Datefarm comes of age

The datefarm in Charleville, Queensland was designed by JMLA to harness the beauty and productivity of the palms in a curvilinear landscape. The layout of the farm intended to also provide an interpretive setting for agrotourism. The farm now attracts several thousand visitors a year, who come to sample the date produce in a dramatic […]

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Planning for future heat stress

The Kurilpa Street Tree Strategy was developed to fast track street tree canopy cover along the key pedestrian walkways in the inner city neighbourhood of Kurilpa, in Queeensland. JMLA worked with local community group Kurilpa Futures to map out sites and priority areas, and to identify easily planted tree locations. The Strategy outlines the need […]

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Sherwood Garden transforms house

The 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 […]

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Fence lights up the winter days

When 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.

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The end of the rail line and the start of a civic realm

Beaudesert’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 […]

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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 1990’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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