Ed Snodgrass REGISTRATION FORM

Please register at www.landscapeconference.com GENERAL INFORMATION or forward this application to: ALC, 2 Kilsyth Ave., GARDENS AND CULTURAL TOURS Toorak, Vic., 3142. ALC WORKSHOP Registration Conference Venue 2018–2019 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition One delegate (plus partner) per form. For each PROGRAM Registration covers the two day additional delegate, copy form and complete. MONDAY 26TH MARCH & conference 24–25 March 2018 and Centre (MCEC), 1 Convention Centre A REVAMPED CONFERENCE! WORKSHOPS TUESDAY 27TH MARCH 2018 includes lunch, morning and afternoon Place, South Wharf, Vic., 3006 Please use CAPITAL letters. While our 2015 Conference was largely This year the conference again offers Please note that workshops may be teas each day. t: 03 9235 8000 one of ideas, our 2018 Conference is invaluable practical workshops including First name ...... added or deleted dependent on bookings. • Early Bird booked prior to 1 December MCEC is the centerpiece for Melbourne’s rather more about nature—including ten classes by leading international plants, living creatures and all those experts plus twelve by popular Austra- Surname ...... 2017 $645.00 per person South Wharf Development and is Noel Kingsbury (UK) Half Day $195 adjacent to and west of the Exhibition inter relation ships that comprise the lians. In an exciting highlight, much • Booked after 30th November 2017 Email ...... ‘The Rabbit’s Eye View’: Understanding Centre (Jeff’s Shed). living garden or landscape. loved previous ALC speaker and world Long-term Plant Performance $695.00 per person Our recent conferences have sought authority Ed Snodgrass provides two Address ...... It is the only Green 6-Star Environment 9–12.30pm mon / 1.30pm–5pm mon Register at: www landscapeconference. new design templates from around roof garden workshops, which include rated convention centre in the world ...... Bettina Jaugstetter (Germany) $125 com or forward your completed the world and steered away from access to the marvellous Burnley Roof and provides best practice in innovation Planning Strategies and Planting registration form to: Sue Forge, ALC, ALC Garden Tours provide special access to Tour 4: 10 Nov–1 Dec 2018 the herbaceous borders of northern Garden. A man of great charm, Ed’s Phone ...... and sustainability with high standards Europe, which reached such heady nursery was the first in the USA to focus Types for Perennial Plantings 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic., 3142 or many private homes, gardens and locations Cuba, Costa Rica and Galapagos for catering and service options. For through personal associations, such as our Tour 5: 1 Dec–6 Dec 2018 heights in the 1990’s. Some designers on green roof plants and he brings huge Name on badge ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon scan and email to [email protected] information visit www.mcec.com.au. special overseas speakers. Colombia looked ahead to new trends involving experience of roofing systems, soil t: Sue Forge 0438 181 578 or ...... Claire Takacs (Australia) $95 great drifts of repeated grasses and mixes, designs, climates, etc. Parking is available and the Centre is They are cultural tours involving local experts Tour Leader: Warwick Forge Light in Gardens and Landscapes: Jenny Wade 0409 000 089 perennials pioneered by nurseryman Claire Takacs is now back from Europe Company name (for name badge) ...... easily reached by public transport. For with a focus upon the unique features of each These four Latin countries comprise some of Maximising the Impact of Images Student concessions are available on Piet Oudolf (the ‘Dutch Wave’), and having been recently described by Noel information on parking, transport and region. Hotels, restaurants and coaches are the world’s ecological hot spots and provide ...... 9–10.30am mon tue the above terms at a 40% discount others commonly known for their ‘New Kingsbury as, the world’s leading garden access visit www.mcec.com.au/ normally 4 to 5 stars. All our guides are very extraordinarily colourful and varied lifestyles. Andy Sturgeon (UK) $125 (conference registration only) for full Details and travel options for these totally Perennials’ and ‘naturalistic’ plantings. photographer. We all know the value of Are you employed in the Horticulture Industry? ...... your-visit/getting-there/ carefully selected for their expertise. Design Q & A time students or apprentices studying absorbing tours available shortly. They have profoundly influenced Europe, stunning photographs and how critical the USA and we have echoes in Australia. they can be to illuminate, excite and sell If yes, in what capacity? ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon garden design/construction, landscape Luggage storage is available at the venue Tour 1: 21–26 May 2018 Have we ever offered such a brilliant a garden and its creator! Cassian Schmidt (Germany) $125 architecture and related disciplines. This on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) London & Environs Tour 6: 10 Feb–3 Mar 2019 How did you hear about the Conference? collection of speakers? We think not, Native gardening expert and media Maintenance Regimes for year, Secondary School students pay a and Sunday. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge Gardens of India: a cultural tour and for the first time, we have 12 personality, Angus Stewart, also fea- ...... Perennial Style Planting Tour 7: 3–10 Mar 2019 special registration fee of $200. Student Delegates must wear name badges This provides a natural extension tour prior to presentations by key international tures, along with tropical garden lumi- 1.30–3pm mon / 3.30–5.00pm mon France. Five nights in London include a visit to Sri Lanka Tour REGISTRATION FEES registrations are not transferrable and at all times during the Conference. speakers and two Australians. Since we nary Arno King. Both are accomplished Angus Stewart (Australia) $95 the Chelsea Flower show and Chelsea Fringe Tour Leader: Warwick Forge student ID and proof of course must be Website have more international presentations, horticulturists, educators, and authors TWO DAY CONFERENCE New Australian Cultivars – Sneak Festival plus access to gardens designed by Following the outstanding success of our submitted at the time of registration and Our website provides extensive they will all be a little shorter but, we who will bring a lifetime of knowledge 24–25 March 2018 Preview: Selection and Maintenance past Conference speakers in London and the 2017 India tour, it is offered again with minor carried at the conference. additional information and is regularly feel, they will all be a good deal punchier. and experience to share with students. pm mon pm tue variations. (See right-hand column) $ ...... 1.30–3 / 11–12.30 country. Brilliant garden writer, historian and Another major change has been the You may choose from a range of For Group Booking applications for 10 updated. Subscribers receive this These are cultural tours with a gardens focus Anna Turner (LibeRATE) (Australia) $95 founder of the Chelsea Fringe, Tim Richardson, partnering of our Conference with 90 minute design and horticultural GARDEN TOUR (see p.6) or more non-concession registrations, hardcopy brochure on publication where developed with special assistance from Aniket Understanding Construction Costs and is our chief advisor and guide. 23–27 MARCH 2018 the Melbourne International Flower workshops from 14 presenters, with 23 March 2018 ($195.00) $ ...... contact [email protected] addresses are current. Bhagwat (brilliant Indian designer at our 2013 Designing to a Budget MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE & Garden Show (MIFGS) which has half day workshops by Noel Kingsbury. or 0438 181 578. Tour 2: 26 May–6 June 2018 conference). 3.30–5pm mon Copies may also be downloaded or MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA seen enhancements with their Show Small, informal, interactive groups offer SPEAKERS’ DINNER (Partners welcome) The India tour is complemented by a one Transfer of Registration to another a hardcopy requested. To subscribe, Gardens of Provence, Gardens in recent years. Our visitors to genuine learning experiences and the Sat 24 March 2018 Exhibition Building Carlton Ed Snodgrass (USA) $125 Paris and the Côte d’Azur week tour of Sri Lanka which is increasingly person is permitted provided the unsubscribe or amend your details, Melbourne may now see MIFGS at their chance to personally engage with pre- (see p.6) ($125.00/person): Green Roof Design and Maintenance Tour Leader: Susanne Forge being discovered for its religious, colonial For extensive information concerning registration office is informed in writing please click on the link at the foot of the leisure, or come on an exclusive Show senters. This is a very rare opportunity No...... × $125.00 $ ...... 9–10.30am tue / 11–12.30pm tue and wildlife heritage. We include visits to the speakers, gardens, Conference and tours, visit Following the London Tour, we journey to Paris Gardens Tour led by Warners Nurseries to meet and learn from leading interna- One way transfer MCEC to MIFGS prior to 1st March 2018. A 75% refund home page. gardens and architecture of Geoffrey Bawa. Kate Cullity/Lisa Howard (TCL) on the Eurostar. www.landscapeconference.com on Saturday evening culminating in the tional and Australian experts. (Numbers is available for cancellations made prior Note: Warwick has a lifelong passion for No...... × $15.00 $ ...... (Australia) $95 If you have friends who may be This is a ravishing tour with special focus on Speakers’ Dinner within the Great Hall of limited—priority booking for delegates The Art of Collaborating to 1 March 2018. After that date, no interested, please invite them to visit the Kashmir and may lead a small extension Special Diet ...... the most beautiful gardens and landscapes of the World Heritage Exhibition Buildings. but open to everyone after 30th Nov, 11–12.30pm mon refunds can be given. tour there if conditions are stable. website and subscribe to our mailing list Provence and the Côte d’Azur. DESIGN The Friday Garden Tour will again be 2017. So please spread the news!) WORKSHOPS Burnley College (See opposite, please Sam Cox (Australia) $95 Professional Development or download a PDF of this brochure. The tour was designed with advice from very popular and 4 of the 5 gardens are Biographies and a synopsis of each Tour 8: 27 May–11 June 2019 tick appropriate box) 26–27 MARCH 2018 ‘You can’t draw this’: Design/Construct CPD points for the conference and Louisa Jones and designers James and Helen not normally open to the public— workshop available via the Workshop Books Spain and Portugal 2019 Synergies in Landscape Naturalism related events are available from various Basson who will introduce the gardens to us. NATURE so book early! Menu on our website. No...... × $95.00 $ ...... A range of new books including many Tour Leader: Warwick Forge 1.30–3pm mon / 9–10.30am tue Susan Worner, a specialist on the gardens of We must mention the unstinting professional associations. by the speakers and workshop leaders DATE Monday and Tuesday 26 and No...... × $125.00 $ ...... France, is our daily guide and tour manager. A 16 day tour of Spain and Portugal is Reconnecting People + Place Andrew Laidlaw (Australia) $95 support of our Sponsors and especially 27 March 2018 TIME 8.45am–5pm No...... × $195.00 $ ...... Accommodation – plus many at special prices – will be being planned. Designing Gardens from the Inside Out Warners Nurseries who are for the third Monday and 8.45am–12.30pm Tuesday The superb location of the Melbourne available for sale at the conference and Tour 3: 28 Oct–3 Nov 2018 11–12.30pm tue time acting as Major Sponsor. (Refer to ALC Workshop Program on TOTAL $ ...... Convention Centre provides delegates on our website. Western District, Victoria To lodge an Expression of Interest, obtain We also acknowledge the support from Mel Ogden (Australia) $95 p.7 for session times) VENUE Burnley with ample choice. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge a Tour Itinerary and for further information, METHOD OF PAYMENT Secretariat advisors and staff who have all worked Campus, University of Melbourne, 500 A Sculptural Practice with Landscape please contact the relevant tour leader: Note: this is a very busy time in The Conference is convened by The Western District of Victoria was long far beyond the normal call Cheque payable to ‘ALC’/Visa/Mastercard) 11–12.30pm tue Yarra Boulevard, Richmond COST $95 / Melbourne which has an increasing Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as praised as a kind of pastoralists’ Garden of Susanne Forge of duty. It is the sum total of all $125 / $195 depending on workshop Arno King (Australia) $95 ______/______/______/______shortage of hotel beds, so please book Australian Landscape Conference Eden. —Geoffrey Blainey [email protected] this support that has made this (see Workshop Program p.7 for details) Turning up the Heat: Using Bolder Form ph 043 818 1578 Conference what it is. Thank you! well in advance. We suggest the following 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic 3142 We are based for 3 nights in Dunkeld and 3 in BOOK via registration form or website Expiry date __ __ / __ __ CVV No. ______and Texture and Addressing Planting Warrnambool visiting some of the most iconic Warwick Forge CONTACT [email protected] or Design Principles in Warmer Climates websites: www.bookings.com, www. ABN 62 092 079 288. MAJOR SPONSOR Warwick and Sue Forge Name of cardholder: tripadvisor.com.au, www. trivago.com.au and beautiful Western District properties, [email protected] 0409 000 089 11–12.30pm tue Follow us on gardens and historic sites. We meet the ph 043 818 2801 www.landscapeconference.com ...... www.wotif.com, www.airbnb.com families who have nurtured and loved these For updated information, see Signature: Arno invites students to bring along a scaled plan Please update our website database Cover images: (Top) Kate Cullity: Royal Botanic Gardens, (A3 or A2) of their garden and photographs for properties for generations. www.landscapeconference.com with your current details Cranbourne. photo: John Gollings (bottom) Kathryn Gustafson: discussion. Bringing tracing paper, pencils, pens 7 8 2 Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London ...... and scale rule will also be helpful.

