Urban Ecology

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architect's International Festival of Landscape Architecture – the square and the park – was held over two days in October to a capacity audience. Photo: David Hyde
Culture

The square and the park: a festival review

By — October 31, 2019

Urban light pollution can disrupt critical behaviours in wildlife, stalling the recovery of threatened species and interfering with ecosystem resilience. Photo: Michael
Environment

Seeing the light: new moves to tackle night sky pollution

By — October 30, 2019

Biodiversity loss is the canary in the coalmine of landscape systems health. With one million species currently under threat of extinction globally, what can be done? Photo: Andreas P.
Environment

Biodiversity loss: the canary in the coalmine

By — October 29, 2019

Winner of The Future Park design competition – The Gap by Marti Fooks, Claire Winsor, Suhas Vasudeva and Jacqueline Heggli.
Public domain

The Power of Parks

By — October 17, 2019

Jordan Lacey, ambisonic recording in preparation for COLD. Photo: Alban Mannisi
Cities

Sound in the City: Translating Ambiance

By — September 13, 2019

The Dystopia vs Utopia immersive reality experience at EKKA will reveal possible streets of Brisbane in 2050. There are good and bad possibilities in how we use new technologies and deal with hotter, drier climates.
Cities

The Foreground five: our most-read stories for August

By — September 5, 2019

Cities

Foreground Weekly Review: The trees and the woods

By — August 6, 2019

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

Green Infrastructure and the creative future of carbon capture

By — July 26, 2019

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

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

By — May 9, 2019

Trees play a key role in the religious and cultural observances of peoples around the world. The tree is central to Easter as well as Christmas. Photo: Joshua Earle
Culture

Into the woods: an Easter meditation on trees

By — April 15, 2019

Long Island garden at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, features planted indigenous vegetation of the Lower Yarra River. Photo: Molonglo
Culture

It’s okay to garden if you listen to the landscape

By — April 5, 2019

2019 is the international year of indigenous languages. A favourite story this month suggests we learn the original names of Australian trees.
Environment

Foreground reads: our pick from around the web in March

By — April 4, 2019