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This Week on Landscape Design: New designers came up with their own solutions for a future train station in Canberra as part of Young Designers Light Rail Ideas Competition at the University of Canberra. Read more about it here. Use Hicks yew to emphasize your annuals...
This Week on Landscape Design: Green walls are the new design trend. Let’s look at some examples. When it rains, it pours? Hardly. In this design, rain brings out some amazing street art. Storytelling using architecture – This design tells slavery’s violent story...
This Week on Landscape Design: Street Wisdom – Do you have it in you? Designers were asked to visualize a redesign for Toronto Ferry Terminal and Waterfront Park. Check out the results. Good ol’ marketing strategy saves national parks. Find out how. Landscape...
This Week on Landscape Design: After almost a decade of hard work, Toms Creek finds success as a nursery and a landscaping company. Old hand crafted stone walls – find them in different parts of the world. Planters galore – Check out these building that showcase...
IOTA’s Granite Trough 1000 and Granite Cube 600 planters took care of the greenification of Greenway Supa Centre at Wetherill Park. What was once a space filled with concrete and steel railings now has a bit more life. All thanks to container planting, Greenway Supa...
This Week on Landscape Design Looking for a plant that drives in extremely hot weather, other than cacti, there’s Blue Elf aloe. Newsweek interviews landscape architect Martha Schwartz. Her company focuses on activating and regenerating urban sites and city centres....
This Week on Landscape Design Find out how a landfill called “Mountain of Crap” is turned into a lovely park Quality of food is relative to how the crops are grown. Let’s take a look at how local farmers grow our food. Here are some new ideas on how to decorate with...
This Week on Landscape Design Check out some of the best land arts around the world. A coffee cup that turns into a seed packet after use so you can plant a tree hits Kickstarter. Will it garner support? $500,000 grant awarded to RFC to provide free training programs...
This Week on Landscape Design In being a great leader, gender does not matter. Here’s your first virtual look into Sydney’s International Convention Center soon to rise at Darling Harbour. A sneak peek into the world that is architecture Find out where Sydney and...
In an area dominated by asphalt and concrete, IOTA’s range of granite planters allowed for just a little bit of foliage. A dull landscape such as this parking lot in Bankstown in Sydney has been softened significantly with the added greenery. The steel railings were...
This week on Landscape Design A restaurant that keeps the kids in mind… Who needs high-chairs? What’s garden designs are trending? Messy gardens are. There’s a reason they call it a bedhead design. Mark and Becky just wanted to install electric garage doors. What they...
This week on Landscape Design: Check out what’s probably the smartest small space ever. And why do architects wear black? The decades-old joke. Margie Holly, in her column, tells us how a fun workplace is good for small businesses. Check out developments in Singapore...
The City of Canterbury in Sydney gets a hint of greenery with IOTA’s range of stylish granite planters. This is one of our modern planter box ideas. An attractive makeover was provided with Granite Trough 1000 planters when the Canterbury City Council was looking for...
Stanhope Village Shopping Centre in Sydney is now greener after installing IOTA’s Extra Large Granite Trough 1200 Planters. This urban landscape is filled with hard concrete paving, sharp corners and a lot of parked vehicles. With some low-lying foliage planted in...
Blooming orchids look so fragile that you could not imagine it growing in pots or indoors especially if you are an “orchid beginner”. Phalaenopsis, also known as moth orchids are the best orchids to be cultivated at home. It is not only exquisite but is also...
Clivia miniata which is commonly known as fire lily, natal lily, and bush lily is a native plant in damp woodlands. Its colourful flowers that are usually red, orange or yellow give life to the environment especially when it is cultivated in pots. Clivia miniata...
Carrion flowers, also known as “corpse flower” or “striking flower”, usually grow in the forest. This plant is known for its large flowers. Most people think that because of its physical appearance, it is hard to propagate carrion flowers in containers when in fact,...
Begonias are known for their variety of colours and patterns, with ruffled and smooth shaped leaves. They create a beautiful ambiance and can grow beautifully when their needs are met. It is considered as one of the most favoured plants by gardeners because of its...
The basil herb is often used in an array of food preparations from healthy sandwiches to salads to pastas and a whole lot more. Culinary experts say it is not only because of the good it does to the body but also because of its aromatic and tasty leaves. You’re likely...
The Camellia plant is best admired for its flowers. Its attractive blooms come in many various sizes and colours in many interesting forms. This disease-resistant plant shows off its magnificent flower display when most of the flora in the garden is looking drab and...