Parks & places

Quarry Hills Regional Parkland Landscape Master Plan retains outer metropolitan areas earmarked for redevelopment as walking trails.

Food for the sole: These walks are about much more than getting from A to B

by Jo Russell-Clarke—July 8, 2020

The thriving, regenerated wetland at the Fentons’ farm, Lanark. Photo: David Hay

Foreground’s most-read: Top stories for June 2020

by Foreground—July 7, 2020

Turf Studio's design for Central Park Public Domain introduces laneways, plazas, parks and other places to explore on foot.

Walking wins: The prize-winning projects helping people get back on their feet

by Jo Russell-Clarke—June 29, 2020

A seating sketch of Openwork's healing garden shows a tree at the centre of a gathering zone. Image: Openwork

The Foreground five: May’s most-read stories

by Foreground—June 3, 2020

The healing garden at Heide will be a sanctuary of sensory wonder.

A new garden at Melbourne’s Heide Museum turns ‘social distance’ to healing ends

by Foreground—May 14, 2020

Anti-skateboarding design reveals greater truths about power structures within our cities. Image: OFFICE

“No skateboarding”: The politics of public space at Lincoln Square

by Mark Jacques—April 3, 2020

The benefits of parks and public open space for our mental health and physical health are even more evident during a pandemic. Image: Josephine Baran.

The Foreground five: March’s most-read stories

by Foreground—April 1, 2020

Signage in public parks in Florida encourages distance between people. Image: Jordan Hopkins

Parks in a time of pandemic

by Jo Russell-Clarke—March 25, 2020

Prahran Square seen from above. Photo: John Gollings

The Foreground five: February’s most-read stories

by Foreground—March 5, 2020

A 150 year old White Oak collapses on the lawn of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a victim of climate change stresses. Photo courtesy RBG

How the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria is saving flora from climate disasters

by Jo Russell-Clarke—February 19, 2020

Lily Jencks, designer and vice president of Maggie's.

“Gardens aren’t just a retreat, but an active advance”

by Tracey Clement—February 18, 2020

Prahran Square is a new kind of purposeful space for a suburb that previously had little public, open space.

Paved for the people: In Melbourne, a parking lot has become a public square

by Jo Russell-Clarke—February 6, 2020