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Sunday 19 November 2023
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Making urban gardens more environmentally friendly
Landscaping and gardening are often the last elements of construction before you hand over a dwelling to your client.
Find out how you can provide your client with a garden that can be both aesthetically pleasing, productive and contribute to their personal health and the health of their local environment.
The benefits from growing your own herbs, vegetables and fruits is endless – a sense of wellbeing, a deeper sense of connectedness to your garden and possibly the best part literally being able to share the fruits of your labor with your neighbors.
Learn how you can provide your client with an appealing garden whilst ensuring suitable habitats are provided for birds, bees and other critters.
Raised accessible garden beds, sections of garden that do not require mowing or raking, efficient water capture and storage and how composting does not have to be smelly is just the beginning.
Speakers
Dr Ross Wissing
30 years experience in the environment, sustainability and landscape design fields in a range of positions from local community engagement to management of state and national programs focused on creating landscapes that achieve both environmental and human health. Recently completed a PhD at Deakin University on `Creating Sustainable Residential Landscapes in Geelong'. Specialties: green infrastructure, sustainability services, landscape design, research, food gardens, cultural heritage, catchment management, waterway management, community awareness raising and engagement, program management
Roger Cooper
Roger is HIA’s Senior Planning Advisor for Victoria and Tasmania and has been part of HIA’s policy team since 2021. He has broad experience as a private planning consultant and project planner in low- and mid-rise residential development and subdivision, including statutory and strategic planning for local government. Roger holds a Masters in Environment and Planning from RMIT University and currently manages the HIA Victorian Planning & Environment Committee. Roger will be presenting an evaluation of the Minimum Garden Area Requirement of the Victorian Planning Provisions followed by a discussion of how to approach urban greening.
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