Mar 23, 2021 | Design, General, Sustainability
Be sure to check out Futurefoodsystem – a self sustaining, closed loop, two-bedroom home that will shelter, feed and provide energy for its inhabitants – on display now at Federation Square. Its fantastic to see the concepts of self-sufficiency, and...
Oct 26, 2020 | Design, Garden, Permaculture, Projects
Wicking beds are a fantastic solution to provide a healthy soil for growing annual vegetables or plants that become stressed in Victoria’s hot summers. They reduce evaporation by watering from beneath, and encourage roots to head deeper. A criticism is however...
Oct 8, 2020 | Design, Landscape, Materials, Projects
Some materials will allow natural curves to form and can be used sculpturally to create features within a garden design. Here we have a wire trellis fixed to the planter below and allowed to form a natural arch, which the beans are using to great effect with the...
Oct 8, 2020 | Design, DIY, Landscape, Permaculture
Our long hot summers can stress plants and reduce their productivity, or worse – kill them. Soaking the soil with a trickle that can infiltrate the soil deeply is important to ensure plants have access to water through heatwaves. However, some soils such as...
Oct 8, 2020 | Design, Permaculture, Residential
Deciduous trees planted in front of north facing windows provide an abundance of light through the winter months – when we need it, and in summer give us shade. An adjustable shading device that can feed you too? What an...
Oct 7, 2020 | Design, Materials, Sustainability
Strawbale is one of our favourite building materials. It has amazing insulation properties (around 4 times more effective than a conventionally built brick veneer wall with R2.5 insulation batts), has a ‘massiveness’ and ‘sturdiness’ to it that...
