10th Australian Landscape Conference 2013

Welcome to our 2013 conference. Our aim, as always, is to ignite the imagination by engaging the world’s most creative designers. How lucky are we this year with our speakers? They are brilliantly creative and we look forward to an amazing weekend.

It was the Latin Juan Grimm who excited such intense passion for his gardens and landscapes on his first visit in 2005. His recent gardens, which spring from his love of the natural landscapes of Chile and its flora, are even more composed, distilled and timeless. He has finally agreed to return, due to constant public demand.

What a joy to welcome Louisa Jones, since we have urged her to come for nearly a decade! It was she who discovered those landscapes and gardens of the Mediterranean, which evolved in pre-Roman times – with their dry summers and rich mosaic of land uses – incredible sources of inspiration for us.

Ken Smith from the Big Apple brings art and sheer fun from his projects. Roof gardens, art installations and huge landscapes. And Raymond Jungles, with his love of tropical plantings, the role of nature and the flair of Burle Marx, brings his own special magic.

Our first speaker from India is Aniket Bhagwat – a pioneering leader, steeped in the rich culture of India with a huge appetite for environmental and cultural enhancement. Closer to home, we are delighted to be joined by Paul Bangay and garden photographer Simon Griffiths. They will dwell upon ‘Stonefields’ – a garden that Paul created for himself free of demanding clients!

From Japan, Toshio Watanabe will reflect upon Japanese gardens and how they can transfer from country to country. What lessons are there for us here?

And finally, we have much to learn from Anne Latreille who has recently completed her magnum opus ‘Garden Voices’, a thought provoking study of Australian designers.

Please read about our wonderful speakers, garden tours, speakers’ dinner and workshops.

With our speakers, Major Sponsor Warner’s Nurseries, General Sponsors, and all our friends, we very much look forward to joining with you and having our horizons expanded once again!

Warwick and Sue Forgewww.landscapeconference.com

Registration Form

Please register at our secure site: www.landscapeconference.com or forward this application to: Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Ave., Toorak, Vic., 3142

One delegate (plus partner) per form. For each additional delegate, please copy the form and complete details.

Please use capital letters

Mr / Mrs / Ms / Miss / Dr / Prof

First name .............................................................................

Surname ................................................................................

Company name ...................................................................

Email .......................................................................................

Address .................................................................................

.................................................................................................

Phone / Mobile ...................................................................

(Alt) ........................................................................................

Name to appear on badge ...................................................

.......................................................................................................

RegistRation fees

21–22 SEPTEMBER 2013 (See right-hand column) Melbourne Convention Centre $ ............................

GARDENS TOuR (p.6) 20 September 2013 ($154.00) $ ............................

SPEAKERS’ DINNER (Partners welcome) 21 September 2013 Melbourne Savage Club ($88.00/person) No. ............ × $88.00 $ ............................

WORKSHOPS (See opposite) 23–24 September 2013 Burnley College ($65.00 each) No. ............ × $65.00 $ ............................

total $ .....................

METHOD OF PAYMENT (Required with registration) Crossed cheque payable to ‘Australian Landscape Conference’

or credit card (Visa/Mastercard only)

Expiry date ___ ___ / ___ ___

Name of cardholder:

.................................................................................................

Signature:

.................................................................................................

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Enquire about our tours, which enable unique access to the finest range of gardens in South America.

You may register an interest for either or both tours. They feature private estancias, gardens, restaurants, historic precincts, vineyards, idyllic hotels and much more. Tours are strictly limited and sometimes book out quickly.

1. PeruLima, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo and Cusco2–12 OCt 2013 (tOuR neARLy FiLLed)

10–20 SePt 2014 (APPROx)

We fly to Lima in Peru and visit the Larco Museum for its unrivalled collection of pre-Colombian gold and silver artefacts. Then to the Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo to visit the Inca Citadel – scene of the only Inca victory over the Spanish. Via the glazed ‘domed train’, we pierce the Andes to Machu Picchu, one of the world’s dramatic historic monuments in its breathtaking, mountainous setting. Then to Cusco, capital of the mighty Inca Empire abounding with Inca buildings, museums, churches, Inca ruins and outstand-ing cuisine!

The tour is for travellers in good health and is not challenging. Peru can provide an unforgettable experience. You should see it well.

Cost: $4,600 (12 day tour includes hotels, transport, admissions and flights from Santiago to Lima and Cusco and return.

2. Gardens & designers of South AmericaA General Cultural Tour 12 OCt–2 nOv 2013

20 SePt–11 OCt 2014 (APPROx.)

Chile: (Santiago, Bahia Azul, Zapallar, Viña del Mare, Valparaiso, Maipo Valley); Brazil: (Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis & Teresópolis): Argentina (Iguazu Falls & Buenos Aires); and Uruguay (Colonia)

This tour has gardens and landscapes as its theme – those of Roberto Burle Marx in Rio de Janeiro, Juan Grimm in Chile and various designers in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Burle Marx, a designer of world influence, saw himself as ‘painting with plants’. We visit his Sitio (‘Garden of Wonders’) – his nursery- studio-garden-home, and various stunning private gardens and stay near his famous Copacabana beach promenade. We see historic districts, architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Christ the Redeemer Statue.

In Chile, we visit private gardens with and by Juan Grimm who followed in Marx’s foot-steps, carving his niche with wonderful gar-dens set among mountains, streams and lakes of Chile – an extraordinarily beautiful country.

We explore Pablo Neruda’s immortal verse, visit two of his homes and enjoy the Nobel Laureate’s eccentricities. We tour bohemian Bellavista, the seaside village of Zapallar, historic estancias and the famous vineyard Santa Rita with its stunning arboretum, lake, chapel and pre-Colombian museum.

En route to Buenos Aires we stay at the Iguazu Falls – a natural wonder of the world. In Buenos Aires, the tango replaces the samba and we enjoy the historic architecture of this very European city – its cafes, antique markets, boulevards, gardens, Evita Peron Museum and porteño nostalgia.

This is a personalised tour with leading designers and 17 garden owners led by experienced tour leader Warwick Forge and deputy Kim Woods-Rabbidge.

Cost: $13,000 for this 22 day tour (4 and 5 star hotels, luxury coaches, admis-sions, most meals and three international flights within South America).

For copies of tour itineraries contact Warwick Forge warwick@bloomings.com.au t: 03 9804 8915.

Presentation: Warwick will provide a free presentation covering tour highlights on Mon 23 Sept. at 6.00pm. For details and booking email well in advance: warwick@bloomings.com.au

Gardens and cultural tours of South America (Oct 2013 & Sept 2014)

in the footsteps of the incas & Roberto Burle MarxRegistration

Registration covers the two day conference with lunches, morning and afternoon teas.

• Early Bird booked prior to 1st July 2013 $595.00 per person.

• Booked after 30th June 2013 $649.00 per person.

To register, go to our secure site www.landscapeconference.com or forward your completed registration form to: Sue Forge, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 t: 0438 181 578; or scan and email to: sue@landscapeconference.com

We no longer accept facsimile mail.

Student concessions are available on the above terms at a 30% discount (conference registration only). Regis tra-tion forms must be posted and must be accompanied with a copy of the relevant student card. Student registrations are not transferable and student ID should be carried at the conference.

Applications may also be made for Group Booking discounts for 10 or more non-concession registrations. e: sue@landscapeconference.com

Registrations may be transferred to another person provided the registration office is informed in writing prior to 1st September 2013. A 75% refund is available for cancellations made prior to 1st September 2013. After that date, no refunds will be given.

Continuing Professional

DevelopmentRegistered landscape architects may achieve points from attending this conference.

accommodationThe superb location of the Melbourne Convention Centre provides delegates with ample choice. We have endeavoured to provide hotels for all budgets and within walking distance of the venue and the Southbank precinct, with its fine restaurants and shops.

Details are available on our website.

However, please note that this is a very busy period in Melbourne due to our football finals so please book well in advance. If accommodation is difficult, refer to our website or www.wotif.com.au

Conference VenueThe Melbourne Convention Centre is at 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne and is the centrepiece of Melbourne’s new South Wharf development. It is the only Green 6-Star Environment rated convention centre in the world and provides best practice in innovation and sustainability and high standards for catering and service options. For information visit www.mcec.com.au

Ample parking is available and the centre is easily reached by public transport.

For information on parking, transport and access visit www.mcec.com.au/where-is-mcec/

Luggage storage is available at the venue on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) and Sunday.

Delegates must wear name badges at all times during the Conference.

Website The conference website is regularly updated. Subscribers receive a hard-copy brochure on publication where correct addresses have been supplied. Thereafter, copies may be downloaded or hardcopy requested. To subscribe or amend your details, please enter our website and click on the link at the foot of the home page.

If you have friends who may be interested, do tell them to enter the website and subscribe to our mailing list. Thank you.

For up to date information on all aspects of the Conference please visit: www.landscapeconference.com

BooksA range of fine books including many by the speakers and workshop leaders will be available for purchase at the conference. They will also become available through our website in due course. For information, please visit www.landscapeconference.com

secretariat The Conference is convened by Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 ABN 62 092 079 28.

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Models from the Old World,challenges for the New

Melbourne Convention CentreMelbourne, Australia

design for the future

20–24 SePteMBeR 2013

MAJOR SPOnSOR

SPOnSORS

www.landscapeconference.com

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS CRANBOURNE

WorkshopsIn a new initiative, the ALC is providing a range of interactive ninety minute workshops with leading experts covering various design and practical horticultural topics. The Workshops consist of informal groups and after the leader’s opening outline, there will be open discussion for everyone. The Workshops are open to non-delegates.

For detailed information on workshops please visit our website.

Date: Monday and Tuesday 23 & 24 September time: From 8.50am–5.00pm (Refer to ALC Workshop Progam below for session times)Venue: Burnley Campus, university of Melbourne, Yarra Boulevard, BurnleyCost: $65 per workshopBook: Via registration form or website

Please tick your selections below:

alC WoRksHoP PRogRam

Ken Smith Temporary Landscapes/ Installation Gardens9–10.30am mon

Paul thompsonComposing Plants9–10.30am mon tue

toshio WatanabeWhy Japanese Gardens Outside Japan?11–12.30pm mon tue

Simon Griffiths Landscape Photography11–12.30pm mon tue

Michael McCoy Seasonality in Plant-driven Gardens1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Andrew LaidlawDesigning Play Spaces for Children1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Steven WellsHort. Therapy/ Sensory Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon tue

Simon Rickard Designing Edible Landscapes3.30–5.00pm mon tue

John RaynerGreen Roofs/Vertical Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon 9–10.30pm tue

General information

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Front cover: Friendly Garden, tuscany, designed by Paolo Pejrone photo by courtesy of Clive nichols from Mediterranean Landscape design, by Louisa Jones (Thames & Hudson).

Please update our website database with your current details

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10th Australian Landscape Conference 2013

Welcome to our 2013 conference. Our aim, as always, is to ignite the imagination by engaging the world’s most creative designers. How lucky are we this year with our speakers? They are brilliantly creative and we look forward to an amazing weekend.

It was the Latin Juan Grimm who excited such intense passion for his gardens and landscapes on his first visit in 2005. His recent gardens, which spring from his love of the natural landscapes of Chile and its flora, are even more composed, distilled and timeless. He has finally agreed to return, due to constant public demand.

What a joy to welcome Louisa Jones, since we have urged her to come for nearly a decade! It was she who discovered those landscapes and gardens of the Mediterranean, which evolved in pre-Roman times – with their dry summers and rich mosaic of land uses – incredible sources of inspiration for us.

Ken Smith from the Big Apple brings art and sheer fun from his projects. Roof gardens, art installations and huge landscapes. And Raymond Jungles, with his love of tropical plantings, the role of nature and the flair of Burle Marx, brings his own special magic.

Our first speaker from India is Aniket Bhagwat – a pioneering leader, steeped in the rich culture of India with a huge appetite for environmental and cultural enhancement. Closer to home, we are delighted to be joined by Paul Bangay and garden photographer Simon Griffiths. They will dwell upon ‘Stonefields’ – a garden that Paul created for himself free of demanding clients!

From Japan, Toshio Watanabe will reflect upon Japanese gardens and how they can transfer from country to country. What lessons are there for us here?

And finally, we have much to learn from Anne Latreille who has recently completed her magnum opus ‘Garden Voices’, a thought provoking study of Australian designers.

Please read about our wonderful speakers, garden tours, speakers’ dinner and workshops.