AUS LSCAPE CONF 2018 CD03 v04.indd 1 17/10/17 3:58 pm Ed Snodgrass REGISTRATION FORM

Please register at www.landscapeconference.com GENERAL INFORMATION or forward this application to: ALC, 2 Kilsyth Ave., GARDENS AND CULTURAL TOURS Toorak, Vic., 3142. ALC WORKSHOP Registration Conference Venue 2018–2019 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition One delegate (plus partner) per form. For each PROGRAM Registration covers the two day additional delegate, copy form and complete. MONDAY 26TH MARCH & conference 24–25 March 2018 and Centre (MCEC), 1 Convention Centre A REVAMPED CONFERENCE! WORKSHOPS TUESDAY 27TH MARCH 2018 includes lunch, morning and afternoon Place, South Wharf, Vic., 3006 Please use CAPITAL letters. While our 2015 Conference was largely This year the conference again offers Please note that workshops may be teas each day. t: 03 9235 8000 one of ideas, our 2018 Conference is invaluable practical workshops including First name ...... added or deleted dependent on bookings. • Early Bird booked prior to 1 December MCEC is the centerpiece for Melbourne’s rather more about nature—including ten classes by leading international plants, living creatures and all those experts plus twelve by popular Austra- Surname ...... 2017 $645.00 per person South Wharf Development and is Noel Kingsbury (UK) Half Day $195 adjacent to and west of the Exhibition inter relation ships that comprise the lians. In an exciting highlight, much • Booked after 30th November 2017 Email ...... ‘The Rabbit’s Eye View’: Understanding Centre (Jeff’s Shed). living garden or landscape. loved previous ALC speaker and world Long-term Plant Performance $695.00 per person Our recent conferences have sought authority Ed Snodgrass provides two Address ...... It is the only Green 6-Star Environment 9–12.30pm mon / 1.30pm–5pm mon Register at: www landscapeconference. new design templates from around roof garden workshops, which include rated convention centre in the world ...... Bettina Jaugstetter (Germany) $125 com or forward your completed the world and steered away from access to the marvellous Burnley Roof and provides best practice in innovation Planning Strategies and Planting registration form to: Sue Forge, ALC, ALC Garden Tours provide special access to Tour 4: 10 Nov–1 Dec 2018 the herbaceous borders of northern Garden. A man of great charm, Ed’s Phone ...... and sustainability with high standards Europe, which reached such heady nursery was the first in the USA to focus Types for Perennial Plantings 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic., 3142 or many private homes, gardens and locations Cuba, Costa Rica and Galapagos for catering and service options. For through personal associations, such as our Tour 5: 1 Dec–6 Dec 2018 heights in the 1990’s. Some designers on green roof plants and he brings huge Name on badge ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon scan and email to [email protected] information visit www.mcec.com.au. special overseas speakers. Colombia looked ahead to new trends involving experience of roofing systems, soil t: Sue Forge 0438 181 578 or ...... Claire Takacs (Australia) $95 great drifts of repeated grasses and mixes, designs, climates, etc. Parking is available and the Centre is They are cultural tours involving local experts Tour Leader: Warwick Forge Light in Gardens and Landscapes: Jenny Wade 0409 000 089 perennials pioneered by nurseryman Claire Takacs is now back from Europe Company name (for name badge) ...... easily reached by public transport. For with a focus upon the unique features of each These four Latin countries comprise some of Maximising the Impact of Images Student concessions are available on Piet Oudolf (the ‘Dutch Wave’), and having been recently described by Noel information on parking, transport and region. Hotels, restaurants and coaches are the world’s ecological hot spots and provide ...... 9–10.30am mon tue the above terms at a 40% discount others commonly known for their ‘New Kingsbury as, the world’s leading garden access visit www.mcec.com.au/ normally 4 to 5 stars. All our guides are very extraordinarily colourful and varied lifestyles. Andy Sturgeon (UK) $125 (conference registration only) for full Details and travel options for these totally Perennials’ and ‘naturalistic’ plantings. photographer. We all know the value of Are you employed in the Horticulture Industry? ...... your-visit/getting-there/ carefully selected for their expertise. Design Q & A time students or apprentices studying absorbing tours available shortly. They have profoundly influenced Europe, stunning photographs and how critical the USA and we have echoes in Australia. they can be to illuminate, excite and sell If yes, in what capacity? ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon garden design/construction, landscape Luggage storage is available at the venue Tour 1: 21–26 May 2018 Have we ever offered such a brilliant a garden and its creator! Cassian Schmidt (Germany) $125 architecture and related disciplines. This on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) London & Environs Tour 6: 10 Feb–3 Mar 2019 How did you hear about the Conference? collection of speakers? We think not, Native gardening expert and media Maintenance Regimes for year, Secondary School students pay a and Sunday. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge Gardens of India: a cultural tour and for the first time, we have 12 personality, Angus Stewart, also fea- ...... Perennial Style Planting Tour 7: 3–10 Mar 2019 special registration fee of $200. Student Delegates must wear name badges This provides a natural extension tour prior to presentations by key international tures, along with tropical garden lumi- 1.30–3pm mon / 3.30–5.00pm mon France. Five nights in London include a visit to Sri Lanka Tour REGISTRATION FEES registrations are not transferrable and at all times during the Conference. speakers and two Australians. Since we nary Arno King. Both are accomplished Angus Stewart (Australia) $95 the Chelsea Flower show and Chelsea Fringe Tour Leader: Warwick Forge student ID and proof of course must be Website have more international presentations, horticulturists, educators, and authors TWO DAY CONFERENCE New Australian Cultivars – Sneak Festival plus access to gardens designed by Following the outstanding success of our submitted at the time of registration and Our website provides extensive they will all be a little shorter but, we who will bring a lifetime of knowledge 24–25 March 2018 Preview: Selection and Maintenance past Conference speakers in London and the 2017 India tour, it is offered again with minor carried at the conference. additional information and is regularly feel, they will all be a good deal punchier. and experience to share with students. pm mon pm tue variations. (See right-hand column) $ ...... 1.30–3 / 11–12.30 country. Brilliant garden writer, historian and Another major change has been the You may choose from a range of For Group Booking applications for 10 updated. Subscribers receive this These are cultural tours with a gardens focus Anna Turner (LibeRATE) (Australia) $95 founder of the Chelsea Fringe, Tim Richardson, partnering of our Conference with 90 minute design and horticultural GARDEN TOUR (see p.6) or more non-concession registrations, hardcopy brochure on publication where developed with special assistance from Aniket Understanding Construction Costs and is our chief advisor and guide. 23–27 MARCH 2018 the Melbourne International Flower workshops from 14 presenters, with 23 March 2018 ($195.00) $ ...... contact [email protected] addresses are current. Bhagwat (brilliant Indian designer at our 2013 Designing to a Budget MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE & Garden Show (MIFGS) which has half day workshops by Noel Kingsbury. or 0438 181 578. Tour 2: 26 May–6 June 2018 conference). 3.30–5pm mon Copies may also be downloaded or MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA seen enhancements with their Show Small, informal, interactive groups offer SPEAKERS’ DINNER (Partners welcome) The India tour is complemented by a one Transfer of Registration to another a hardcopy requested. To subscribe, Gardens of Provence, Gardens in recent years. Our visitors to genuine learning experiences and the Sat 24 March 2018 Exhibition Building Carlton Ed Snodgrass (USA) $125 Paris and the Côte d’Azur week tour of Sri Lanka which is increasingly person is permitted provided the unsubscribe or amend your details, Melbourne may now see MIFGS at their chance to personally engage with pre- (see p.6) ($125.00/person): Green Roof Design and Maintenance Tour Leader: Susanne Forge being discovered for its religious, colonial For extensive information concerning registration office is informed in writing please click on the link at the foot of the leisure, or come on an exclusive Show senters. This is a very rare opportunity No...... × $125.00 $ ...... 