100% Concrete! This small (less than 300m2 block) West End yard was 100% concrete… except a washing line, that broke someone’s arm. No other features! So levels were taken (tape measure, spirit level and string line). The back retaining wall height and excavation depth were determined by the level at the bottom of the stairs, […]
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Frontage face-lift
With a simple picture saved from a magazine, Lowndes Landscapes worked with the client to adapt and deliver this classic landscape concept. Timber edging combined with deep gravel and garden areas to break up and redefine this house frontage. Tiny retaining laws create an optical illusion of infinity edged lawns looking downhill. Lawn areas have […]
Riverbank Restoration St Lucia Apartments
A big thanks to the body corporate of Macquarrie units in being proactive in eradicating infestation of Mother in law’s tongue (Sansevieria species) from the Brisbane River bank at St Lucia. Lowndes Landscapes were engaged to remove and restore the area. Coir logs, jute matting and weephose irrigation combined with native plants Dianella caerulea, Dianella […]
Tarragindi Landscape Transformation
Total landscape transformation. My clients finished the build on a post war renovator, with just the softscape to go. The brief- turf the verge, screen and soften the retaining wall (and associated 600 wide concrete cantilevered footing), create something interesting (but low maintenance) for guests to look at when arriving, help with the weed choked […]
Softscaping with Corten Steel Edging and Raised Beds
Level drop? Awkward shaped space? Want low maintenance, productive raised garden beds? Do you like the look of Corten Steel edging? This space uses all these elements to make something out of nothing! Raised beds and edges take the sting out of a 2 meter level drop on this site. Before- a sloping lawn is […]
Warwick Solar Farm- Planting 30,000 trees
Some of the 30,000 trees and shrubs to be planted around the Warwick Solar Farm. Work has started on the planting of a vegetative buffer around the Warwick Solar Farm. In total 30,000 trees and shrubs will be planted around a 5.5km perimeter. The trees and shrubs being planted outside of the perimeter fence. Planting […]
Highgate Hill Rain Forest Restoration
Located off Dornoch Tce Highgate Hill Solargreen has been engaged by 3 adjoining land owners to restore degraded steep land that used to have an intact canopy that was destroyed in the storms 2 years ago. In the meantime, many obnoxious weed trees and vines have sprung up, forming, for one of the residences, an […]
BOSC Window Display
At 69 Vulture St West End is the BOSC- the ‘Bar of Social Consciousness’. At night you can have some great on tap beers, and during the day you can see Solargreen’s namesake- the Solar Watered Green Wall. We regularly update the info in the window, so drop by and catch up with the latest […]
Landscape Achtiectural Visualizations by Solargreen
What is it going to look like? Before spending money on a landscape project a visualization can help win over clients and the public, help workout any clashes or technical difficulties and communicate to clients and contractors the desired outcome. Visualization for a roundabout upgrade at the corner of Sir Fred Schonell Drive and Sir William […]
UQ Therapies Building Landscape Architectural Design
The brief– cost effective design for two tired and under used courtyard areas. Result– a new covered courtyard meeting area for Therapies building staff and students (featuring permeable paving); and a rejuvenated outdoor courtyard featuring sandstone block seating and native planting. A link block wall creates usable storage space under a building access footbridge. […]