Lessons from the Rain and Flood
Living near the top of a hill meant that our Brisbane house was safe from flooding and the garden was relatively unscathed in the 2022 extreme rain event. The deluge from above combined with sodden...
View Article.Car Parking and Verge Gardens
Several conversations over the past few weeks have got me thinking about car parking and verge gardens. Space for car parking is one of those topics that can quickly turn a discussion about verge...
View ArticleVerge Gardens for Advocacy Project Launch
On Sunday 12 October, ACF Community Brisbane Northside launched their Verge Garden Project that aims to combine increasing biodiversity in their region with advocacy as part of the Australian...
View ArticleACF Brisbane Northside Verge Garden Project
Kumbartcho Sanctuary & Nursery In October 2022, ACF Community Brisbane Northside launched their Verge Garden Project as part of the Australian Conservation Foundation’s Save Our Big Backyard...
View ArticleVerge Gardens for Advocacy
As part of their verge garden project, ACF Community Brisbane Northside held a Verge Gardens for Advocacy session in November. We started with a recap from last month of all the users and uses of this...
View Article.Welcome 2023 – Will it be the year for biodiversity?
I started 2023 feeling more confident than I have for some time. The COP15 – Biodiversity COP – and recent movements from the new Australian government was encouraging. Maybe it wasn’t everything that...
View Article.Verge Gardens and Active Transport
As part of the Banyo Verge Garden Pilot Project, we held a workshop on the connections between verge gardening, greening the streets, and active transport. It led to some lively discussions and...
View Article.Why street trees and why native verge gardens
(This is based on a presentation for the Banyo Verge Garden Pilot Project in March 2023) This month, the World Wildlife Foundation and Doctors for the Environment launched a new report about the urgent...
View Article.Could Verge Gardens be the Leaders in Cooling our Streets?
Street trees are an obvious way to reduce urban heat. I’ve written about my street tree and how the native verge garden around it increased biodiversity and helped the young tree thrive. And I measured...
View Article.This is not a Photo of a Verge Garden
I often see my photo used as an example of a verge garden, sometimes with permission, often without. Why is this photo so popular? I use this photo on the front page of this website and in...
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