With our speakers, Major Sponsor Warner’s Nurseries, General Sponsors, and all our friends, we very much look forward to joining with you and having our horizons expanded once again!

Warwick and Sue Forgewww.landscapeconference.com

Registration Form

Please register at our secure site: www.landscapeconference.com or forward this application to: Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Ave., Toorak, Vic., 3142

One delegate (plus partner) per form. For each additional delegate, please copy the form and complete details.

Please use capital letters

Mr / Mrs / Ms / Miss / Dr / Prof

First name .............................................................................

Surname ................................................................................

Company name ...................................................................

Email .......................................................................................

Address .................................................................................

.................................................................................................

Phone / Mobile ...................................................................

(Alt) ........................................................................................

Name to appear on badge ...................................................

.......................................................................................................

RegistRation fees

21–22 SEPTEMBER 2013 (See right-hand column) Melbourne Convention Centre $ ............................

GARDENS TOuR (p.6) 20 September 2013 ($154.00) $ ............................

SPEAKERS’ DINNER (Partners welcome) 21 September 2013 Melbourne Savage Club ($88.00/person) No. ............ × $88.00 $ ............................

WORKSHOPS (See opposite) 23–24 September 2013 Burnley College ($65.00 each) No. ............ × $65.00 $ ............................

total $ .....................

METHOD OF PAYMENT (Required with registration) Crossed cheque payable to ‘Australian Landscape Conference’

or credit card (Visa/Mastercard only)

Expiry date ___ ___ / ___ ___

Name of cardholder:

.................................................................................................

Signature:

.................................................................................................

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Enquire about our tours, which enable unique access to the finest range of gardens in South America.

You may register an interest for either or both tours. They feature private estancias, gardens, restaurants, historic precincts, vineyards, idyllic hotels and much more. Tours are strictly limited and sometimes book out quickly.

1. PeruLima, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo and Cusco2–12 OCt 2013 (tOuR neARLy FiLLed)

10–20 SePt 2014 (APPROx)

We fly to Lima in Peru and visit the Larco Museum for its unrivalled collection of pre-Colombian gold and silver artefacts. Then to the Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo to visit the Inca Citadel – scene of the only Inca victory over the Spanish. Via the glazed ‘domed train’, we pierce the Andes to Machu Picchu, one of the world’s dramatic historic monuments in its breathtaking, mountainous setting. Then to Cusco, capital of the mighty Inca Empire abounding with Inca buildings, museums, churches, Inca ruins and outstand-ing cuisine!

The tour is for travellers in good health and is not challenging. Peru can provide an unforgettable experience. You should see it well.

Cost: $4,600 (12 day tour includes hotels, transport, admissions and flights from Santiago to Lima and Cusco and return.

2. Gardens & designers of South AmericaA General Cultural Tour 12 OCt–2 nOv 2013

20 SePt–11 OCt 2014 (APPROx.)

Chile: (Santiago, Bahia Azul, Zapallar, Viña del Mare, Valparaiso, Maipo Valley); Brazil: (Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis & Teresópolis): Argentina (Iguazu Falls & Buenos Aires); and Uruguay (Colonia)

This tour has gardens and landscapes as its theme – those of Roberto Burle Marx in Rio de Janeiro, Juan Grimm in Chile and various designers in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Burle Marx, a designer of world influence, saw himself as ‘painting with plants’. We visit his Sitio (‘Garden of Wonders’) – his nursery- studio-garden-home, and various stunning private gardens and stay near his famous Copacabana beach promenade. We see historic districts, architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Christ the Redeemer Statue.

In Chile, we visit private gardens with and by Juan Grimm who followed in Marx’s foot-steps, carving his niche with wonderful gar-dens set among mountains, streams and lakes of Chile – an extraordinarily beautiful country.

We explore Pablo Neruda’s immortal verse, visit two of his homes and enjoy the Nobel Laureate’s eccentricities. We tour bohemian Bellavista, the seaside village of Zapallar, historic estancias and the famous vineyard Santa Rita with its stunning arboretum, lake, chapel and pre-Colombian museum.

En route to Buenos Aires we stay at the Iguazu Falls – a natural wonder of the world. In Buenos Aires, the tango replaces the samba and we enjoy the historic architecture of this very European city – its cafes, antique markets, boulevards, gardens, Evita Peron Museum and porteño nostalgia.

This is a personalised tour with leading designers and 17 garden owners led by experienced tour leader Warwick Forge and deputy Kim Woods-Rabbidge.

Cost: $13,000 for this 22 day tour (4 and 5 star hotels, luxury coaches, admis-sions, most meals and three international flights within South America).

For copies of tour itineraries contact Warwick Forge warwick@bloomings.com.au t: 03 9804 8915.

Presentation: Warwick will provide a free presentation covering tour highlights on Mon 23 Sept. at 6.00pm. For details and booking email well in advance: warwick@bloomings.com.au

Gardens and cultural tours of South America (Oct 2013 & Sept 2014)

in the footsteps of the incas & Roberto Burle MarxRegistration

Registration covers the two day conference with lunches, morning and afternoon teas.

• Early Bird booked prior to 1st July 2013 $595.00 per person.

• Booked after 30th June 2013 $649.00 per person.

To register, go to our secure site www.landscapeconference.com or forward your completed registration form to: Sue Forge, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 t: 0438 181 578; or scan and email to: sue@landscapeconference.com

We no longer accept facsimile mail.

Student concessions are available on the above terms at a 30% discount (conference registration only). Regis tra-tion forms must be posted and must be accompanied with a copy of the relevant student card. Student registrations are not transferable and student ID should be carried at the conference.

Applications may also be made for Group Booking discounts for 10 or more non-concession registrations. e: sue@landscapeconference.com

Registrations may be transferred to another person provided the registration office is informed in writing prior to 1st September 2013. A 75% refund is available for cancellations made prior to 1st September 2013. After that date, no refunds will be given.

Continuing Professional

DevelopmentRegistered landscape architects may achieve points from attending this conference.

accommodationThe superb location of the Melbourne Convention Centre provides delegates with ample choice. We have endeavoured to provide hotels for all budgets and within walking distance of the venue and the Southbank precinct, with its fine restaurants and shops.

Details are available on our website.

However, please note that this is a very busy period in Melbourne due to our football finals so please book well in advance. If accommodation is difficult, refer to our website or www.wotif.com.au

Conference VenueThe Melbourne Convention Centre is at 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne and is the centrepiece of Melbourne’s new South Wharf development. It is the only Green 6-Star Environment rated convention centre in the world and provides best practice in innovation and sustainability and high standards for catering and service options. For information visit www.mcec.com.au

Ample parking is available and the centre is easily reached by public transport.

For information on parking, transport and access visit www.mcec.com.au/where-is-mcec/

Luggage storage is available at the venue on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) and Sunday.

Delegates must wear name badges at all times during the Conference.

Website The conference website is regularly updated. Subscribers receive a hard-copy brochure on publication where correct addresses have been supplied. Thereafter, copies may be downloaded or hardcopy requested. To subscribe or amend your details, please enter our website and click on the link at the foot of the home page.

If you have friends who may be interested, do tell them to enter the website and subscribe to our mailing list. Thank you.

For up to date information on all aspects of the Conference please visit: www.landscapeconference.com

BooksA range of fine books including many by the speakers and workshop leaders will be available for purchase at the conference. They will also become available through our website in due course. For information, please visit www.landscapeconference.com

secretariat The Conference is convened by Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 ABN 62 092 079 28.

’

Models from the Old World,challenges for the New

Melbourne Convention CentreMelbourne, Australia

design for the future

20–24 SePteMBeR 2013

MAJOR SPOnSOR

SPOnSORS

www.landscapeconference.com

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS CRANBOURNE

WorkshopsIn a new initiative, the ALC is providing a range of interactive ninety minute workshops with leading experts covering various design and practical horticultural topics. The Workshops consist of informal groups and after the leader’s opening outline, there will be open discussion for everyone. The Workshops are open to non-delegates.

For detailed information on workshops please visit our website.

Date: Monday and Tuesday 23 & 24 September time: From 8.50am–5.00pm (Refer to ALC Workshop Progam below for session times)Venue: Burnley Campus, university of Melbourne, Yarra Boulevard, BurnleyCost: $65 per workshopBook: Via registration form or website

Please tick your selections below:

alC WoRksHoP PRogRam

Ken Smith Temporary Landscapes/ Installation Gardens9–10.30am mon

Paul thompsonComposing Plants9–10.30am mon tue

toshio WatanabeWhy Japanese Gardens Outside Japan?11–12.30pm mon tue

Simon Griffiths Landscape Photography11–12.30pm mon tue

Michael McCoy Seasonality in Plant-driven Gardens1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Andrew LaidlawDesigning Play Spaces for Children1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Steven WellsHort. Therapy/ Sensory Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon tue

Simon Rickard Designing Edible Landscapes3.30–5.00pm mon tue

John RaynerGreen Roofs/Vertical Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon 9–10.30pm tue

General information

✁

Front cover: Friendly Garden, tuscany, designed by Paolo Pejrone photo by courtesy of Clive nichols from Mediterranean Landscape design, by Louisa Jones (Thames & Hudson).

Please update our website database with your current details

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Louisa Joneswas a Canadian student who fell in love with France in the late 1960s. As a professor of French and Com-parative Literature, she taught in Avignon and discovered that the Romans were once great Provençal gardeners. She was told there were no important gardens in Provence but soon realised that people thought only of flower gardens, not common vernacular gardens, which had evolved over millennia.

Since then, Louisa has published over thirty books on Mediterranean gardens with a focus on Provence. This led to a huge interest in these gardens and their associated life-style. As she writes in her most recent book, Mediterranean Garden-ing Manifesto — Mediterranean gardening is … a way of living in harmony with the earth without contrived effects or heavy spending. Born of long human experience on the land, it is frugal and fruitful, serves many purposes and gives many pleasures, … Today, it adapts easily to our growing ecological awareness, to individual creativity and community sharing. Above all, it perpetuates a longstanding partner­ship between human beings and their environment, tested … in Medi­terranean countries for millennia.

She found that the Roman heritage of the south had never separated productive from pleasure gardening.

And when fruit counts as much as flower, every season has its attractions. Today the Mediterranean way of life has become fashionable worldwide.

What lessons for Australia?

Juan Grimmcame to our 2005 conference and met with rapturous applause. As he says, it is a constant search for perfection, which I have only found in Nature … since an early age I felt a strong attraction for Nature, which led me to become a landscape architect. I feel a strong necessity to create places that are used and contemplated by people, can expand their exposure to the natural beauties of our planet … that is increasingly beyond our reach. This is what I think what making gardens is all about.

Juan is a Chilean Architect trained at the Catholic university of Chile. As a landscape architect, he has designed over 300 gardens and parks in Chile, Argentina, Peru and uruguay.

His landscapes reveal his architectural background with strong, balanced designs around dwelling houses set on flat planes for ease of movement. The gardens are never showy but rely on a mosaic of often fine leaved greens which meld with local flora and blends with surrounding tones and wider landscapes with great success. He increasingly prefers native plants and his use of water bodies within his harmonious settings is masterful.

His gardens have been described as amongst the most beautiful and inspiring in the world … He is a passionate Latin much loved by all his clients.

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Hi Warwick, I am a garden designer & grower in Wellington (NZ). I am a regular attendee at your conferences ... I find (them) … invaluable in terms of international exposure to great designers and their ideas, and for my personal professional development … I have just won a gold at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch, and a judges’ supreme award for Emerging Designer of the Year. So it’s a real example of your conferences making a difference to people’s lives and their professional development.

RAChAeL MAttheWS hedGe Garden design & nursery Wellington

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the conference. The speakers were fantastic and it provided just the inspiration I needed.

RuSSeLL henRy

Just a note to congratulate you on an excellent conference. Great speakers, great organisation, great catering and lots of excellent networking opportunities. Many thanks for a terrific five days.

JAnet O’hehiR

Ideas, Colour, Movement, Dynamism, Head buzzing, Fantastico! … Loved every minute and looking forward with great anticipation to next one (conference). This was best ever.

tRiShA dixOn Garden Writer

Speakers’ dinnerAn exciting function is planned for our Speakers Dinner on Saturday. Special arrangements have been made for us to enjoy the full extent and remarkable ambience of the Melbourne Savage Club.

The club is surely Australia’s most bohemian of gentlemen’s clubs and has boasted many artists, writers, actors, musicians and eccentrics. It contributed to Melbourne’s early cultural life and has an exceptional collection of artefacts and art.

