Michael Ewings was a dedicated member of the landscape architecture profession whose creativity, skills and determination shaped the design of public landscapes across Australia.

Private gardens and street verges collectively make up more than 70 percent of Melbourne’s space for biodiversity improvement. Here’s how we can help make designing for wildlife in these sites the norm.

Plans for Brisbane’s 63,000-seat Olympic stadium at Barrambin/Victoria Park have been cleared by federal environmental authorities, despite a bid last year to secure permanent protection of the site.

Three Australian projects involving landscape architects have been named finalists in the Architizer A+ Awards.

From The Landscape Show to Melbourne Design Week, this month’s events offer ideas and insights for landscape architects and designers alike.

In December 2025, the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects revealed it was facing significant financial challenges. Landscape Australia editor Emily Wong talks with president Daniel Bennett about where the organisation is at, what steps it's taking to improve its position, and what might change about it going forward.

As housing affordability has worsened, people excluded from the formal housing market have created informal encampments of tents, vans and makeshift shelters in urban parks and on the fringes of cities. The postwar predecessors of these settlements provide three important lessons.

David Whitworth contemplates effort, permanence, ownership and gardening without a garden in our latest edition of "Home ground."

Presented by Landscape Australia, the Landscape Australia Awards will showcase how design can shape better environments for both human and non-human communities.

A new access ramp for Sydney's landmark bridge demonstrates how well-designed transport infrastructure can enhance public life by respecting heritage, embracing culture and balancing diverse community needs.

A group of well-known landscape architects is organising a multi-day event in June that will address the future of landscape architecture in Australia.

The prize is awarded over two years to a student or recent graduate undertaking a structured research project or extended professional development.

The 2026 Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show has revealed the winners of its annual garden design competition.

In this episode of Design Speaks Weekly, Mike Hewson reflects on how resisting over-designing in public space can foster moments of unexpected delight, playful risk and multigenerational inclusivity.

Michael Wright critiques the design of Melbourne's new City Square in the context of the city's development and the role of urban plazas in social life.

The SS Ayrfield, once a vessel of war and work, is now a spontaneous garden where steel and mangrove coexist.

A new book edited by interdisciplinary design practice Office addresses the relationship between water, land and justice through the lens of Country.

Thirteen new or upgraded parks are set to be delivered in and around Melbourne, according to the city’s draft budget for the year ahead.

The Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan 2050 outlines the delivery of 15,000 new homes across the 640-hectare precinct over the next 25 years.

As landscape architects, we have long advocated for the value of urban landscapes. But in scaling up to green infrastructure, we have turned our backs on gardens and gardening.

Nestled under Anzac Bridge, the 1.1-hectare park is the first open space to be delivered within the transformation of the wider Bays Precinct.

Kathryn Morgan of Understorey Landscape Architects describes her garden in the Illawarra which creates a refuge for people, animals and plants.

In 2026, twelve winners have been named, including nine projects selected from 27 shortlisted entries, and three individuals.

Landscape Architecture Australia editor Emily Wong shares some news about the future of Architecture Media’s landscape architecture content.

Banksia and Lime’s design for the garden of a heritage cottage in inner Boorloo/Perth prioritises canopy, memory and community.

Developed by the City of Perth in collaboration with urban strategy firm Gehl, the plan presents five major projects designed to attract residents and visitors, improve public spaces and strengthen connectivity.

Landscape architect and horticulturist Ben Hardy-Clements reflects on negotiating ecological, cultural and economic values in the design for the garden of his partner's mother's house in Mooroka, Meanjin/Brisbane.

Jess Stewart speaks to three designers – Timothy Mitchell, Gini Lee and Robert Champion – about how they are embracing their home gardens as sites for exploration and experimentation.

Coburg’s new $60 million library and public piazza will be designed by a team led by Durbach Block Jaggers, whose proposal was unanimously selected through a two-stage competition.

In this episode of Design Speaks Weekly, renowned Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson discusses nature in cities, the tensions between the natural and human-made worlds, and the need to face the trauma of the climate crisis.

While the level of care we apply to gardens may never be feasible when it comes to tending to large-scale landscapes, there are two techniques we can learn from gardening practices: how to mulch correctly, and the use of irrigation.

The project will deliver approximately 1,400 homes, including student accommodation, alongside commercial and retail offerings, and more than three hectares of public open space.

When it to comes to making gardens, our role as landscape architects isn’t just about shaping space, but about cultivating meaningful relationships between people and plants.

At landscape architect Theo Valentine's garden in Walyup/Fremantle, salvaging and recycling created a character-filled space that offers room for a family to grow.

Twenty-seven projects across three categories have been shortlisted for the 2026 Australian Urban Design Awards.

Research has shown that for trees to provide the best cooling benefits in urban environments, they need to be close to home, and there needs to be lots of them. How can we work to achieve this in an infill context?

Robert Champion, founder of Sydney-based practice Tarn, discusses aesthetics, experimentation and ecological responsibility in garden design practice.

Victoria’s largest health infrastructure investment to date, the new hospital will provide more than 500 beds once fully operational.

We need to plan for what we fear, not just what we expect

The letter has gained signatures from architects, academics, policy officers, landscape architects, planners, designers, developers, builders and tradespeople.

Historic gardens are not just fascinating to visit, they can harbour species that have become extinct in the wild.

An online survey investigating how current practices in architecture and allied built environment disciplines interact with Country is now open.

The NSW Housing Pattern Book Landscape Design Guide aims to provide practical advice for how to create landscape plans for low- and mid-rise pattern book development. But how successful is it – and is it beneficial to streamline design in this way?

The opening marks the culmination of nearly a decade of design, planning and construction.

Emergent Studios’ design for the garden of a dwelling in Melbourne’s north east connects deeply with the site’s bushland context and fosters an ongoing dialogue between its different inhabitants.

2025 Landscape Student Prize national winner Maisie Matthews of the University of Melbourne on the possibilities for cultural tourism around Boort and the process of designing a walk that embraces the complex reality of the Australian landscape.

The garden of Liam Mouritz's parent's house in a coastal suburb of Boorloo/Perth forms a collection of spaces defined by different microclimates and moods.

In his photographic observations of people and place, Warren Kirk captures the familiar and fading markers of life in regional towns.

ArchitectureAu Asks the Sydney spatial designer and Country-centred designer, “The competition system is under scrutiny – how could it be better?”

Housing policy in Victoria needs to reconnect homes to the landscapes that sustain them and harness the enormous potential of gardens as shared public infrastructure.