06 Nov The role of bees to our food supply
Thank you to the wonderful group of landscape architects who listened to me talk at the Food in the Landscape...
05 Nov Native bees: If nature is the ultimate supermarket, who is looking after its supply chain?
Bee pollination of food crops and plants is called 'ecosystem services'. A recently publised article by Beth Askham explains that bees...
05 Nov Future forecasting: landscape architects might save the world
"When your design “collaborator” is a water table, or a soil ecology, then you will always need to allow for...
30 Sep Bush Fire prone land 10/50 changes as at 1st Oct 2014
The 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Entitlement has changed as of yesterday. The changes are: The 10/50 entitlement area for Category 2 Bush Fire Prone...
29 Sep Bee Swarm Removal
I have had a lot of phone calls over the past 2 weeks for the removal of bee swarms. ...
20 Aug Australian Garden Show Sydney: Elke’s talks
[caption id="attachment_873" align="alignleft" width="180"] Ant predating on wax scale on citrus[/caption] Elke will be speaking on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 4th...
13 Aug Soil forms the basis of every landscape project
Village Green reviews and posts an article about our soil specification book. For the full article: click here Simon Leake, originally an...
18 Jun Gaining back the Natural Capital in Soil
[caption id="attachment_580" align="alignleft" width="180"] elke_soil pH test[/caption] I highly recommend this Landline video segment. It is called "Toil and Soil' and is...
31 Jan Soil Centre Copenhagen, Denmark
This is Denmarks first zero energy certified building, however it's function is what has me excited. Contaminated construction soil is...
30 Oct ASLA Awards Announced.
The American Society of Landscape Architects have announced their award winners. This is a short article with inspiring images...