Jubilee of Trees!

A successful community planting day was undertaken as part of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Celebration. Native trees of Kurilpa, as well as some productive trees and a variety of shrubs were planted by residents on Sunday the 25th of JUNE 2023, in Beaconsfield reserve at Highgate Hill, Queensland. A Queen’s Jubilee plaque and a […]

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Penguin Foreshore Park gets a facelift

Penguin is a beautiful seaside village on Tasmania’s North Coast, famous for its fairy Penguins, its friendly beachfront village and for its flowering verge gardens. John Mongard Landscape Architects improved the town entries and built park and streetscape works during the 1090’s, and then recently returned to develop a whole-of- town masterplan for the village […]

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Perry-Ling Gardens reinvigorated

Perry and Ling were two local residents and keen gardeners in the seaside town of Penguin, in northern tasmania. They started planting their roadside verges  at either end  of the old coastal road, and ended up creating a beautiful flowering coastal corridor that has become a landmark in the district. John Mongard Landscape Architects assisted […]

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The green heart of Bellingen

Bellingen enjoys a thriving community life which embraces both traditional rural folk as well as alternative and tree-change dwellers. JMLA master planned a series of public place improvements for the whole town and assisted Council to get funding through the State Highway ‘Pedestrian Priority’ programme. JMLA designed a pedestrian-oriented streetscape focused on safe crossings and […]

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Brolga Lakes

A Forest For Koalas and Migratory Birds Half a million trees have been grown on from local seed and in a purpose- built nursery to create Koala habitat which joins up other forests in the coastal lakes and waterways of Brolga Lakes, in Burpengary, Brisbane. A unique biodiversity offset agreement between a landowner and the […]

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Buena Vista Garden

Home of the waterways A unique home which incorporates an old church building has been set into a water sensitive subtropical garden. A running creek- way leads to a series of ponds which are part of the flood and waterway management of the property and create a verdant and calm setting for the home. The […]

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Wauchope Main Street

Wauchope gets a Make-over Wauchope is a traditional Main Street which was located on a state highway and became part of a growth corridor. Traffic congestion and pedestrian safety were concerns on this busy street. Residents wanted to create a more welcoming character with references to Wauchope ‘s timber heritage. The streetscape is now established. […]

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