9–10.30am tue / 11–12.30pm tue and wildlife heritage. We include visits to the speakers, gardens, Conference and tours, visit Following the London Tour, we journey to Paris Gardens Tour led by Warners Nurseries to meet and learn from leading interna- One way transfer MCEC to MIFGS prior to 1st March 2018. A 75% refund home page. gardens and architecture of Geoffrey Bawa. Kate Cullity/Lisa Howard (TCL) on the Eurostar. www.landscapeconference.com on Saturday evening culminating in the tional and Australian experts. (Numbers is available for cancellations made prior Note: Warwick has a lifelong passion for No...... × $15.00 $ ...... (Australia) $95 If you have friends who may be This is a ravishing tour with special focus on Speakers’ Dinner within the Great Hall of limited—priority booking for delegates The Art of Collaborating to 1 March 2018. After that date, no interested, please invite them to visit the Kashmir and may lead a small extension Special Diet ...... the most beautiful gardens and landscapes of the World Heritage Exhibition Buildings. but open to everyone after 30th Nov, 11–12.30pm mon refunds can be given. tour there if conditions are stable. website and subscribe to our mailing list Provence and the Côte d’Azur. DESIGN The Friday Garden Tour will again be 2017. So please spread the news!) WORKSHOPS Burnley College (See opposite, please Sam Cox (Australia) $95 Professional Development or download a PDF of this brochure. The tour was designed with advice from very popular and 4 of the 5 gardens are Biographies and a synopsis of each Tour 8: 27 May–11 June 2019 tick appropriate box) 26–27 MARCH 2018 ‘You can’t draw this’: Design/Construct CPD points for the conference and Louisa Jones and designers James and Helen not normally open to the public— workshop available via the Workshop Books Spain and Portugal 2019 Synergies in Landscape Naturalism related events are available from various Basson who will introduce the gardens to us. NATURE so book early! Menu on our website. No...... × $95.00 $ ...... A range of new books including many Tour Leader: Warwick Forge 1.30–3pm mon / 9–10.30am tue Susan Worner, a specialist on the gardens of We must mention the unstinting professional associations. by the speakers and workshop leaders DATE Monday and Tuesday 26 and No...... × $125.00 $ ...... France, is our daily guide and tour manager. A 16 day tour of Spain and Portugal is Reconnecting People + Place Andrew Laidlaw (Australia) $95 support of our Sponsors and especially 27 March 2018 TIME 8.45am–5pm No...... × $195.00 $ ...... Accommodation – plus many at special prices – will be being planned. Designing Gardens from the Inside Out Warners Nurseries who are for the third Monday and 8.45am–12.30pm Tuesday The superb location of the Melbourne available for sale at the conference and Tour 3: 28 Oct–3 Nov 2018 11–12.30pm tue time acting as Major Sponsor. (Refer to ALC Workshop Program on TOTAL $ ...... Convention Centre provides delegates on our website. Western District, Victoria To lodge an Expression of Interest, obtain We also acknowledge the support from Mel Ogden (Australia) $95 p.7 for session times) VENUE Burnley with ample choice. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge a Tour Itinerary and for further information, METHOD OF PAYMENT Secretariat advisors and staff who have all worked Campus, University of Melbourne, 500 A Sculptural Practice with Landscape please contact the relevant tour leader: Note: this is a very busy time in The Conference is convened by The Western District of Victoria was long far beyond the normal call Cheque payable to ‘ALC’/Visa/Mastercard) 11–12.30pm tue Yarra Boulevard, Richmond COST $95 / Melbourne which has an increasing Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as praised as a kind of pastoralists’ Garden of Susanne Forge of duty. It is the sum total of all $125 / $195 depending on workshop Arno King (Australia) $95 ______/______/______/______shortage of hotel beds, so please book Australian Landscape Conference Eden. —Geoffrey Blainey [email protected] this support that has made this (see Workshop Program p.7 for details) Turning up the Heat: Using Bolder Form ph 043 818 1578 Conference what it is. Thank you! well in advance. We suggest the following 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic 3142 We are based for 3 nights in Dunkeld and 3 in BOOK via registration form or website Expiry date __ __ / __ __ CVV No. ______and Texture and Addressing Planting Warrnambool visiting some of the most iconic Warwick Forge CONTACT [email protected] or Design Principles in Warmer Climates websites: www.bookings.com, www. ABN 62 092 079 288. MAJOR SPONSOR Warwick and Sue Forge Name of cardholder: tripadvisor.com.au, www. trivago.com.au and beautiful Western District properties, [email protected] 0409 000 089 11–12.30pm tue Follow us on gardens and historic sites. We meet the ph 043 818 2801 www.landscapeconference.com ...... www.wotif.com, www.airbnb.com families who have nurtured and loved these For updated information, see Signature: Arno invites students to bring along a scaled plan Please update our website database Cover images: (Top) Kate Cullity: Royal Botanic Gardens, (A3 or A2) of their garden and photographs for properties for generations. www.landscapeconference.com with your current details Cranbourne. photo: John Gollings (bottom) Kathryn Gustafson: discussion. Bringing tracing paper, pencils, pens 7 8 2 Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London ...... and scale rule will also be helpful.