The former townhouse of Sir William Clarke of ‘Rupertswood’, various apocryphal stories about the club survive today.

It will be an informal evening and guests can enjoy the special ambience of the Lounge with a musical background or be seated upstairs in the Dining Room with the swaying punkahs. There will be generous servings of finger food and drinks to provide guests with the freedom to circulate throughout the Club.

Date Saturday 21 September 2013. Venue 12 Bank Place, Melbourne. Accessed via Collins and Little Collins Streets (between William & Queen Streets).time 6.30–10.00pmCost $88.00inCl. A range of food, drinks, tea and coffee.Book Via website or registration form (non-delegate partners welcome).DRess Smart casual. Gentlemen need not wear jackets or ties. Ladies should refrain from jeans, etc.

Paul Bangay & Simon GriffithsPaul Bangayis a Melbourne designer who graduated from Burnley College in 1985 and developed a reputation for formal gardens with strong architectural designs with influences from Italian, French and Spanish sources. He has designed over 600 gardens throughout Australia and overseas and renovated a large Russell Page garden in South Hampton, New York. He is the author of numerous books on his own gardens, plants and design.

simon griffiths is arguably Australia’s leading garden and landscape design photographer whose work has illustrated books such as Susan Irvine’s Rosehips and Crabapples and Jenna Reed Burns’ Australian Gardens for a Changing Climate.

But he is best known for the beautiful photographs which have played a key part in the success of all the Paul Bangay books.

Simon has also collaborated on a number of food and travel books including Kylie Kwong’s My China, which has enlarged and enhanced his reputation.

Ken Smithis a puzzle … what on earth does he think he is up to? Is he a landscape architect or an installation artist? A public servant or provocateur? An elite gardener or a populist? (he is) … all of these things … he has worked on an astonishing array of projects … from public parks … to private gardens … top art installations of glowing topiary, artificial stone, and plastic flowers to serene urban plazas in Manhattan, a colourful public school­yard in Queens and a community garden in Brooklyn. … Whether or not we can fully comprehend or even appreciate what on earth he is up to, Ken Smith injects an element of experi mentation into a profession that all too often can seem too conventionalized (John Beardsley (Harvard Graduate School of Design).

Today, Smith is a leading landscape architect and part of a generation keen to explore relationships between art, architecture, contemporary culture and landscape. His practice, WORKSHOP: Ken Smith Landscape Architect, is based in New York City with a California office. He strives to create landscapes in order to improve the quality of urban life with a strong emphasis on symbolism and the power of landscape as an art form.

He has a wealth of experience evidenced by an extraordinary CV!

Ken Smith is charming, dapper, and with old world manners which almost conceal his wicked sense of humour.

For further information on the speakers, their gardens and the conference, please visit

www.landscapeconference.com

Raymond Jungles faslacomments that …the great designer requires a passion for what he does as well as being proficient. And he must also comprehend the sense of place, so that his work has integrity in the landscape and he knows about the plants, birds and local peoples…

Jungles is based in Miami and is one of the world’s leading designers of tropical gardens and parks. He says, Roberto Burle Marx is the greatest source of inspiration in my life … he is still a part of my daily life. Marx became his mentor – introducing him to magnificent Brazilian flora. His passion was infectious and Jungles learnt to create plant communities based on ecology and to use colour with restraint and to complement.

He also tries to work with the natural systems. I think the main function of water in my gardens is visual. Water reflects and adds another dimension, like framing the sky into the garden … (and) can create a calm moment in the garden; a combination of hard paving, grass and water are all really great for that. And water introduces sound, creating a pleasant ambience, and of course water also invites life. … Luis Barragan, and others … would say, ‘Water is the heart and soul of the garden’.

Jungles prefers to work with architects and other specialists in order to achieve a more seamless result for clients.

In 2000, the university of Florida named Raymond Jungles as its Most Distinguished Alumni and the American Society of Landscape Architects has honoured him with 17 design awards.

Aniket Bhagwat is the son of Prabhakar B. Bhagwat, founder of Landscape India in the 1990s. It is described as the most innovative and influential firm of India’s landscape designers.

Aniket believes that design values cannot be cloned or appropriated, but have to be created. The firm has initiated many research projects and university courses and over half of its thirty something staff are aca-demics. Aniket sees no distinction between academics and practi-tioners and in addition to landscape design, employs many architects, manufactures traditional building materials like bricks, and commis-sions many art and craft features.

The firm displays great respect for traditional architecture and has restored and renovated many historic buildings and precincts. In Daman, Aniket designed a new industrial estate in 2009 taking over the site of a failed brewery. There are now quite radical artistic allu-sions including a sculptural object at the entrance with water cascading down into glass containers – a reference to the former brewery. With its curvaceous lawns, stylised ‘spigots’, and other artistic allusions, the estate is deeply engaging.

Today, the business ranges over a variety of projects from new city planning to small domestic gardens. Aniket lectures widely, led the design faculty at CPET university, was co-founder and co-editor of SPADE, a leading design magazine, and initiated the creation of many other design forums and research institutes.

Professor toshio Watanabeis a distinguished art historian study-ing how art of different places and cultures intermingle and affect each other. He is Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the university of the Arts London.

Toshio will examine the meaning and significance of Japanese gardens and how successful they are in other countries. What are they for and who uses them for what purpose? We will also investigate different types of Japanese gardens.

His research covers all media, par-ticularly, architecture, garden design, watercolour painting, photography and graphics. He is concerned with issues of modernity and identity when considering transnational inter actions of art, and especially with Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia, India, Britain or the uSA between 1850–1950.

Toshio has had an outstanding academic career. He ran the MA course in the History of Art and Design at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic and has been at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, uAL since 1986, initially as Head of Art History, later as Head of Research and now as TrAIN Research Centre Director.

In our search for meaning and for the adoption of styles from other countries, Toshio is uniquely placed to comment on how our enquiry should proceed.

His research brings him to Australia and he is currently a guest with the Fine Arts Department, university of Melbourne.

Gardens tour The tour returns to the Mornington Peninsula to visit some unique narratives of Australian design. There are outstand-ing gardens by Fiona Brockhoff, Jane Burke and Rick Eckersley. We also visit the RBG, Cranbourne, including the new Stage II, plus cutting edge roof gardens. Tours are confined to delegates. Book early as numbers are limited.

• Roof Garden (Burnley Campus). Launched in Feb 2013 we visit a demonstration green roof, research green roof and biodiversity green roof. The 300m² green roofs feature unique design elements including recycled and waste products. It is a prototype for roof garden design across Australia.

• ‘Karkalla’, Sorrento, Fiona Brockhoff & David Swann. An iconic Australian coastal garden, complete with productive zones, boutique vineyard, innovative garden art and locally sourced plant and structural materials. In-house wine tasting.

• ‘Offshore’, Sorrento, Jane & Peter Burke. A complementary garden adjoining ‘Karkalla’, with well proportioned gravelled spaces, wallaby grass lawn, meandering wooded pathways and charming, shared potager.

• ‘Musk Cottage’, Flinders. Rick Eckersley’s private, rural garden displays his design philos-ophy – a multicultural, tough and sustainable garden. Rick has transformed the 10 acre site from English cottage to a triumphal melting pot of styles – with a distinctly Australian flavour.

• Cranbourne RBG. Stage II opened in Oct. 2012 to complete the ‘journey of water’. Enjoy a guided tour by RBG staff through interpretive inland canyons, rivers and coastal fringe. Australia comes to life in this realisation of Taylor Cullity Lethlean (with Paul Thompson) original master plan.

Date Fri 20 Sept. 2013. time 8.30am–5.15pm (Confirmed to delegates in advance). inCluDes Lunch, refreshments, coach, guide, entry fees and garden notes. Dep/Ret Melbourne Convention Centre. Cost $154.00. Book Via registration form or website. ContaCt Jenny Wade t: 0409 000089 or e: jennywade@bigpond.com

Bookings subject to availability. The tour may be varied or cancelled if circumstances change. A 75% refund is available for cancel-lations prior to 1 Sept 2013. No refunds after that date.

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Anne Latreilleis a leading Australian writer with special interests in gardens, land-scape and the environment. Her books include garden identities Ellis Stones, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, (and her garden at Cruden Farm), Jean Galbraith and Joan Law-Smith. Her Environs column for The Age won a Royal Australian Institute of Architects award, and she was a long-serving editor of that news-paper’s garden page. As a freelance journalist she has been involved with specialist reports in areas such as urban planning and transport.

Her most recent book, Garden Voices examines the work, lives and messages of selected garden designers – past and present – around Australia.

Conference RapporteurPeter Watts am

As an architect and landscape architect, Peter worked on pioneer-ing projects with the National Trust (Vic) and wrote, The Gardens of Edna Walling and Historic Gardens of Victoria. He was the driving force behind creation of the Australian Garden History Society and founding Director of the NSW Historic Houses Trust (1981–2008) which became Australia’s most outstanding custodian of historic places (and gardens). Growing with astonishing success, it received 121 awards for archi tecture, conservation, design, publications, exhibitions, etc.

Peter is now happily engaged on various boards and committees and as a consultant in conservation, planning, the arts and related fields.

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Sunday 22 September

9.00–9.55 Finding the Balance with Nature: thirty years of design projects Juan Grimm

9.55–10.50 Garden Voices Anne Latreille

10.50–11.20 Morning Tea

11.20–11.30 Warner’s Nurseries John Warner, Warner’s Nurseries, Major Sponsor

11.30–12.25 Big Little, Skip the Middle: big ideas, small details and the nebulous middle Ken Smith

12.25–12.40 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

12.40–1.40 Lunch

1.40–2.35 For 1.2 billion people –  garden tales from India Aniket Bhagwat

2.35–3.30 Roberto Burle Marx and his Relevance in the New World Raymond Jungles

3.30–4.00 Afternoon Tea

4.00–4.55 Mediterranean Landscape Art: Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and France Louisa Jones

4.55–5.10 Rapporteur Conference speakers with Peter Watts

5.10 Conference closure

Saturday 21 September

8.30–9.00 Registration

9.00–9.05 Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director

9.05–9.55 Modern Japanese Gardens (1890s–1970s): some cases against stereotype   Toshio Watanabe

9.55–10.45 Gardens in Provence: why are they so successful? Louisa Jones

10.45–11.15 Morning Tea 11.15–12.05 Water and Nature in the Garden Raymond Jungles

12.05–12.55 Stonefields: the vision and the making of a garden Paul Bangay and Simon Griffiths

12.55–1.10 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

1.10–2.10 Lunch 2.10–3.00 Sky to Ground: a vertical transect through the contemporary urban landscape Ken Smith

3.00–3.50 A Million Gardens from an Old Country Aniket Bhagwat

3.50–4.20 Afternoon Tea 4.20–5.10 Extraordinary Landscapes of Chile: garden links between architecture and landscape Juan Grimm

5.10–5.25 Rapporteur Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts

5.25 Close of Plenary Session

6.30–9.30 Speakers’ Dinner The Melbourne Savage Club

MAJOR SPOnSOR

AUS LSCAPE CONF 2013 DD01 v05.indd 2 11/04/13 2:07 PM

Louisa Joneswas a Canadian student who fell in love with France in the late 1960s. As a professor of French and Com-parative Literature, she taught in Avignon and discovered that the Romans were once great Provençal gardeners. She was told there were no important gardens in Provence but soon realised that people thought only of flower gardens, not common vernacular gardens, which had evolved over millennia.

Since then, Louisa has published over thirty books on Mediterranean gardens with a focus on Provence. This led to a huge interest in these gardens and their associated life-style. As she writes in her most recent book, Mediterranean Garden-ing Manifesto — Mediterranean gardening is … a way of living in harmony with the earth without contrived effects or heavy spending. Born of long human experience on the land, it is frugal and fruitful, serves many purposes and gives many pleasures, … Today, it adapts easily to our growing ecological awareness, to individual creativity and community sharing. Above all, it perpetuates a longstanding partner­ship between human beings and their environment, tested … in Medi­terranean countries for millennia.

She found that the Roman heritage of the south had never separated productive from pleasure gardening.

And when fruit counts as much as flower, every season has its attractions. Today the Mediterranean way of life has become fashionable worldwide.

What lessons for Australia?

Juan Grimmcame to our 2005 conference and met with rapturous applause. As he says, it is a constant search for perfection, which I have only found in Nature … since an early age I felt a strong attraction for Nature, which led me to become a landscape architect. I feel a strong necessity to create places that are used and contemplated by people, can expand their exposure to the natural beauties of our planet … that is increasingly beyond our reach. This is what I think what making gardens is all about.

