Steve Mushin - multi-talented designer, illustrator and inventor - is introducing thousands of children around the world to the words ultrawild and ultrawilding.
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The Biodiversity in Place Framework provides a practical guide to bring nature back into our cities, towns and suburbs.
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The ngutukākā or kakabeak is an endangered NZ native shrub pushed to the brink of extinction. Now, thanks to community efforts, a light is being shone on this endangered taonga plant to restore it to the glory it once had.
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Garth Falconer joined an organised working day trip to the ecological restoration project on Mana Island after the 2024 NZILA Firth Wānanga. He shares his insights in this article.
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The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in the United Kingdom has a Living Wetland Theatre courtesy of BD landscape architects.
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A Waikato wetland sanctuary is reintroducing rats to drive out birds fouling a prized lake. The move is a last resort to try to scare off half a million sparrows and starlings which roost around pest-free Lake Rotopiko.
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Auckland Council has set out to establish the true extent of the diversity of local plant species, where they are actually found and the threats they are facing.
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A central Auckland residential garden with a commitment to sustainability and biodiversity is a striking addition to the Morningside streetscape.
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Armenia’s Gagarin Valley is to be transformed into a “garden of eden”, a future-proofed landscape that’ll welcome a new generation of residents, according to Dutch firm MVRDV.
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Danish nature-design firm SLA Architects have created Abu Dhabi’s first biodiversity park, constructed on barren sand in the megacity’s downtown area.
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The Penang State Government’s competition to design a masterplan for Penang South Islands has been won by BIG, Ramboll and Hijjas, who worked closely with the Penang State Government, collaborators and stakeholders to transform the islands into a sustainable and global destination.
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The City of Melbourne, in partnership with the Victorian government, developer Riverlee, and landscape architects Oculus, have unveiled visions for the $500 million mixed-use Seafarers Rest project.
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A “no mow” pilot programme is being trialled at Auckland’s Grey Lynn Park to improve biodiversity outcomes.
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The New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Tuia Pito Ora supports the declaration of a Climate and Biodiversity Loss Emergency by the International Federation of Landscape Architects.
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A million animal and plant species - including the kiwi and kereru - are at risk of extinction because of humans. And that has serious implications for our survival, according to a landmark United Nations report which says nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history.
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The multi-level landscape spaces designed by Melbourne firm Rush/Wright Associates for the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre picked up the garden landscapes prize in the 2018 AILA National Landscape Architecture Awards.
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Pollinator Paths is a movement that aims to connect Auckland's parks and reserves together to make pollination pathways. It’s the brainchild of Andrea Reid, who’s been working on the concept since early 2014.
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For one night over Labour Weekend, Mollet Street, a new linear park and laneway area in central Christchurch and the surrounding sites, became a hub of activity. Temporary architectural installations and lighting, food, dancing and a variety of different activities brought the space vividly to life.
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FESTA - the Festival of Transitional Architecture in Christchurch- celebrates its seventh year this Labour Weekend. To mark the occasion a team of six landscape architects have combined forces to create their own exhibition. It’s the first time that a team consisting solely of landscape architects has been involved in the festival.
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