Stanthorpe’s streetscape crafted with local arts

John Mongard Landscape Architects have rebuilt Stanthorpe’s streetscape over a period of over twenty years. In 2015 a masterplan was developed for the whole town, and in 2024 the third project is now under construction, with completion within the next months. Stanthorpe has a unique dog-legged Main Street which holds an integrated precinct of shops […]

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Chinchilla Cultural Precinct comes alive

JMLA  developed a Cultural precinct Masterplan for the town of Chinchilla over several years ,having undertaken extensive community consultation and site studies, and that plan is now  being implemented. The plans enliven the streetscape/public realms around the building precinct, and propose improvements to the library, art gallery and performing art venue. They also improve public […]

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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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