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 […]
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 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 […]
Read moreHome 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 […]
Read moreThe Date farm was designed with curving avenues of palms, to create a wonderful avenue of productive trees in the desert fringes of Charleville, in Queensland.
Read moreThe Kurilpa peninsula offers a model of urban living for Queensland and Australia. The peninsula, comprising the suburbs of West End, Highgate Hill and South Brisbane, is projected to increase by 27,000 people by 2031 with the vast majority of new residents been apartment dwellers without private gardens. For these reasons and more, it is […]
Read moreHow does a region manage its character as a whole? How can a collaborative community process direct the towns of a region to achieve vibrant public realms? Vibrant Towns of the Scenic Rim is a creative and evolving strategy to regenerate and activate small towns on the rural edge of a burgeoning city. Stage one […]
Read moreThe Tamborine Mountain Village Greens is the first major project of The Vibrant Towns strategy, which is focused around the creation of vibrancy and authentic places in The Scenic Rim. Landscape and urban designs incorporated seven urban renewal areas with public realm masterplans leading to individual detailed design projects. The Main Street medians comprise of […]
Read moreBrolga Lakes seeks to break the pattern of unsustainable suburban growth by providing low carbon footprint homes with communal facilities for waste, water, power and food. Brolga Lakes is a village set in lakes, an ecological place connected to nature and connecting its people. Brolga Lakes seeks to reform the way we live in the edges of our cities; creating a self-supported peri-urban neighbourhood. The conservation land comprising valued wetlands, has been donated to Birdlife Australia through an enduring covenant which will revegetate adjacent cleared land to create an outstanding environmental setting and a national centre for bird research.
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