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To help find answers to what some parks and ovals managers describe as a 'dry argument', The University of Western Australia Institute of Agriculture and its Turf Research Program is assessing wetting agents, turf varieties and mowing heights at its Shenton Park Field Station.
26/02/2010 |
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The 2010 Healthy Cities Conference will be held at Stamford Plaza Brisbane July 12-13.
26/02/2010 |
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Four Mile Beach foreshore in Cairns will be upgraded.
25/02/2010 |
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An iconic eucalypt tree growing in many areas burnt out in Victoria’s Black Saturday fires is better at re-sprouting after fire than first thought, according to a senior botanist at Charles Sturt University.
25/02/2010 |
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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and SPRI have announced the American National Standards Institute has accepted their VF-1, Fire Design Standard for Vegetative Roofs as an American National Standard.
25/02/2010 |
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Over 50 specialist growers with a unique range of new, rare and unusual plants will gather for the Gardening & Rare Plants Expo at the Tesselaar Gardens in Melbourne, March 13-14, 2010.
23/02/2010 |
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A system that will allow large trees to thrive side-by-side with carparks is under trial as part of a future plan for shaded parking in Cairns.
23/02/2010 |
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Plant Names is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them as governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants.
22/02/2010 |
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Hunter Valley Gardens has announced its ‘Winter Rose Pruning Event’, which will be hosted from July 1 to 31, 2010.
22/02/2010 |
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Registration is now open for the 2010 NGI National Conference.
22/02/2010 |
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Planning approval has been given for the main park and infrastructure, including roads, footpaths and traffic lights at the Frasers CUB development in Sydney.
17/02/2010 |
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After working with botanical researchers in Canberra for the past seven weeks, 10 students from around Australia will graduate from the Student’s Volunteer Botanical Internship Program.
17/02/2010 |
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Located at Nambour on the Sunshine Coast, the Queensland Home Garden Expo is a three-day gardening expo for green thumbs and novice gardeners.
16/02/2010 |
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Environment Minister Peter Garrett has launched Bush Blitz - a three-year multi-million dollar partnership to document the plants and animals in properties across Australia's National Reserve System.
16/02/2010 |
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A group of University of Melbourne students will measure the carbon footprint of Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens as part of the first Melbourne Business Practicum.
16/02/2010 |
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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities has announced a new professional course on integrated water management principles and technologies to be launched on June 1, 2010.
12/02/2010 |
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The Sunken Cathedral sculpture created by artist Bjorn Godwin is currently on display at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney.
12/02/2010 |
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Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, the North American green roof industry association and the British Columbia Institute of Technology will host the 2010 Green Roof and Green Wall Conference – CitiesAlive! in Vancouver.
11/02/2010 |
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Conservation of the remnant Banksia woodland of the Swan Coastal Plain is the subject of a major research collaboration between The University of Western Australia and Kings Park and Botanic Garden.
11/02/2010 |
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Grants of up to $10,000 are available for private landholders in the Peel Harvey region who choose to conserve bushland on their property.
11/02/2010 |
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The Parks and Wildlife Service has begun a recruitment drive, with up to 30 positions available around Tasmania.
10/02/2010 |
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The Flora and Fauna Guide to the Upper Florentine Valley has been launched by Still Wild Still Threatened.
10/02/2010 |
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NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has announced $2.4 million in grants to upgrade 17 Sydney parks, as well as a new online map to help residents locate parks in Sydney.
10/02/2010 |
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The Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers (AILDM) has announced the 2010 National Student Design Competition for students enrolled in a landscape design course in Australia.
09/02/2010 |
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ecodesign is looking for a full-time landscape designer for its Sydney office.
09/02/2010 |
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The restoration of the Paddington Reservoir Gardens by TZG, in conjunction with JMD Design, has been awarded several awards since opening in 2009.
09/02/2010 |
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The Commonwealth and Victorian governments have agreed to cut red tape and streamline environmental assessments in the implementation of the Victorian Government's Delivering Melbourne's newest sustainable communities program.
08/02/2010 |
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The Australian Institute of Landscape Designers & Managers (AILDM) will be holding a seminar for landscape designers and contractors March 9.
08/02/2010 |
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Bega Valley Shire Council has introduced level 2 water restrictions in the northern half of the shire due to the decrease in the groundwater level at Bega and declining storage levels in the Brogo and Cochrane Dams.
08/02/2010 |
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Horticulture staff at the Australian National Botanic Gardens have added five Xanthorroeas to the garden's collection.
05/02/2010 |
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Victorians asked to comment on parks regulations.
05/02/2010 |
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A free community forum being held at this year’s Sustainable Living Festival on Sunday, February 21, will take a look at implications of climate change for Victoria's biodiversity and what can be done.
05/02/2010 |
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The City of Sydney and the local Chippendale community will be holding a community planting day on Saturday, February 20, to mark the completion of the Chippendale streetscape improvement project.
04/02/2010 |
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A study has found evidence that forests in the Eastern United States are growing faster than they have in the past 225 years, likely due to climate change.
04/02/2010 |
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Atlantis will be hosting a half day seminar for the Green Infrastructure Network of Australia (GiNA) February 8.
03/02/2010 |
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The planting of over 175,000 indigenous trees at Australia’s first conservation-based luxury resort has helped it become the first hotel in the world to achieve carbon neutral certification from an international scheme.
03/02/2010 |
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Public parks and recreation areas in Cunnamulla will benefit from the next stage of a recycled water project.
03/02/2010 |
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The Building Commission says shade sails have the potential to impair a home, rather than improve it.
02/02/2010 |
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Unlandscaped, the Landscape Architecture Australia prize for unrealised landscapes, is seeking responses to contemporary issues.
02/02/2010 |
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The Federal Government has announced funding of $1.8 million to support a national research program to boost stormwater harvesting in Australia’s cities.
02/02/2010 |
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Hardwood decking has been installed along the promenade of Melbourne’s South Wharf project, adding a further dimension to the $1.4 billion Convention Centre development.
01/02/2010 |
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A team led by planning, design and engineering firm AECOM, which drew from its Melbourne, New York and San Francisco studios, has won an international competition for a concept design and feasibility study for Seoul Grand Park in Korea.
01/02/2010 |