Sustainability

Rows of native Silky Blue Grass - Dichanthium sericeum - to be harvested for seed at Flora Victoria's seed production site north-west of Melbourne.

‘Wild’ grasses are in vogue as priceless native grasslands disappear

By Foreground — May 9, 2019

Dr Michael Whitehead thinks that Eucalyptus Salubris should be known as the Sexy Gum. Photo: Keren Gila CC BY-SA 4.0

The sexy gum: a love story

By Michael Whitehead — April 24, 2019

The multi-functional role of street trees as living city infrastructure is growing in importance. How can they benefit from smart technologies?

Smart streets, smart phones, smart watches… why not smart trees?

By Foreground — April 18, 2019

The Toxic City panel, Melbourne Design Week 2019 - from left: Andrew Mackenzie, Ross HArding, Bonnie Herring, Joost Bakker, Craig Reucassel, SueAnne Ware, Daan Roosegarde

“Let’s make it boring”: How can resilient cities become the rule, not the exception?

By Foreground — March 21, 2019

Powerplants is a design-led, multi-disciplinary phytoremediation research project at Sydney's White Bay Power Station. Photo: Jedidiah-Cranfield

Power Plants: Turning Brownfields Green

By Tracey Clement — February 20, 2019

The many abandoned mines throughout Australia offer challenges to reimagining future landscape use.

Afterlife of the mine: lessons in how towns remake challenging sites

By Laura Harper, Alysia Bennett, Ross Brewen — January 10, 2019

A coastal garden by Sam Cox surrounds a Sean Godsell building tucked into the dunes in Sorrento, Victoria.

Getting back to a “beautifully understood” landscape with Sam Cox

By Foreground — March 15, 2018

Toby Kent says Melbourne is suffering from the “peversity of social isolation“. Image: Chris Brown.

Ageing, isolating and unequal: Melbourne’s Chief Resilience Officer on the city’s problems

By Foreground — December 14, 2017

Tens of thousands of people around Australia have marched for credible climate change action, with over 10,000 taking to the streets in Melbourne in 2014.

Cities of hope: Tim Flannery on tackling the challenge of climate change

By Tim Flannery — December 5, 2017

Indira Naidoo pictured in her verdant Potts Point balcony. Image: The Edible Balcony.

Gardens in the sky: Indira Naidoo is a champion of urban edibles

By Foreground — September 26, 2017

Public Farm 1, pictured in 2008 at MoMA PS1. Image: Work Architecture.

Why can’t you grow food wherever you want?

By Jennifer Kent — September 13, 2017

Parks and Open Space Award of Excellence: Balyarra Park (Emerge Associates).

Recapping the 2017 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects State Awards

By Foreground — August 3, 2017