all year round.

Some handiwork from a recent job at an apartment complex in West Melbourne to show what we mean ...

04/09/2019

On top of the world!

Matt and the Landshapes team recently installed this innovative new green roof on top of a new apartment development in Hawke Street, Nth Melbourne (Town Hall in the background), and in spite of all the distractions the vista offered, as you can see got the job done, with this striking, low maintenance native garden design.

Safety first always, readers will note - especially when working at heights like this.

There's no doubt that the green roofing trend is the future, and Landshapes have the skills and expertise unique to this highly specialised design form.

19/09/2018

Folks, we have an early entrant for 2018's most ridiculous landscaping product ... 😆

15/08/2018

It turns out the humble and ancient spinifex grass is driving some of the modern world's most fascinating innovations.

Covering nearly one-third of the continent, in deserts with poor soils, humble Australian spinifex grasses contain nano-sized particles that can amp the performance of a range of everyday items, researcher Nasim Amiralian writes.

12/08/2018

It's the perfect fusion of botany and zoology

Details of some of artist Raku Inoue’s insect creations using sticks, petals, seeds and leaves. Inspired by the art of ikebana – a traditional style of Japanese flower arranging – Montreal...

28/07/2018

Some handy tips here on how to tread lightly on our natural landscape.

Australia is the smallest continent in the world. It’s also the driest, aside from Antarctica, which means it’s even drier than Africa!

27/07/2018

What do we think, readers? They've always done things different way down south, but is this a step too far?

New limits on smoke created by backyard barbecues are being labelled un-Australian and a joke as the Tasmanian Government has released draft smoke laws .

13/07/2018

"While most citrus fetches prices less than $500 a tonne, yuzu growers are getting as much as $25,000 a tonne, or $25 per kilogram, at the farm gate."

Time to think about planting a Yuzu??

It's the odd lemon-like fruit which is prickly to pick and has a flavour difficult to describe, but yuzu is highly prized, particularly in Japanese cuisine.

02/06/2018

Does your back yard look like a dog's breakfast?

Well, now you're VINDICATED ...

Messy, wild-looking gardens are better for mental health than pristine pruning, an exhibitor at Chelsea Flower Show has claimed.

25/05/2018

This year the 2018 International Festival of Landscape Architecture is coming to the Gold Coast for the first time, read on to find out more ...

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects has announced the first set of speakers and events for this year's International Festival of Landscape Architecture.

24/05/2018

"At the recent International Landscape Conference held in Melbourne, one of the speakers spoke disparagingly of Kuranga Nursery BECAUSE it had so many species of Australian plants for sale.

Defining a plant by its political boundaries just doesn't make sense. Plants are biological beings that do not respect borders. Lots of "native" plants have become terrible weeds, just as lots of "exotic" plants become well behaved environmentally useful citizens."

An interesting review of one of Melbourne's largest native nurseries ...

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