Juan is a Chilean Architect trained at the Catholic university of Chile. As a landscape architect, he has designed over 300 gardens and parks in Chile, Argentina, Peru and uruguay.

His landscapes reveal his architectural background with strong, balanced designs around dwelling houses set on flat planes for ease of movement. The gardens are never showy but rely on a mosaic of often fine leaved greens which meld with local flora and blends with surrounding tones and wider landscapes with great success. He increasingly prefers native plants and his use of water bodies within his harmonious settings is masterful.

His gardens have been described as amongst the most beautiful and inspiring in the world … He is a passionate Latin much loved by all his clients.

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Hi Warwick, I am a garden designer & grower in Wellington (NZ). I am a regular attendee at your conferences ... I find (them) … invaluable in terms of international exposure to great designers and their ideas, and for my personal professional development … I have just won a gold at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch, and a judges’ supreme award for Emerging Designer of the Year. So it’s a real example of your conferences making a difference to people’s lives and their professional development.

RAChAeL MAttheWS hedGe Garden design & nursery Wellington

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the conference. The speakers were fantastic and it provided just the inspiration I needed.

RuSSeLL henRy

Just a note to congratulate you on an excellent conference. Great speakers, great organisation, great catering and lots of excellent networking opportunities. Many thanks for a terrific five days.

JAnet O’hehiR

Ideas, Colour, Movement, Dynamism, Head buzzing, Fantastico! … Loved every minute and looking forward with great anticipation to next one (conference). This was best ever.

tRiShA dixOn Garden Writer

Speakers’ dinnerAn exciting function is planned for our Speakers Dinner on Saturday. Special arrangements have been made for us to enjoy the full extent and remarkable ambience of the Melbourne Savage Club.

The club is surely Australia’s most bohemian of gentlemen’s clubs and has boasted many artists, writers, actors, musicians and eccentrics. It contributed to Melbourne’s early cultural life and has an exceptional collection of artefacts and art.

The former townhouse of Sir William Clarke of ‘Rupertswood’, various apocryphal stories about the club survive today.

It will be an informal evening and guests can enjoy the special ambience of the Lounge with a musical background or be seated upstairs in the Dining Room with the swaying punkahs. There will be generous servings of finger food and drinks to provide guests with the freedom to circulate throughout the Club.

Date Saturday 21 September 2013. Venue 12 Bank Place, Melbourne. Accessed via Collins and Little Collins Streets (between William & Queen Streets).time 6.30–10.00pmCost $88.00inCl. A range of food, drinks, tea and coffee.Book Via website or registration form (non-delegate partners welcome).DRess Smart casual. Gentlemen need not wear jackets or ties. Ladies should refrain from jeans, etc.

Paul Bangay & Simon GriffithsPaul Bangayis a Melbourne designer who graduated from Burnley College in 1985 and developed a reputation for formal gardens with strong architectural designs with influences from Italian, French and Spanish sources. He has designed over 600 gardens throughout Australia and overseas and renovated a large Russell Page garden in South Hampton, New York. He is the author of numerous books on his own gardens, plants and design.

simon griffiths is arguably Australia’s leading garden and landscape design photographer whose work has illustrated books such as Susan Irvine’s Rosehips and Crabapples and Jenna Reed Burns’ Australian Gardens for a Changing Climate.

But he is best known for the beautiful photographs which have played a key part in the success of all the Paul Bangay books.

Simon has also collaborated on a number of food and travel books including Kylie Kwong’s My China, which has enlarged and enhanced his reputation.

Ken Smithis a puzzle … what on earth does he think he is up to? Is he a landscape architect or an installation artist? A public servant or provocateur? An elite gardener or a populist? (he is) … all of these things … he has worked on an astonishing array of projects … from public parks … to private gardens … top art installations of glowing topiary, artificial stone, and plastic flowers to serene urban plazas in Manhattan, a colourful public school­yard in Queens and a community garden in Brooklyn. … Whether or not we can fully comprehend or even appreciate what on earth he is up to, Ken Smith injects an element of experi mentation into a profession that all too often can seem too conventionalized (John Beardsley (Harvard Graduate School of Design).

Today, Smith is a leading landscape architect and part of a generation keen to explore relationships between art, architecture, contemporary culture and landscape. His practice, WORKSHOP: Ken Smith Landscape Architect, is based in New York City with a California office. He strives to create landscapes in order to improve the quality of urban life with a strong emphasis on symbolism and the power of landscape as an art form.

He has a wealth of experience evidenced by an extraordinary CV!

Ken Smith is charming, dapper, and with old world manners which almost conceal his wicked sense of humour.

For further information on the speakers, their gardens and the conference, please visit

www.landscapeconference.com

Raymond Jungles faslacomments that …the great designer requires a passion for what he does as well as being proficient. And he must also comprehend the sense of place, so that his work has integrity in the landscape and he knows about the plants, birds and local peoples…

Jungles is based in Miami and is one of the world’s leading designers of tropical gardens and parks. He says, Roberto Burle Marx is the greatest source of inspiration in my life … he is still a part of my daily life. Marx became his mentor – introducing him to magnificent Brazilian flora. His passion was infectious and Jungles learnt to create plant communities based on ecology and to use colour with restraint and to complement.

He also tries to work with the natural systems. I think the main function of water in my gardens is visual. Water reflects and adds another dimension, like framing the sky into the garden … (and) can create a calm moment in the garden; a combination of hard paving, grass and water are all really great for that. And water introduces sound, creating a pleasant ambience, and of course water also invites life. … Luis Barragan, and others … would say, ‘Water is the heart and soul of the garden’.

Jungles prefers to work with architects and other specialists in order to achieve a more seamless result for clients.

In 2000, the university of Florida named Raymond Jungles as its Most Distinguished Alumni and the American Society of Landscape Architects has honoured him with 17 design awards.

Aniket Bhagwat is the son of Prabhakar B. Bhagwat, founder of Landscape India in the 1990s. It is described as the most innovative and influential firm of India’s landscape designers.

Aniket believes that design values cannot be cloned or appropriated, but have to be created. The firm has initiated many research projects and university courses and over half of its thirty something staff are aca-demics. Aniket sees no distinction between academics and practi-tioners and in addition to landscape design, employs many architects, manufactures traditional building materials like bricks, and commis-sions many art and craft features.

The firm displays great respect for traditional architecture and has restored and renovated many historic buildings and precincts. In Daman, Aniket designed a new industrial estate in 2009 taking over the site of a failed brewery. There are now quite radical artistic allu-sions including a sculptural object at the entrance with water cascading down into glass containers – a reference to the former brewery. With its curvaceous lawns, stylised ‘spigots’, and other artistic allusions, the estate is deeply engaging.

Today, the business ranges over a variety of projects from new city planning to small domestic gardens. Aniket lectures widely, led the design faculty at CPET university, was co-founder and co-editor of SPADE, a leading design magazine, and initiated the creation of many other design forums and research institutes.

Professor toshio Watanabeis a distinguished art historian study-ing how art of different places and cultures intermingle and affect each other. He is Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the university of the Arts London.

Toshio will examine the meaning and significance of Japanese gardens and how successful they are in other countries. What are they for and who uses them for what purpose? We will also investigate different types of Japanese gardens.

His research covers all media, par-ticularly, architecture, garden design, watercolour painting, photography and graphics. He is concerned with issues of modernity and identity when considering transnational inter actions of art, and especially with Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia, India, Britain or the uSA between 1850–1950.

Toshio has had an outstanding academic career. He ran the MA course in the History of Art and Design at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic and has been at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, uAL since 1986, initially as Head of Art History, later as Head of Research and now as TrAIN Research Centre Director.

In our search for meaning and for the adoption of styles from other countries, Toshio is uniquely placed to comment on how our enquiry should proceed.

His research brings him to Australia and he is currently a guest with the Fine Arts Department, university of Melbourne.

Gardens tour The tour returns to the Mornington Peninsula to visit some unique narratives of Australian design. There are outstand-ing gardens by Fiona Brockhoff, Jane Burke and Rick Eckersley. We also visit the RBG, Cranbourne, including the new Stage II, plus cutting edge roof gardens. Tours are confined to delegates. Book early as numbers are limited.

• Roof Garden (Burnley Campus). Launched in Feb 2013 we visit a demonstration green roof, research green roof and biodiversity green roof. The 300m² green roofs feature unique design elements including recycled and waste products. It is a prototype for roof garden design across Australia.

• ‘Karkalla’, Sorrento, Fiona Brockhoff & David Swann. An iconic Australian coastal garden, complete with productive zones, boutique vineyard, innovative garden art and locally sourced plant and structural materials. In-house wine tasting.

• ‘Offshore’, Sorrento, Jane & Peter Burke. A complementary garden adjoining ‘Karkalla’, with well proportioned gravelled spaces, wallaby grass lawn, meandering wooded pathways and charming, shared potager.

• ‘Musk Cottage’, Flinders. Rick Eckersley’s private, rural garden displays his design philos-ophy – a multicultural, tough and sustainable garden. Rick has transformed the 10 acre site from English cottage to a triumphal melting pot of styles – with a distinctly Australian flavour.

• Cranbourne RBG. Stage II opened in Oct. 2012 to complete the ‘journey of water’. Enjoy a guided tour by RBG staff through interpretive inland canyons, rivers and coastal fringe. Australia comes to life in this realisation of Taylor Cullity Lethlean (with Paul Thompson) original master plan.

Date Fri 20 Sept. 2013. time 8.30am–5.15pm (Confirmed to delegates in advance). inCluDes Lunch, refreshments, coach, guide, entry fees and garden notes. Dep/Ret Melbourne Convention Centre. Cost $154.00. Book Via registration form or website. ContaCt Jenny Wade t: 0409 000089 or e: jennywade@bigpond.com

Bookings subject to availability. The tour may be varied or cancelled if circumstances change. A 75% refund is available for cancel-lations prior to 1 Sept 2013. No refunds after that date.

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Anne Latreilleis a leading Australian writer with special interests in gardens, land-scape and the environment. Her books include garden identities Ellis Stones, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, (and her garden at Cruden Farm), Jean Galbraith and Joan Law-Smith. Her Environs column for The Age won a Royal Australian Institute of Architects award, and she was a long-serving editor of that news-paper’s garden page. As a freelance journalist she has been involved with specialist reports in areas such as urban planning and transport.

Her most recent book, Garden Voices examines the work, lives and messages of selected garden designers – past and present – around Australia.

Conference RapporteurPeter Watts am

As an architect and landscape architect, Peter worked on pioneer-ing projects with the National Trust (Vic) and wrote, The Gardens of Edna Walling and Historic Gardens of Victoria. He was the driving force behind creation of the Australian Garden History Society and founding Director of the NSW Historic Houses Trust (1981–2008) which became Australia’s most outstanding custodian of historic places (and gardens). Growing with astonishing success, it received 121 awards for archi tecture, conservation, design, publications, exhibitions, etc.

Peter is now happily engaged on various boards and committees and as a consultant in conservation, planning, the arts and related fields.

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Sunday 22 September

9.00–9.55 Finding the Balance with Nature: thirty years of design projects Juan Grimm

9.55–10.50 Garden Voices Anne Latreille

10.50–11.20 Morning Tea

11.20–11.30 Warner’s Nurseries John Warner, Warner’s Nurseries, Major Sponsor

11.30–12.25 Big Little, Skip the Middle: big ideas, small details and the nebulous middle Ken Smith

12.25–12.40 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

12.40–1.40 Lunch

1.40–2.35 For 1.2 billion people –  garden tales from India Aniket Bhagwat

2.35–3.30 Roberto Burle Marx and his Relevance in the New World Raymond Jungles

3.30–4.00 Afternoon Tea

4.00–4.55 Mediterranean Landscape Art: Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and France Louisa Jones

4.55–5.10 Rapporteur Conference speakers with Peter Watts

5.10 Conference closure

Saturday 21 September

8.30–9.00 Registration

9.00–9.05 Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director

9.05–9.55 Modern Japanese Gardens (1890s–1970s): some cases against stereotype   Toshio Watanabe

9.55–10.45 Gardens in Provence: why are they so successful? Louisa Jones

10.45–11.15 Morning Tea 11.15–12.05 Water and Nature in the Garden Raymond Jungles

12.05–12.55 Stonefields: the vision and the making of a garden Paul Bangay and Simon Griffiths

12.55–1.10 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

1.10–2.10 Lunch 2.10–3.00 Sky to Ground: a vertical transect through the contemporary urban landscape Ken Smith

3.00–3.50 A Million Gardens from an Old Country Aniket Bhagwat

3.50–4.20 Afternoon Tea 4.20–5.10 Extraordinary Landscapes of Chile: garden links between architecture and landscape Juan Grimm

5.10–5.25 Rapporteur Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts

5.25 Close of Plenary Session

6.30–9.30 Speakers’ Dinner The Melbourne Savage Club

MAJOR SPOnSOR

AUS LSCAPE CONF 2013 DD01 v05.indd 2 11/04/13 2:07 PM

Louisa Joneswas a Canadian student who fell in love with France in the late 1960s. As a professor of French and Com-parative Literature, she taught in Avignon and discovered that the Romans were once great Provençal gardeners. She was told there were no important gardens in Provence but soon realised that people thought only of flower gardens, not common vernacular gardens, which had evolved over millennia.

