landscape design to green the planet
In 2024, the author participated in planting a Miyawaki forest at a Shinto Shrine in Tokyo. She reflects that choosing the right plants for your Australian microforest depends upon what your future climate will be like. She poses two possible methods - the Pure Miyawaki Method replicating a local forest and a Hybrid Method.
In 2016, we bought a skinny block of land in Moruya, a town on the New South Wales far south coast. The block was cheap, big and a 15 minute walk to the town centre. It held endless possibilities. We would build an eco-house, grow vegetables, screen neighbours and revegetate the creek. In 2017, impatient… Continue reading Crafting a bushy microforest in the suburbs
A constructed rainforest gully provided the inspiration for Canberra's first tiny or micro-forest.
A pocket of remnant rainforest at Rosehill farm is the inspiration for the Moruya Micro-forest.
The physical assets of a micro-forest are easy to value. However, community wellbeing is harder to measure.
Edwina Robinson calls for collaboration not competition in regreening Canberra's urban parks to beat urban heat and climate change.
Purdie Bowden is a public servant, a mum and volunteers leading the Watson micro-forest. She says do something you care about, and find great people to do it with.
Leading a community microforest can be a rewarding yet demanding endeavour, especially for busy people, who juggle multiple roles. Drawing on the experiences of our seasoned microforest volunteers, here are seven practical ways to avoid burnout while nurturing the forest and your well-being. 1. Pace Yourself and Practice Self-Care Canberran, Jennifer Bardsley is a public… Continue reading Seven ways to avoid burnout for microforest leaders
Groundcovers create a living mulch in micro-forests.