Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia

The soil and landscape grid of Australia is an incredibly exciting free tool that will be extremely useful for landscape...

05 December, 2014

Native Stingless Bee Hive Inspection at Centennial Park

This hive is facing north secured to a sun shelter eave on the west. Notice the shade forming on...

24 November, 2014

A new set of soil design standards implemented in Washington DC.

Soil is key to healthy trees It is great to see some parallel thinking in the USA with the implementation of...

21 November, 2014

See a Native Bee Hive being inspected and split at Centennial Park.

Field Day Saturday 22nd November 2014, 10am Sydney Bee Club president and secretary, Doug and Elke have organised a native hive split...

20 November, 2014

Award of Excellence for Research and Communication in Landscape Architecture

Elke is delighted to announce she has won the Award of Excellence for Research and Communication in Landscape Architecture at...

10 November, 2014

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...

06 November, 2014

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 November, 2014

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...

05 November, 2014

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...

30 September, 2014

Cockatoo Island Campground and Fire Pit

Elke has been working recently with Sydney Harbour Federation Trust on an upgrade to the Cockatoo Island Fire Pit and...

22 August, 2014