Since then, Louisa has published over thirty books on Mediterranean gardens with a focus on Provence. This led to a huge interest in these gardens and their associated life-style. As she writes in her most recent book, Mediterranean Garden-ing Manifesto — Mediterranean gardening is … a way of living in harmony with the earth without contrived effects or heavy spending. Born of long human experience on the land, it is frugal and fruitful, serves many purposes and gives many pleasures, … Today, it adapts easily to our growing ecological awareness, to individual creativity and community sharing. Above all, it perpetuates a longstanding partner­ship between human beings and their environment, tested … in Medi­terranean countries for millennia.

She found that the Roman heritage of the south had never separated productive from pleasure gardening.

And when fruit counts as much as flower, every season has its attractions. Today the Mediterranean way of life has become fashionable worldwide.

What lessons for Australia?

Juan Grimmcame to our 2005 conference and met with rapturous applause. As he says, it is a constant search for perfection, which I have only found in Nature … since an early age I felt a strong attraction for Nature, which led me to become a landscape architect. I feel a strong necessity to create places that are used and contemplated by people, can expand their exposure to the natural beauties of our planet … that is increasingly beyond our reach. This is what I think what making gardens is all about.

Juan is a Chilean Architect trained at the Catholic university of Chile. As a landscape architect, he has designed over 300 gardens and parks in Chile, Argentina, Peru and uruguay.

His landscapes reveal his architectural background with strong, balanced designs around dwelling houses set on flat planes for ease of movement. The gardens are never showy but rely on a mosaic of often fine leaved greens which meld with local flora and blends with surrounding tones and wider landscapes with great success. He increasingly prefers native plants and his use of water bodies within his harmonious settings is masterful.

His gardens have been described as amongst the most beautiful and inspiring in the world … He is a passionate Latin much loved by all his clients.

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Hi Warwick, I am a garden designer & grower in Wellington (NZ). I am a regular attendee at your conferences ... I find (them) … invaluable in terms of international exposure to great designers and their ideas, and for my personal professional development … I have just won a gold at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch, and a judges’ supreme award for Emerging Designer of the Year. So it’s a real example of your conferences making a difference to people’s lives and their professional development.

RAChAeL MAttheWS hedGe Garden design & nursery Wellington

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the conference. The speakers were fantastic and it provided just the inspiration I needed.

RuSSeLL henRy

Just a note to congratulate you on an excellent conference. Great speakers, great organisation, great catering and lots of excellent networking opportunities. Many thanks for a terrific five days.

JAnet O’hehiR

Ideas, Colour, Movement, Dynamism, Head buzzing, Fantastico! … Loved every minute and looking forward with great anticipation to next one (conference). This was best ever.

tRiShA dixOn Garden Writer

Speakers’ dinnerAn exciting function is planned for our Speakers Dinner on Saturday. Special arrangements have been made for us to enjoy the full extent and remarkable ambience of the Melbourne Savage Club.

The club is surely Australia’s most bohemian of gentlemen’s clubs and has boasted many artists, writers, actors, musicians and eccentrics. It contributed to Melbourne’s early cultural life and has an exceptional collection of artefacts and art.

The former townhouse of Sir William Clarke of ‘Rupertswood’, various apocryphal stories about the club survive today.

It will be an informal evening and guests can enjoy the special ambience of the Lounge with a musical background or be seated upstairs in the Dining Room with the swaying punkahs. There will be generous servings of finger food and drinks to provide guests with the freedom to circulate throughout the Club.

Date Saturday 21 September 2013. Venue 12 Bank Place, Melbourne. Accessed via Collins and Little Collins Streets (between William & Queen Streets).time 6.30–10.00pmCost $88.00inCl. A range of food, drinks, tea and coffee.Book Via website or registration form (non-delegate partners welcome).DRess Smart casual. Gentlemen need not wear jackets or ties. Ladies should refrain from jeans, etc.

Paul Bangay & Simon GriffithsPaul Bangayis a Melbourne designer who graduated from Burnley College in 1985 and developed a reputation for formal gardens with strong architectural designs with influences from Italian, French and Spanish sources. He has designed over 600 gardens throughout Australia and overseas and renovated a large Russell Page garden in South Hampton, New York. He is the author of numerous books on his own gardens, plants and design.

simon griffiths is arguably Australia’s leading garden and landscape design photographer whose work has illustrated books such as Susan Irvine’s Rosehips and Crabapples and Jenna Reed Burns’ Australian Gardens for a Changing Climate.

But he is best known for the beautiful photographs which have played a key part in the success of all the Paul Bangay books.

Simon has also collaborated on a number of food and travel books including Kylie Kwong’s My China, which has enlarged and enhanced his reputation.

Ken Smithis a puzzle … what on earth does he think he is up to? Is he a landscape architect or an installation artist? A public servant or provocateur? An elite gardener or a populist? (he is) … all of these things … he has worked on an astonishing array of projects … from public parks … to private gardens … top art installations of glowing topiary, artificial stone, and plastic flowers to serene urban plazas in Manhattan, a colourful public school­yard in Queens and a community garden in Brooklyn. … Whether or not we can fully comprehend or even appreciate what on earth he is up to, Ken Smith injects an element of experi mentation into a profession that all too often can seem too conventionalized (John Beardsley (Harvard Graduate School of Design).

Today, Smith is a leading landscape architect and part of a generation keen to explore relationships between art, architecture, contemporary culture and landscape. His practice, WORKSHOP: Ken Smith Landscape Architect, is based in New York City with a California office. He strives to create landscapes in order to improve the quality of urban life with a strong emphasis on symbolism and the power of landscape as an art form.

He has a wealth of experience evidenced by an extraordinary CV!

Ken Smith is charming, dapper, and with old world manners which almost conceal his wicked sense of humour.

For further information on the speakers, their gardens and the conference, please visit

www.landscapeconference.com

Raymond Jungles faslacomments that …the great designer requires a passion for what he does as well as being proficient. And he must also comprehend the sense of place, so that his work has integrity in the landscape and he knows about the plants, birds and local peoples…

Jungles is based in Miami and is one of the world’s leading designers of tropical gardens and parks. He says, Roberto Burle Marx is the greatest source of inspiration in my life … he is still a part of my daily life. Marx became his mentor – introducing him to magnificent Brazilian flora. His passion was infectious and Jungles learnt to create plant communities based on ecology and to use colour with restraint and to complement.

He also tries to work with the natural systems. I think the main function of water in my gardens is visual. Water reflects and adds another dimension, like framing the sky into the garden … (and) can create a calm moment in the garden; a combination of hard paving, grass and water are all really great for that. And water introduces sound, creating a pleasant ambience, and of course water also invites life. … Luis Barragan, and others … would say, ‘Water is the heart and soul of the garden’.

Jungles prefers to work with architects and other specialists in order to achieve a more seamless result for clients.

In 2000, the university of Florida named Raymond Jungles as its Most Distinguished Alumni and the American Society of Landscape Architects has honoured him with 17 design awards.

Aniket Bhagwat is the son of Prabhakar B. Bhagwat, founder of Landscape India in the 1990s. It is described as the most innovative and influential firm of India’s landscape designers.

Aniket believes that design values cannot be cloned or appropriated, but have to be created. The firm has initiated many research projects and university courses and over half of its thirty something staff are aca-demics. Aniket sees no distinction between academics and practi-tioners and in addition to landscape design, employs many architects, manufactures traditional building materials like bricks, and commis-sions many art and craft features.

The firm displays great respect for traditional architecture and has restored and renovated many historic buildings and precincts. In Daman, Aniket designed a new industrial estate in 2009 taking over the site of a failed brewery. There are now quite radical artistic allu-sions including a sculptural object at the entrance with water cascading down into glass containers – a reference to the former brewery. With its curvaceous lawns, stylised ‘spigots’, and other artistic allusions, the estate is deeply engaging.

Today, the business ranges over a variety of projects from new city planning to small domestic gardens. Aniket lectures widely, led the design faculty at CPET university, was co-founder and co-editor of SPADE, a leading design magazine, and initiated the creation of many other design forums and research institutes.

Professor toshio Watanabeis a distinguished art historian study-ing how art of different places and cultures intermingle and affect each other. He is Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the university of the Arts London.

Toshio will examine the meaning and significance of Japanese gardens and how successful they are in other countries. What are they for and who uses them for what purpose? We will also investigate different types of Japanese gardens.

His research covers all media, par-ticularly, architecture, garden design, watercolour painting, photography and graphics. He is concerned with issues of modernity and identity when considering transnational inter actions of art, and especially with Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia, India, Britain or the uSA between 1850–1950.

Toshio has had an outstanding academic career. He ran the MA course in the History of Art and Design at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic and has been at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, uAL since 1986, initially as Head of Art History, later as Head of Research and now as TrAIN Research Centre Director.

In our search for meaning and for the adoption of styles from other countries, Toshio is uniquely placed to comment on how our enquiry should proceed.

His research brings him to Australia and he is currently a guest with the Fine Arts Department, university of Melbourne.

Gardens tour The tour returns to the Mornington Peninsula to visit some unique narratives of Australian design. There are outstand-ing gardens by Fiona Brockhoff, Jane Burke and Rick Eckersley. We also visit the RBG, Cranbourne, including the new Stage II, plus cutting edge roof gardens. Tours are confined to delegates. Book early as numbers are limited.

• Roof Garden (Burnley Campus). Launched in Feb 2013 we visit a demonstration green roof, research green roof and biodiversity green roof. The 300m² green roofs feature unique design elements including recycled and waste products. It is a prototype for roof garden design across Australia.

• ‘Karkalla’, Sorrento, Fiona Brockhoff & David Swann. An iconic Australian coastal garden, complete with productive zones, boutique vineyard, innovative garden art and locally sourced plant and structural materials. In-house wine tasting.

• ‘Offshore’, Sorrento, Jane & Peter Burke. A complementary garden adjoining ‘Karkalla’, with well proportioned gravelled spaces, wallaby grass lawn, meandering wooded pathways and charming, shared potager.

• ‘Musk Cottage’, Flinders. Rick Eckersley’s private, rural garden displays his design philos-ophy – a multicultural, tough and sustainable garden. Rick has transformed the 10 acre site from English cottage to a triumphal melting pot of styles – with a distinctly Australian flavour.

• Cranbourne RBG. Stage II opened in Oct. 2012 to complete the ‘journey of water’. Enjoy a guided tour by RBG staff through interpretive inland canyons, rivers and coastal fringe. Australia comes to life in this realisation of Taylor Cullity Lethlean (with Paul Thompson) original master plan.

Date Fri 20 Sept. 2013. time 8.30am–5.15pm (Confirmed to delegates in advance). inCluDes Lunch, refreshments, coach, guide, entry fees and garden notes. Dep/Ret Melbourne Convention Centre. Cost $154.00. Book Via registration form or website. ContaCt Jenny Wade t: 0409 000089 or e: jennywade@bigpond.com

Bookings subject to availability. The tour may be varied or cancelled if circumstances change. A 75% refund is available for cancel-lations prior to 1 Sept 2013. No refunds after that date.

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Anne Latreilleis a leading Australian writer with special interests in gardens, land-scape and the environment. Her books include garden identities Ellis Stones, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, (and her garden at Cruden Farm), Jean Galbraith and Joan Law-Smith. Her Environs column for The Age won a Royal Australian Institute of Architects award, and she was a long-serving editor of that news-paper’s garden page. As a freelance journalist she has been involved with specialist reports in areas such as urban planning and transport.

