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Like other cities, Melbourne is growing. How will its squares and parks continue to provide for a fast-changing population? Flagstaff Gardens is one of a series of 19th century parks at the edge of central Melbourne. Photo: Bob T

The square & the park: an international festival

by Foreground—August 8, 2019

Green the Street at Brisbane's EKKA is hosting over 40 organisations and their ideas for community greening projects, including virtual reality visions of transformations. Image: Catherine Simpson. Roberts Day

It’s happening on the verge: community experiments in greening the streets

by Foreground—August 8, 2019

Agriculture & environment

Foreground Weekly Review: The trees and the woods

by Foreground—August 6, 2019

Green Infrastructure shares space beneath road infrastructure in the congested urban realm of Shanghai, China. Photo: Denys Nevozhai

Green Infrastructure and the creative future of carbon capture

by Foreground—July 26, 2019

Road infrastructure dominates government spending. Part of the 33km M4 Western Motorway outside Parramatta widened as part of Sydney's WestConnex scheme. Photo: Beau Giles

Planning & policy

Foreground Weekly Review: Federal Minister for Roads?

by Foreground—July 17, 2019

Charleville date farm: recycles all the town's wastewater through a wetland system.

Agriculture & environment

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for June

by Foreground—July 11, 2019

Tjirbruki Munaintya Tjirbruki is an important Kaurna Creation Ancestor. The artwork translates his creation story into an aerial map, which includes Warriparinga, the Adelaide Coastline, Victor Harbor and Brukunga in the Adelaide Hills. Artwork: Aboriginal registered landscape architect and visual artist Paul Herzich

Foreground weekly review: NAIDOC week

by Foreground—July 10, 2019

The grasslands of Monaro in New South Wales are at the centre of a Ministerial scandal for the Australian Government. Photo of Austrostipa bigeniculata habit: Harry Rose

Planning & policy

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in June

by Foreground—June 27, 2019

The exemplary campus design of Taylor Cullity Lethlean's Eastern Precinct Landscape received an Award of Excellence in the 2019 AILA Victoria Awards. Photo: Will Salter

These five campus designs are changing the way students value university

by Foreground—June 27, 2019

The fragility and resilience of the land-creating polders of the Netherlands, home to landscape architect Dirk Sijmons.

Agriculture & environment

Design for the Anthropocene: the big-picture landscapes of Dirk Sijmons

by Foreground—June 19, 2019

Recent protests around the world reflect rising popular concern about climate change.

Agriculture & environment

2 Degrees: climate countdown

by Foreground—June 12, 2019

Fragrant purple chocolate lily amongst other indigenous wildflower species will be grown by FV for seeding projects.

Agriculture & environment

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for May

by Foreground—June 7, 2019