Members and residents of three local Kurilpa groups collaborated on this revegetation project in Brisbane: The Kurilpa Commoners, Kurilpa Futures and The Highgate Hill Orchard group. They repaired a scoured bank and removed cats claw and other weeds, cultivated and then planted native riverine shrubs and ground covers. Some key benefits of the community works […]
Read moreThe date farm was designed by JMLA in conjunction with Jim Phillips Irrigation consultant in Charleville, Queensland. The farm has reached maturity and is bearing commercial scale fruit thanks to owner Mark Hampel’s careful approach. A cool room is being built to house the fruit, and the storage facilities have been upgraded. Over ten thousand […]
Read moreThe front garden areas of this Sherwood property were retrofitted to create a lush, subtropical character. Breeze blocks were used in fences, screens, and the garage structure to reinforce the tropical ambience. The plants feature an array of lilies and wide leaf gingers and heliconias which provide points of vivid colour framed by deep green […]
Read moreWhen is a fence a thing of beauty? This Kurilpa Garden designed by JMLA in Brisbane showcases orange trumpet vine from Chile (Pyrostegia venusta) which literally takes over the street with its dramatic flowering. Fences and screens can easily incorporate a growing palette of colour without a lot of cost.
Read moreBeaudesert’s heritage station and line terminated the old regional rail system in this rural district. The station and railhead are the inspiration for a new civic precinct incorporating a meandering amphitheatre and an events pavilion. The new parklands feature over 250 advanced native trees which will create a green shady space in oncoming years. Indigenous […]
Read moreJMLA 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 […]
Read morePenguin 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 1990’s, and then recently returned to develop a whole-of- town masterplan for the village […]
Read morePerry 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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