Her most recent book, Garden Voices examines the work, lives and messages of selected garden designers – past and present – around Australia.

Conference RapporteurPeter Watts am

As an architect and landscape architect, Peter worked on pioneer-ing projects with the National Trust (Vic) and wrote, The Gardens of Edna Walling and Historic Gardens of Victoria. He was the driving force behind creation of the Australian Garden History Society and founding Director of the NSW Historic Houses Trust (1981–2008) which became Australia’s most outstanding custodian of historic places (and gardens). Growing with astonishing success, it received 121 awards for archi tecture, conservation, design, publications, exhibitions, etc.

Peter is now happily engaged on various boards and committees and as a consultant in conservation, planning, the arts and related fields.

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Sunday 22 September

9.00–9.55 Finding the Balance with Nature: thirty years of design projects Juan Grimm

9.55–10.50 Garden Voices Anne Latreille

10.50–11.20 Morning Tea

11.20–11.30 Warner’s Nurseries John Warner, Warner’s Nurseries, Major Sponsor

11.30–12.25 Big Little, Skip the Middle: big ideas, small details and the nebulous middle Ken Smith

12.25–12.40 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

12.40–1.40 Lunch

1.40–2.35 For 1.2 billion people –  garden tales from India Aniket Bhagwat

2.35–3.30 Roberto Burle Marx and his Relevance in the New World Raymond Jungles

3.30–4.00 Afternoon Tea

4.00–4.55 Mediterranean Landscape Art: Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and France Louisa Jones

4.55–5.10 Rapporteur Conference speakers with Peter Watts

5.10 Conference closure

Saturday 21 September

8.30–9.00 Registration

9.00–9.05 Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director

9.05–9.55 Modern Japanese Gardens (1890s–1970s): some cases against stereotype   Toshio Watanabe

9.55–10.45 Gardens in Provence: why are they so successful? Louisa Jones

10.45–11.15 Morning Tea 11.15–12.05 Water and Nature in the Garden Raymond Jungles

12.05–12.55 Stonefields: the vision and the making of a garden Paul Bangay and Simon Griffiths

12.55–1.10 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

1.10–2.10 Lunch 2.10–3.00 Sky to Ground: a vertical transect through the contemporary urban landscape Ken Smith

3.00–3.50 A Million Gardens from an Old Country Aniket Bhagwat

3.50–4.20 Afternoon Tea 4.20–5.10 Extraordinary Landscapes of Chile: garden links between architecture and landscape Juan Grimm

5.10–5.25 Rapporteur Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts

5.25 Close of Plenary Session

6.30–9.30 Speakers’ Dinner The Melbourne Savage Club

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Louisa Joneswas a Canadian student who fell in love with France in the late 1960s. As a professor of French and Com-parative Literature, she taught in Avignon and discovered that the Romans were once great Provençal gardeners. She was told there were no important gardens in Provence but soon realised that people thought only of flower gardens, not common vernacular gardens, which had evolved over millennia.

Since then, Louisa has published over thirty books on Mediterranean gardens with a focus on Provence. This led to a huge interest in these gardens and their associated life-style. As she writes in her most recent book, Mediterranean Garden-ing Manifesto — Mediterranean gardening is … a way of living in harmony with the earth without contrived effects or heavy spending. Born of long human experience on the land, it is frugal and fruitful, serves many purposes and gives many pleasures, … Today, it adapts easily to our growing ecological awareness, to individual creativity and community sharing. Above all, it perpetuates a longstanding partner­ship between human beings and their environment, tested … in Medi­terranean countries for millennia.

She found that the Roman heritage of the south had never separated productive from pleasure gardening.

And when fruit counts as much as flower, every season has its attractions. Today the Mediterranean way of life has become fashionable worldwide.

What lessons for Australia?

Juan Grimmcame to our 2005 conference and met with rapturous applause. As he says, it is a constant search for perfection, which I have only found in Nature … since an early age I felt a strong attraction for Nature, which led me to become a landscape architect. I feel a strong necessity to create places that are used and contemplated by people, can expand their exposure to the natural beauties of our planet … that is increasingly beyond our reach. This is what I think what making gardens is all about.

Juan is a Chilean Architect trained at the Catholic university of Chile. As a landscape architect, he has designed over 300 gardens and parks in Chile, Argentina, Peru and uruguay.

His landscapes reveal his architectural background with strong, balanced designs around dwelling houses set on flat planes for ease of movement. The gardens are never showy but rely on a mosaic of often fine leaved greens which meld with local flora and blends with surrounding tones and wider landscapes with great success. He increasingly prefers native plants and his use of water bodies within his harmonious settings is masterful.

His gardens have been described as amongst the most beautiful and inspiring in the world … He is a passionate Latin much loved by all his clients.

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Hi Warwick, I am a garden designer & grower in Wellington (NZ). I am a regular attendee at your conferences ... I find (them) … invaluable in terms of international exposure to great designers and their ideas, and for my personal professional development … I have just won a gold at the Ellerslie International Flower Show in Christchurch, and a judges’ supreme award for Emerging Designer of the Year. So it’s a real example of your conferences making a difference to people’s lives and their professional development.

RAChAeL MAttheWS hedGe Garden design & nursery Wellington

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed the conference. The speakers were fantastic and it provided just the inspiration I needed.

RuSSeLL henRy

Just a note to congratulate you on an excellent conference. Great speakers, great organisation, great catering and lots of excellent networking opportunities. Many thanks for a terrific five days.

JAnet O’hehiR

Ideas, Colour, Movement, Dynamism, Head buzzing, Fantastico! … Loved every minute and looking forward with great anticipation to next one (conference). This was best ever.

tRiShA dixOn Garden Writer

Speakers’ dinnerAn exciting function is planned for our Speakers Dinner on Saturday. Special arrangements have been made for us to enjoy the full extent and remarkable ambience of the Melbourne Savage Club.

The club is surely Australia’s most bohemian of gentlemen’s clubs and has boasted many artists, writers, actors, musicians and eccentrics. It contributed to Melbourne’s early cultural life and has an exceptional collection of artefacts and art.

The former townhouse of Sir William Clarke of ‘Rupertswood’, various apocryphal stories about the club survive today.

It will be an informal evening and guests can enjoy the special ambience of the Lounge with a musical background or be seated upstairs in the Dining Room with the swaying punkahs. There will be generous servings of finger food and drinks to provide guests with the freedom to circulate throughout the Club.

Date Saturday 21 September 2013. Venue 12 Bank Place, Melbourne. Accessed via Collins and Little Collins Streets (between William & Queen Streets).time 6.30–10.00pmCost $88.00inCl. A range of food, drinks, tea and coffee.Book Via website or registration form (non-delegate partners welcome).DRess Smart casual. Gentlemen need not wear jackets or ties. Ladies should refrain from jeans, etc.

Paul Bangay & Simon GriffithsPaul Bangayis a Melbourne designer who graduated from Burnley College in 1985 and developed a reputation for formal gardens with strong architectural designs with influences from Italian, French and Spanish sources. He has designed over 600 gardens throughout Australia and overseas and renovated a large Russell Page garden in South Hampton, New York. He is the author of numerous books on his own gardens, plants and design.

simon griffiths is arguably Australia’s leading garden and landscape design photographer whose work has illustrated books such as Susan Irvine’s Rosehips and Crabapples and Jenna Reed Burns’ Australian Gardens for a Changing Climate.

But he is best known for the beautiful photographs which have played a key part in the success of all the Paul Bangay books.

Simon has also collaborated on a number of food and travel books including Kylie Kwong’s My China, which has enlarged and enhanced his reputation.

Ken Smithis a puzzle … what on earth does he think he is up to? Is he a landscape architect or an installation artist? A public servant or provocateur? An elite gardener or a populist? (he is) … all of these things … he has worked on an astonishing array of projects … from public parks … to private gardens … top art installations of glowing topiary, artificial stone, and plastic flowers to serene urban plazas in Manhattan, a colourful public school­yard in Queens and a community garden in Brooklyn. … Whether or not we can fully comprehend or even appreciate what on earth he is up to, Ken Smith injects an element of experi mentation into a profession that all too often can seem too conventionalized (John Beardsley (Harvard Graduate School of Design).

Today, Smith is a leading landscape architect and part of a generation keen to explore relationships between art, architecture, contemporary culture and landscape. His practice, WORKSHOP: Ken Smith Landscape Architect, is based in New York City with a California office. He strives to create landscapes in order to improve the quality of urban life with a strong emphasis on symbolism and the power of landscape as an art form.

He has a wealth of experience evidenced by an extraordinary CV!

Ken Smith is charming, dapper, and with old world manners which almost conceal his wicked sense of humour.

For further information on the speakers, their gardens and the conference, please visit

www.landscapeconference.com

Raymond Jungles faslacomments that …the great designer requires a passion for what he does as well as being proficient. And he must also comprehend the sense of place, so that his work has integrity in the landscape and he knows about the plants, birds and local peoples…

Jungles is based in Miami and is one of the world’s leading designers of tropical gardens and parks. He says, Roberto Burle Marx is the greatest source of inspiration in my life … he is still a part of my daily life. Marx became his mentor – introducing him to magnificent Brazilian flora. His passion was infectious and Jungles learnt to create plant communities based on ecology and to use colour with restraint and to complement.

He also tries to work with the natural systems. I think the main function of water in my gardens is visual. Water reflects and adds another dimension, like framing the sky into the garden … (and) can create a calm moment in the garden; a combination of hard paving, grass and water are all really great for that. And water introduces sound, creating a pleasant ambience, and of course water also invites life. … Luis Barragan, and others … would say, ‘Water is the heart and soul of the garden’.

Jungles prefers to work with architects and other specialists in order to achieve a more seamless result for clients.

In 2000, the university of Florida named Raymond Jungles as its Most Distinguished Alumni and the American Society of Landscape Architects has honoured him with 17 design awards.

Aniket Bhagwat is the son of Prabhakar B. Bhagwat, founder of Landscape India in the 1990s. It is described as the most innovative and influential firm of India’s landscape designers.

Aniket believes that design values cannot be cloned or appropriated, but have to be created. The firm has initiated many research projects and university courses and over half of its thirty something staff are aca-demics. Aniket sees no distinction between academics and practi-tioners and in addition to landscape design, employs many architects, manufactures traditional building materials like bricks, and commis-sions many art and craft features.

The firm displays great respect for traditional architecture and has restored and renovated many historic buildings and precincts. In Daman, Aniket designed a new industrial estate in 2009 taking over the site of a failed brewery. There are now quite radical artistic allu-sions including a sculptural object at the entrance with water cascading down into glass containers – a reference to the former brewery. With its curvaceous lawns, stylised ‘spigots’, and other artistic allusions, the estate is deeply engaging.

Today, the business ranges over a variety of projects from new city planning to small domestic gardens. Aniket lectures widely, led the design faculty at CPET university, was co-founder and co-editor of SPADE, a leading design magazine, and initiated the creation of many other design forums and research institutes.

Professor toshio Watanabeis a distinguished art historian study-ing how art of different places and cultures intermingle and affect each other. He is Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the university of the Arts London.

Toshio will examine the meaning and significance of Japanese gardens and how successful they are in other countries. What are they for and who uses them for what purpose? We will also investigate different types of Japanese gardens.

His research covers all media, par-ticularly, architecture, garden design, watercolour painting, photography and graphics. He is concerned with issues of modernity and identity when considering transnational inter actions of art, and especially with Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia, India, Britain or the uSA between 1850–1950.

Toshio has had an outstanding academic career. He ran the MA course in the History of Art and Design at the City of Birmingham Polytechnic and has been at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, uAL since 1986, initially as Head of Art History, later as Head of Research and now as TrAIN Research Centre Director.

In our search for meaning and for the adoption of styles from other countries, Toshio is uniquely placed to comment on how our enquiry should proceed.

His research brings him to Australia and he is currently a guest with the Fine Arts Department, university of Melbourne.

Gardens tour The tour returns to the Mornington Peninsula to visit some unique narratives of Australian design. There are outstand-ing gardens by Fiona Brockhoff, Jane Burke and Rick Eckersley. We also visit the RBG, Cranbourne, including the new Stage II, plus cutting edge roof gardens. Tours are confined to delegates. Book early as numbers are limited.

• Roof Garden (Burnley Campus). Launched in Feb 2013 we visit a demonstration green roof, research green roof and biodiversity green roof. The 300m² green roofs feature unique design elements including recycled and waste products. It is a prototype for roof garden design across Australia.

