It's Not What You Know...

July 1, 2016 Amalie Wright

"Wow, I never realised landscape architecture was so cool!"

"Oh FFS, sit down and let me bring you up to speed..."

Dr Chris Brown, yes, Mr Bondi Vet himself, recently had the pleasure of speaking at the same conference as Yours Truly.

Parks: dogs, diversity & more

April 26, 2016 Amalie Wright

Image: Alan Hoban, Southport Broadwater Parkland.

Four park stories caught our eye this month:

A new report on green infrastructure in public parks;
A planned new linear park stretching across Singapore;
Are dogs a forgotten stakeholder in discussions about public space; and
The different attitudes towards public parks of different ethnic communities.

Click on the post title or here to read more.

So You Think You Know Your Great Parks of the World... →

March 30, 2016 Amalie Wright

This fun online quiz from The Guardian will test your landscape / urban design chops: when street names and identifying labels are removed, can you identify the park, and which city it calls home?

There's no $200, but you can pass GO and play the game here.

Little People Play

March 29, 2016 Amalie Wright

Recently SBS television's Dateline programme ran a story on a Danish 'forest kindergarten', where kids are actively encouraged to run free, play with knives, climb high, explore fallen trees and more.

The show drew a huge audience response both here in Australia and overseas.

Click here to watch the episode.

In Seattle a man has been ordered to demolish part of a home in order to keep the crazy-ass playground he's built from recycled materials in the backyard.

Read the original article here.