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The NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water and Shoalhaven City Council have launched a campaign targeting the illegal dumping of garden waste - Operation Palm.
18/12/2009 |
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Plants Plus within Australind Home Hardware and Garden is now a Waterwise Garden Centre after being recognised by the Water Corporation.
18/12/2009 |
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WWF-Australia has called on the Australian Government to permanently protect bushland at Jandakot Airport, Perth, which contains habitat for dozens of native species and is a Priority 1 water source protection area.
18/12/2009 |
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Landcare Queensland will partner with Motorcycling Queensland to repair and protect the environment on and around motorcycling event sites throughout Queensland in 2010.
17/12/2009 |
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Work will begin in the new year on a multimillion dollar construction project to pipe water from Lake Burley Griffin to the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra.
17/12/2009 |
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Victorian researchers have warned that plans to extend Melbourne’s urban growth boundary could destroy important conservation areas.
16/12/2009 |
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Recent research has revealed one in two people believe adding a deck or a pergola/gazebo to their outdoor area would make their property more valuable.
16/12/2009 |
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Climate change economist Sir Nicholas Stern has joined with 57 countries and signed a pledge at Copenhagen to protect unlogged native forests as part of a new global agreement to fight climate change.
15/12/2009 |
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Advances in the use of satellite technology are allowing researchers to measure nutrient levels in Australia's forestry plantations more accurately.
15/12/2009 |
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Victorians are being asked to have their say on the state’s five Regional Forest Agreements.
14/12/2009 |
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Google's philanthropic arm, Google.org, has launched a new technology prototype that enables online, global-scale observation and changes in the world's forests.
14/12/2009 |
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A rare native shrub has been discovered in the Wombat State Forest, south of Daylesford in Victoria.
14/12/2009 |
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Paddington Reservoir Gardens has been awarded the 2009 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) NSW Medal in Landscape Architecture.
11/12/2009 |
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The International Garden Festival has announced the names of the designers selected by the jury for the 2010 edition of the festival.
10/12/2009 |
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A Mandurah-based compost producer, Custom Composts, has been awarded a grant under the State Government’s Strategic Waste Initiatives Scheme to develop a standard for the application and use of compost in roadside landscaping.
10/12/2009 |
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A native species of orchid, thought extinct for the best part of a century, has been rediscovered by two orchid enthusiasts in the Greater Geelong region.
09/12/2009 |
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AILDM has announced the opening of the 2010 National Landscape Design Awards.
09/12/2009 |
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Landscape architects will play a pivotal role in keeping Queenslanders cool and outdoors as the world copes with climate change, a professor has said.
09/12/2009 |
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Long-term, open-top chamber studies of how rising carbon dioxide could affect crops, forests and pastures reveal a wide range of impacts, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists.
08/12/2009 |
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Environment Minister Peter Garrett has launched Coastcare Week at Collaroy Beach in Sydney.
08/12/2009 |
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A large glass mural depicting a famous Italian garden is behind the transformation of a south Melbourne apartmant terrace.
08/12/2009 |
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A new National Park will be created to protect 42,000 hectares of red gum forests in the Riverina district.
07/12/2009 |
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A partnership between Alcoa of Australia, Greening Australia and Harvey River Restoration Taskforce has taken out a major category at the Western Australian Environment Awards.
07/12/2009 |
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The Commonwealth has allocated 10.8 billion litres of water to 13 sites in New South Wales, including wetlands in the Murray, Murrumbidgee and Macquarie valleys.
07/12/2009 |
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The New South Wales town of Blayney is home to a pretty big business.
04/12/2009 |
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The 7 Metre Bar in Sydney has been officially opened by Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP.
04/12/2009 |
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Renowned French botanist, Patrick Blanc, has created the world’s tallest vertical garden at a residential development in Sydney’s inner west.
03/12/2009 |
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Naples Botanical Garden is the winner of the 2009 Intelligent Use of Water Leadership Award.
03/12/2009 |
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Indonesia has launched its first official Landcare Project with the help of Australian Landcare workers and funding from the Government of Finland.
02/12/2009 |
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Research has found farmers can preserve soil and protect water quality by planting grass hedges to trap sediment that would otherwise be washed away by field runoff.
02/12/2009 |
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The new Sumsion Gardens Playground in Belvoir Park, Wodonga, has been officially opened.
01/12/2009 |
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Greening Australia will be launching its new weed identification booklet Weeds of Central Australia: a field guide December 11 at the Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs.
01/12/2009 |
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A $30 million tree planting and landscaping program has been launched by Social Housing in New South Wales.
01/12/2009 |