• ‘Karkalla’, Sorrento, Fiona Brockhoff & David Swann. An iconic Australian coastal garden, complete with productive zones, boutique vineyard, innovative garden art and locally sourced plant and structural materials. In-house wine tasting.

• ‘Offshore’, Sorrento, Jane & Peter Burke. A complementary garden adjoining ‘Karkalla’, with well proportioned gravelled spaces, wallaby grass lawn, meandering wooded pathways and charming, shared potager.

• ‘Musk Cottage’, Flinders. Rick Eckersley’s private, rural garden displays his design philos-ophy – a multicultural, tough and sustainable garden. Rick has transformed the 10 acre site from English cottage to a triumphal melting pot of styles – with a distinctly Australian flavour.

• Cranbourne RBG. Stage II opened in Oct. 2012 to complete the ‘journey of water’. Enjoy a guided tour by RBG staff through interpretive inland canyons, rivers and coastal fringe. Australia comes to life in this realisation of Taylor Cullity Lethlean (with Paul Thompson) original master plan.

Date Fri 20 Sept. 2013. time 8.30am–5.15pm (Confirmed to delegates in advance). inCluDes Lunch, refreshments, coach, guide, entry fees and garden notes. Dep/Ret Melbourne Convention Centre. Cost $154.00. Book Via registration form or website. ContaCt Jenny Wade t: 0409 000089 or e: jennywade@bigpond.com

Bookings subject to availability. The tour may be varied or cancelled if circumstances change. A 75% refund is available for cancel-lations prior to 1 Sept 2013. No refunds after that date.

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Anne Latreilleis a leading Australian writer with special interests in gardens, land-scape and the environment. Her books include garden identities Ellis Stones, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, (and her garden at Cruden Farm), Jean Galbraith and Joan Law-Smith. Her Environs column for The Age won a Royal Australian Institute of Architects award, and she was a long-serving editor of that news-paper’s garden page. As a freelance journalist she has been involved with specialist reports in areas such as urban planning and transport.

Her most recent book, Garden Voices examines the work, lives and messages of selected garden designers – past and present – around Australia.

Conference RapporteurPeter Watts am

As an architect and landscape architect, Peter worked on pioneer-ing projects with the National Trust (Vic) and wrote, The Gardens of Edna Walling and Historic Gardens of Victoria. He was the driving force behind creation of the Australian Garden History Society and founding Director of the NSW Historic Houses Trust (1981–2008) which became Australia’s most outstanding custodian of historic places (and gardens). Growing with astonishing success, it received 121 awards for archi tecture, conservation, design, publications, exhibitions, etc.

Peter is now happily engaged on various boards and committees and as a consultant in conservation, planning, the arts and related fields.

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Sunday 22 September

9.00–9.55 Finding the Balance with Nature: thirty years of design projects Juan Grimm

9.55–10.50 Garden Voices Anne Latreille

10.50–11.20 Morning Tea

11.20–11.30 Warner’s Nurseries John Warner, Warner’s Nurseries, Major Sponsor

11.30–12.25 Big Little, Skip the Middle: big ideas, small details and the nebulous middle Ken Smith

12.25–12.40 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

12.40–1.40 Lunch

1.40–2.35 For 1.2 billion people –  garden tales from India Aniket Bhagwat

2.35–3.30 Roberto Burle Marx and his Relevance in the New World Raymond Jungles

3.30–4.00 Afternoon Tea

4.00–4.55 Mediterranean Landscape Art: Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco and France Louisa Jones

4.55–5.10 Rapporteur Conference speakers with Peter Watts

5.10 Conference closure

Saturday 21 September

8.30–9.00 Registration

9.00–9.05 Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director

9.05–9.55 Modern Japanese Gardens (1890s–1970s): some cases against stereotype   Toshio Watanabe

9.55–10.45 Gardens in Provence: why are they so successful? Louisa Jones

10.45–11.15 Morning Tea 11.15–12.05 Water and Nature in the Garden Raymond Jungles

12.05–12.55 Stonefields: the vision and the making of a garden Paul Bangay and Simon Griffiths

12.55–1.10 Rapporteur Morning speakers with Peter Watts

1.10–2.10 Lunch 2.10–3.00 Sky to Ground: a vertical transect through the contemporary urban landscape Ken Smith

3.00–3.50 A Million Gardens from an Old Country Aniket Bhagwat

3.50–4.20 Afternoon Tea 4.20–5.10 Extraordinary Landscapes of Chile: garden links between architecture and landscape Juan Grimm

5.10–5.25 Rapporteur Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts

5.25 Close of Plenary Session

6.30–9.30 Speakers’ Dinner The Melbourne Savage Club

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10th Australian Landscape Conference 2013

Welcome to our 2013 conference. Our aim, as always, is to ignite the imagination by engaging the world’s most creative designers. How lucky are we this year with our speakers? They are brilliantly creative and we look forward to an amazing weekend.

It was the Latin Juan Grimm who excited such intense passion for his gardens and landscapes on his first visit in 2005. His recent gardens, which spring from his love of the natural landscapes of Chile and its flora, are even more composed, distilled and timeless. He has finally agreed to return, due to constant public demand.

What a joy to welcome Louisa Jones, since we have urged her to come for nearly a decade! It was she who discovered those landscapes and gardens of the Mediterranean, which evolved in pre-Roman times – with their dry summers and rich mosaic of land uses – incredible sources of inspiration for us.

Ken Smith from the Big Apple brings art and sheer fun from his projects. Roof gardens, art installations and huge landscapes. And Raymond Jungles, with his love of tropical plantings, the role of nature and the flair of Burle Marx, brings his own special magic.

Our first speaker from India is Aniket Bhagwat – a pioneering leader, steeped in the rich culture of India with a huge appetite for environmental and cultural enhancement. Closer to home, we are delighted to be joined by Paul Bangay and garden photographer Simon Griffiths. They will dwell upon ‘Stonefields’ – a garden that Paul created for himself free of demanding clients!

From Japan, Toshio Watanabe will reflect upon Japanese gardens and how they can transfer from country to country. What lessons are there for us here?

And finally, we have much to learn from Anne Latreille who has recently completed her magnum opus ‘Garden Voices’, a thought provoking study of Australian designers.

Please read about our wonderful speakers, garden tours, speakers’ dinner and workshops.

With our speakers, Major Sponsor Warner’s Nurseries, General Sponsors, and all our friends, we very much look forward to joining with you and having our horizons expanded once again!

Warwick and Sue Forgewww.landscapeconference.com

Registration Form

Please register at our secure site: www.landscapeconference.com or forward this application to: Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Ave., Toorak, Vic., 3142

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Enquire about our tours, which enable unique access to the finest range of gardens in South America.

You may register an interest for either or both tours. They feature private estancias, gardens, restaurants, historic precincts, vineyards, idyllic hotels and much more. Tours are strictly limited and sometimes book out quickly.

1. PeruLima, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo and Cusco2–12 OCt 2013 (tOuR neARLy FiLLed)

10–20 SePt 2014 (APPROx)

We fly to Lima in Peru and visit the Larco Museum for its unrivalled collection of pre-Colombian gold and silver artefacts. Then to the Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo to visit the Inca Citadel – scene of the only Inca victory over the Spanish. Via the glazed ‘domed train’, we pierce the Andes to Machu Picchu, one of the world’s dramatic historic monuments in its breathtaking, mountainous setting. Then to Cusco, capital of the mighty Inca Empire abounding with Inca buildings, museums, churches, Inca ruins and outstand-ing cuisine!

The tour is for travellers in good health and is not challenging. Peru can provide an unforgettable experience. You should see it well.

Cost: $4,600 (12 day tour includes hotels, transport, admissions and flights from Santiago to Lima and Cusco and return.

2. Gardens & designers of South AmericaA General Cultural Tour 12 OCt–2 nOv 2013

20 SePt–11 OCt 2014 (APPROx.)

Chile: (Santiago, Bahia Azul, Zapallar, Viña del Mare, Valparaiso, Maipo Valley); Brazil: (Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis & Teresópolis): Argentina (Iguazu Falls & Buenos Aires); and Uruguay (Colonia)

This tour has gardens and landscapes as its theme – those of Roberto Burle Marx in Rio de Janeiro, Juan Grimm in Chile and various designers in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Burle Marx, a designer of world influence, saw himself as ‘painting with plants’. We visit his Sitio (‘Garden of Wonders’) – his nursery- studio-garden-home, and various stunning private gardens and stay near his famous Copacabana beach promenade. We see historic districts, architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Christ the Redeemer Statue.

In Chile, we visit private gardens with and by Juan Grimm who followed in Marx’s foot-steps, carving his niche with wonderful gar-dens set among mountains, streams and lakes of Chile – an extraordinarily beautiful country.

We explore Pablo Neruda’s immortal verse, visit two of his homes and enjoy the Nobel Laureate’s eccentricities. We tour bohemian Bellavista, the seaside village of Zapallar, historic estancias and the famous vineyard Santa Rita with its stunning arboretum, lake, chapel and pre-Colombian museum.

En route to Buenos Aires we stay at the Iguazu Falls – a natural wonder of the world. In Buenos Aires, the tango replaces the samba and we enjoy the historic architecture of this very European city – its cafes, antique markets, boulevards, gardens, Evita Peron Museum and porteño nostalgia.

This is a personalised tour with leading designers and 17 garden owners led by experienced tour leader Warwick Forge and deputy Kim Woods-Rabbidge.

Cost: $13,000 for this 22 day tour (4 and 5 star hotels, luxury coaches, admis-sions, most meals and three international flights within South America).

For copies of tour itineraries contact Warwick Forge warwick@bloomings.com.au t: 03 9804 8915.

Presentation: Warwick will provide a free presentation covering tour highlights on Mon 23 Sept. at 6.00pm. For details and booking email well in advance: warwick@bloomings.com.au

Gardens and cultural tours of South America (Oct 2013 & Sept 2014)

in the footsteps of the incas & Roberto Burle MarxRegistration

Registration covers the two day conference with lunches, morning and afternoon teas.

• Early Bird booked prior to 1st July 2013 $595.00 per person.

• Booked after 30th June 2013 $649.00 per person.

To register, go to our secure site www.landscapeconference.com or forward your completed registration form to: Sue Forge, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 t: 0438 181 578; or scan and email to: sue@landscapeconference.com

We no longer accept facsimile mail.

Student concessions are available on the above terms at a 30% discount (conference registration only). Regis tra-tion forms must be posted and must be accompanied with a copy of the relevant student card. Student registrations are not transferable and student ID should be carried at the conference.

Applications may also be made for Group Booking discounts for 10 or more non-concession registrations. e: sue@landscapeconference.com

Registrations may be transferred to another person provided the registration office is informed in writing prior to 1st September 2013. A 75% refund is available for cancellations made prior to 1st September 2013. After that date, no refunds will be given.

Continuing Professional

DevelopmentRegistered landscape architects may achieve points from attending this conference.

accommodationThe superb location of the Melbourne Convention Centre provides delegates with ample choice. We have endeavoured to provide hotels for all budgets and within walking distance of the venue and the Southbank precinct, with its fine restaurants and shops.

Details are available on our website.

However, please note that this is a very busy period in Melbourne due to our football finals so please book well in advance. If accommodation is difficult, refer to our website or www.wotif.com.au

Conference VenueThe Melbourne Convention Centre is at 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne and is the centrepiece of Melbourne’s new South Wharf development. It is the only Green 6-Star Environment rated convention centre in the world and provides best practice in innovation and sustainability and high standards for catering and service options. For information visit www.mcec.com.au

Ample parking is available and the centre is easily reached by public transport.

For information on parking, transport and access visit www.mcec.com.au/where-is-mcec/

Luggage storage is available at the venue on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) and Sunday.

Delegates must wear name badges at all times during the Conference.

Website The conference website is regularly updated. Subscribers receive a hard-copy brochure on publication where correct addresses have been supplied. Thereafter, copies may be downloaded or hardcopy requested. To subscribe or amend your details, please enter our website and click on the link at the foot of the home page.

If you have friends who may be interested, do tell them to enter the website and subscribe to our mailing list. Thank you.

For up to date information on all aspects of the Conference please visit: www.landscapeconference.com

BooksA range of fine books including many by the speakers and workshop leaders will be available for purchase at the conference. They will also become available through our website in due course. For information, please visit www.landscapeconference.com

secretariat The Conference is convened by Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 ABN 62 092 079 28.

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Models from the Old World,challenges for the New

Melbourne Convention CentreMelbourne, Australia

design for the future

20–24 SePteMBeR 2013

MAJOR SPOnSOR

SPOnSORS

www.landscapeconference.com

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS CRANBOURNE

WorkshopsIn a new initiative, the ALC is providing a range of interactive ninety minute workshops with leading experts covering various design and practical horticultural topics. The Workshops consist of informal groups and after the leader’s opening outline, there will be open discussion for everyone. The Workshops are open to non-delegates.

For detailed information on workshops please visit our website.

Date: Monday and Tuesday 23 & 24 September time: From 8.50am–5.00pm (Refer to ALC Workshop Progam below for session times)Venue: Burnley Campus, university of Melbourne, Yarra Boulevard, BurnleyCost: $65 per workshopBook: Via registration form or website

Please tick your selections below:

alC WoRksHoP PRogRam

Ken Smith Temporary Landscapes/ Installation Gardens9–10.30am mon

Paul thompsonComposing Plants9–10.30am mon tue

toshio WatanabeWhy Japanese Gardens Outside Japan?11–12.30pm mon tue

Simon Griffiths Landscape Photography11–12.30pm mon tue

Michael McCoy Seasonality in Plant-driven Gardens1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Andrew LaidlawDesigning Play Spaces for Children1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Steven WellsHort. Therapy/Sensory Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon tue

Simon Rickard Designing Edible Landscapes3.30–5.00pm mon tue

John RaynerGreen Roofs/Vertical Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon 9–10.30pm tue

General information

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Front cover: Friendly Garden, tuscany, designed by Paolo Pejrone photo by courtesy of Clive nichols from Mediterranean Landscape design, by Louisa Jones (Thames & Hudson).

Please update our website database with your current details

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10th Australian Landscape Conference 2013

Welcome to our 2013 conference. Our aim, as always, is to ignite the imagination by engaging the world’s most creative designers. How lucky are we this year with our speakers? They are brilliantly creative and we look forward to an amazing weekend.

It was the Latin Juan Grimm who excited such intense passion for his gardens and landscapes on his first visit in 2005. His recent gardens, which spring from his love of the natural landscapes of Chile and its flora, are even more composed, distilled and timeless. He has finally agreed to return, due to constant public demand.

What a joy to welcome Louisa Jones, since we have urged her to come for nearly a decade! It was she who discovered those landscapes and gardens of the Mediterranean, which evolved in pre-Roman times – with their dry summers and rich mosaic of land uses – incredible sources of inspiration for us.

Ken Smith from the Big Apple brings art and sheer fun from his projects. Roof gardens, art installations and huge landscapes. And Raymond Jungles, with his love of tropical plantings, the role of nature and the flair of Burle Marx, brings his own special magic.

Our first speaker from India is Aniket Bhagwat – a pioneering leader, steeped in the rich culture of India with a huge appetite for environmental and cultural enhancement. Closer to home, we are delighted to be joined by Paul Bangay and garden photographer Simon Griffiths. They will dwell upon ‘Stonefields’ – a garden that Paul created for himself free of demanding clients!

From Japan, Toshio Watanabe will reflect upon Japanese gardens and how they can transfer from country to country. What lessons are there for us here?

And finally, we have much to learn from Anne Latreille who has recently completed her magnum opus ‘Garden Voices’, a thought provoking study of Australian designers.

Please read about our wonderful speakers, garden tours, speakers’ dinner and workshops.

With our speakers, Major Sponsor Warner’s Nurseries, General Sponsors, and all our friends, we very much look forward to joining with you and having our horizons expanded once again!

Warwick and Sue Forgewww.landscapeconference.com

Registration Form

Please register at our secure site: www.landscapeconference.com or forward this application to: Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Ave., Toorak, Vic., 3142

One delegate (plus partner) per form. For each additional delegate, please copy the form and complete details.

Please use capital letters

Mr / Mrs / Ms / Miss / Dr / Prof

First name .............................................................................

Surname ................................................................................

Company name ...................................................................

Email .......................................................................................

Address .................................................................................

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Phone / Mobile ...................................................................

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RegistRation fees

21–22 SEPTEMBER 2013 (See right-hand column) Melbourne Convention Centre $ ............................

GARDENS TOuR (p.6) 20 September 2013 ($154.00) $ ............................

SPEAKERS’ DINNER (Partners welcome) 21 September 2013 Melbourne Savage Club ($88.00/person) No. ............ × $88.00 $ ............................

WORKSHOPS (See opposite) 23–24 September 2013 Burnley College ($65.00 each) No. ............ × $65.00 $ ............................

total $ .....................

METHOD OF PAYMENT (Required with registration) Crossed cheque payable to ‘Australian Landscape Conference’

or credit card (Visa/Mastercard only)

Expiry date ___ ___ / ___ ___

Name of cardholder:

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Signature:

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Enquire about our tours, which enable unique access to the finest range of gardens in South America.

You may register an interest for either or both tours. They feature private estancias, gardens, restaurants, historic precincts, vineyards, idyllic hotels and much more. Tours are strictly limited and sometimes book out quickly.

1. PeruLima, Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo and Cusco2–12 OCt 2013 (tOuR neARLy FiLLed)

10–20 SePt 2014 (APPROx)

We fly to Lima in Peru and visit the Larco Museum for its unrivalled collection of pre-Colombian gold and silver artefacts. Then to the Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo to visit the Inca Citadel – scene of the only Inca victory over the Spanish. Via the glazed ‘domed train’, we pierce the Andes to Machu Picchu, one of the world’s dramatic historic monuments in its breathtaking, mountainous setting. Then to Cusco, capital of the mighty Inca Empire abounding with Inca buildings, museums, churches, Inca ruins and outstand-ing cuisine!

The tour is for travellers in good health and is not challenging. Peru can provide an unforgettable experience. You should see it well.

Cost: $4,600 (12 day tour includes hotels, transport, admissions and flights from Santiago to Lima and Cusco and return.

2. Gardens & designers of South AmericaA General Cultural Tour 12 OCt–2 nOv 2013

20 SePt–11 OCt 2014 (APPROx.)

Chile: (Santiago, Bahia Azul, Zapallar, Viña del Mare, Valparaiso, Maipo Valley); Brazil: (Rio de Janeiro, Petrópolis & Teresópolis): Argentina (Iguazu Falls & Buenos Aires); and Uruguay (Colonia)

This tour has gardens and landscapes as its theme – those of Roberto Burle Marx in Rio de Janeiro, Juan Grimm in Chile and various designers in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Burle Marx, a designer of world influence, saw himself as ‘painting with plants’. We visit his Sitio (‘Garden of Wonders’) – his nursery- studio-garden-home, and various stunning private gardens and stay near his famous Copacabana beach promenade. We see historic districts, architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and Christ the Redeemer Statue.

In Chile, we visit private gardens with and by Juan Grimm who followed in Marx’s foot-steps, carving his niche with wonderful gar-dens set among mountains, streams and lakes of Chile – an extraordinarily beautiful country.

We explore Pablo Neruda’s immortal verse, visit two of his homes and enjoy the Nobel Laureate’s eccentricities. We tour bohemian Bellavista, the seaside village of Zapallar, historic estancias and the famous vineyard Santa Rita with its stunning arboretum, lake, chapel and pre-Colombian museum.

En route to Buenos Aires we stay at the Iguazu Falls – a natural wonder of the world. In Buenos Aires, the tango replaces the samba and we enjoy the historic architecture of this very European city – its cafes, antique markets, boulevards, gardens, Evita Peron Museum and porteño nostalgia.

This is a personalised tour with leading designers and 17 garden owners led by experienced tour leader Warwick Forge and deputy Kim Woods-Rabbidge.

Cost: $13,000 for this 22 day tour (4 and 5 star hotels, luxury coaches, admis-sions, most meals and three international flights within South America).

For copies of tour itineraries contact Warwick Forge warwick@bloomings.com.au t: 03 9804 8915.

Presentation: Warwick will provide a free presentation covering tour highlights on Mon 23 Sept. at 6.00pm. For details and booking email well in advance: warwick@bloomings.com.au

Gardens and cultural tours of South America (Oct 2013 & Sept 2014)

in the footsteps of the incas & Roberto Burle MarxRegistration

Registration covers the two day conference with lunches, morning and afternoon teas.

• Early Bird booked prior to 1st July 2013 $595.00 per person.

• Booked after 30th June 2013 $649.00 per person.

To register, go to our secure site www.landscapeconference.com or forward your completed registration form to: Sue Forge, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 t: 0438 181 578; or scan and email to: sue@landscapeconference.com

We no longer accept facsimile mail.

Student concessions are available on the above terms at a 30% discount (conference registration only). Regis tra-tion forms must be posted and must be accompanied with a copy of the relevant student card. Student registrations are not transferable and student ID should be carried at the conference.

Applications may also be made for Group Booking discounts for 10 or more non-concession registrations. e: sue@landscapeconference.com

Registrations may be transferred to another person provided the registration office is informed in writing prior to 1st September 2013. A 75% refund is available for cancellations made prior to 1st September 2013. After that date, no refunds will be given.

Continuing Professional

DevelopmentRegistered landscape architects may achieve points from attending this conference.

accommodationThe superb location of the Melbourne Convention Centre provides delegates with ample choice. We have endeavoured to provide hotels for all budgets and within walking distance of the venue and the Southbank precinct, with its fine restaurants and shops.

Details are available on our website.

However, please note that this is a very busy period in Melbourne due to our football finals so please book well in advance. If accommodation is difficult, refer to our website or www.wotif.com.au

Conference VenueThe Melbourne Convention Centre is at 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne and is the centrepiece of Melbourne’s new South Wharf development. It is the only Green 6-Star Environment rated convention centre in the world and provides best practice in innovation and sustainability and high standards for catering and service options. For information visit www.mcec.com.au

Ample parking is available and the centre is easily reached by public transport.

For information on parking, transport and access visit www.mcec.com.au/where-is-mcec/

Luggage storage is available at the venue on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) and Sunday.

Delegates must wear name badges at all times during the Conference.

Website The conference website is regularly updated. Subscribers receive a hard-copy brochure on publication where correct addresses have been supplied. Thereafter, copies may be downloaded or hardcopy requested. To subscribe or amend your details, please enter our website and click on the link at the foot of the home page.

If you have friends who may be interested, do tell them to enter the website and subscribe to our mailing list. Thank you.

For up to date information on all aspects of the Conference please visit: www.landscapeconference.com

BooksA range of fine books including many by the speakers and workshop leaders will be available for purchase at the conference. They will also become available through our website in due course. For information, please visit www.landscapeconference.com

secretariat The Conference is convened by Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as Australian Landscape Conference, 2 Kilsyth Avenue, Toorak, VIC., 3142 ABN 62 092 079 28.

’

Models from the Old World,challenges for the New

Melbourne Convention CentreMelbourne, Australia

design for the future

20–24 SePteMBeR 2013

MAJOR SPOnSOR

SPOnSORS

www.landscapeconference.com

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS CRANBOURNE

WorkshopsIn a new initiative, the ALC is providing a range of interactive ninety minute workshops with leading experts covering various design and practical horticultural topics. The Workshops consist of informal groups and after the leader’s opening outline, there will be open discussion for everyone. The Workshops are open to non-delegates.

For detailed information on workshops please visit our website.

Date: Monday and Tuesday 23 & 24 September time: From 8.50am–5.00pm (Refer to ALC Workshop Progam below for session times)Venue: Burnley Campus, university of Melbourne, Yarra Boulevard, BurnleyCost: $65 per workshopBook: Via registration form or website

Please tick your selections below:

alC WoRksHoP PRogRam

Ken Smith Temporary Landscapes/ Installation Gardens9–10.30am mon

Paul thompsonComposing Plants9–10.30am mon tue

toshio WatanabeWhy Japanese Gardens Outside Japan?11–12.30pm mon tue

Simon Griffiths Landscape Photography11–12.30pm mon tue

Michael McCoy Seasonality in Plant-driven Gardens1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Andrew LaidlawDesigning Play Spaces for Children1.30–3.00pm mon tue

Steven WellsHort. Therapy/Sensory Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon tue

Simon Rickard Designing Edible Landscapes3.30–5.00pm mon tue

John RaynerGreen Roofs/Vertical Gardens3.30–5.00pm mon 9–10.30pm tue

General information

✁

Front cover: Friendly Garden, tuscany, designed by Paolo Pejrone photo by courtesy of Clive nichols from Mediterranean Landscape design, by Louisa Jones (Thames & Hudson).

Please update our website database with your current details

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