AUS LSCAPE CONF 2018 CD03 v04.indd 1 17/10/17 3:58 pm GARDEN TOUR FRIDAY 23 MARCH 2018

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Our 2018 tour is a plantaholic’s dream. TRENTHAM GARDEN Swathes of perennials, edibles, natives and Simon Rickard ornamentals are skilfully interplayed in our Celebrating (and perfecting) the art of five beautifully designed Central Goldfields wild style planting, this inspirational town gardens that are complemented en route garden is a cornucopia of living treasures— by the Wombat State Forest and pictur- animal, edible and ornamental! Both wild esque rural landscapes. Book early as and ordered, this expertly designed and numbers are limited (confined to delegates. maintained plant lover’s paradise is a Walking distances of up to 1km). delight to behold.

SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2018 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2018 ANDY STURGEON BERNARD TRAINOR PROF. CASSIAN SCHMIDT DR KATE CULLITY KATHRYN GUSTAFSON MIGUEL URQUIJO DR NOEL KINGSBURY SAM COX BOLINDA VALE, CLARKEFIELD THE GARDEN OF ST ERTH SPEAKERS’ DINNER Andy Sturgeon is one of the UK’s In 1995 Australian-born garden He is truly the German perennial In 2016, international landscape It is not about flowers. It is not about Good gardens can’t be made if you Noel Kingsbury is the great chronicler Sam Cox Landscape has designed MAIN HOUSE GARDEN The Diggers Club originally To celebrate the inaugural ALC/MIFGS 8.00 – 8.50 : Registration 9.00 – 9.05 : Welcome leading garden designers and has designer Bernard Trainor arrived in master right now and leads the commentator Tim Richardson, in emptiness. It is about shape. Kathryn don’t know and love growing things of contemporary planting design .. natural style gardens in Victoria for Phillip Johnson Landscapes/KML Design created by Tommy Garnett partnership, this year’s Speakers’ Dinner 9.00 – 9.10 : Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director received many awards including California and made it his life’s work European Movement for his work on considering the tercentenary of Gustafson and her various collabora­ … we just try to replicate the forms, [and] has been involved in over 17 years. Sam learned his craft Within the majestic surrounds of the his- Cocooned by majestic mountain ash, takes place at the Melbourne International Warwick Forge, Conference Director 9.05 – 9.50 : Professor Cassian Schmidt twice winning the coveted Best in to capture the wild soul of California perennial plantings. —Noel Kingsbury Capability Brown’s birth, queried, tors on two continents bring land­ shapes, mood and manners of twenty books ... on the topic of under renowned landscape designer, torically significant bluestone residence this enchanting property celebrates the Flower & Garden Show. We are delighted to 9.10 – 10.00 : Kathryn Gustafson Inspired by Nature: The New German Style Show award at the Chelsea Flower with gardens that celebrate their As Director of Hermannshof Who are the Capabilities of today? scape architecture back to its most nature. —Miguel Urquijo design inspired by nature and ecol­ the late Gordon Ford, and continues (with a family connection to the Ashes) a traditional art of organic gardening. offer delegates an exclusive, private, after Influences: Including the National Museum of and the Dutch Wave. Show. His modern designs are a setting. Gardens in Germany, Professor The first landscape portrayed in his basic act: that of shaping the land. Visiting gardens with Miguel ogy. Few garden writers are as prolific the philosophies and practices of bare paddock is transformed into an unpar- Despite every environmental challenge, hours viewing of the Designer Show Gardens African American History and Culture and the 9.50 – 10.35 : Andy Sturgeon fusion of traditional, natural Growing up on Victoria’s Schmidt remains at the forefront of article was an Australian garden — —Aaron Betsky reveals a passion for plants devel- or as influential. —Thomas Rainer noted landscape pioneers like Edna alleled nature inspired, integrated and sus- rare plants, espaliered fruit, perennial as an added highlight of the evening. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain Making the Modern Garden: the history of materials with contemporary Mornington Peninsula, Bernard had planting design, developing signature the Royal Botanic Garden, Cran- Renowned for creating distinctive oped while studying biology. He Dr Noel Kingsbury hails from the Walling and Ellis Stones, creating the tainable wetland and billabong complex. borders and heirloom edibles all thrive professionally designed international standard 10.00 – 10.45 : Dr Kate Cullity garden design as a springboard. styling known for their timeless been fascinated with landscape while methods and using natural plant bourne, Victoria, by Taylor Cullity sculptural landscapes, which engage sums up the challenges of gardening Welsh borders and is well known as a timeless appeal of gardens in the in the forest glade. Café, gift shop and display gardens are the Show’s feature and a Beauty, Aesthetics and Care: Poetic architectural qualities, innovative roaming dunes and beaches and communities as models for Lethlean (TCL), of which Kate Cullity at a fundamental level, Kathryn’s in his Mediterranean climate. writer and lecturer, promoting an Australian naturalistic school. 10.35 – 11.00 : Morning Tea OAK HOUSE GARDEN nursery on site. fitting addition for our conference. Guided tours Expressions of Landscape and Culture planting and sculptural observing plants that thrived despite sustainable, low maintenance plant is a founding partner. form-making practice with terrain Spain has taught the world about ecological or naturalistic approach to Sam’s hands-on approach inte- 11.00 – 11.45 : Miguel Urquijo Sam Crawford/KML Design by plant experts from Warners Nursery will characteristics. He recently told harsh conditions. These deep-rooted combinations, at home in private The Garden Design Journal (UK) frames the art of landscape as a gardening for centuries. There's no planting design. He relishes examining grates both design and construction. 10.45 – 11.15 : Morning Tea Interpreting the Site and Landscape Integration An adjoining, evolving family garden DATE Fri 23 March 2018 TIME 8.15– bring the designs to life through their superior Centurion Magazine, New materials experiences created the foundations gardens and public landscapes. described Kate Cullity as the leading composition, combining complex better model for minimal water use gardens through the lens of art, soci- Designs are based on carefully honed 11.15 – 12.00 : Dr Noel Kingsbury 11.45 – 12.30 : Sam Cox featuring an oak linked to Burke & Wills, 5.30pm (Confirmed to delegates in plant knowledge and design expertise. will always play a role in ringing the for his practice. Along the rugged Hermannshof is a renowned Australian landscape architect. Her elements both visible and otherwise, than the Alhambra Gardens of the ety, politics, philosophy, economics, construction techniques learned Wild Style (Naturalistic) Planting Naturalism in Australian Landscape Design: romantic perennials and roses, reflecting advance) INCLUDES Lunch, refreshments, So join with our speakers for this special changes but after a flurry of Pacific coast of California, he found experimental botanical and trial partner, Perry Lethlean, describes such as light, sound, and atmos- 13th century. He believes sustain- and the wider natural environment. from Ford. Rock placement, earth 12.00 – 12.45 : Bernard Trainor hands on and soft edges pool, natural style lagoon-cum swimming coach, guide, entry fees, garden notes Warners Guided Tour followed by dinner in the stainless steel, plastic and glass echoes of Australia and his gardens garden of 6 acres of parkland. her as, a hybrid designer, part artist, phere. Elegant fluidity and elasticity ability is the future for gardens, with At the heart of his work is his study shaping, and the use of layered and Designing Spaces: with the borrowed 12.30 – 12.45 : Rapporteur hole, double flowered almond walk and DEPART/RETURN Melbourne Convention World Heritage Great Hall of the Exhibition 15 years ago, all the best contemp­ now capture much of the living Evolving over 30 years The New sculptor, botanist, landscape archi­ define her designs. Her form-making indigenous and well-adapted exotic on the long-term performance of group plantings are essential tech- landscape or for place, privacy, and solitude Morning Speakers with Peter Watts historic edible plots harmonised in its Centre, 1 Convention Place, South Wharf Buildings, amidst the Show’s spectacular floral orary gardens I see nowadays rely on spirit and beauty of California. Perennialist says it, set the tect. Where she excels, in all of these practice and the way she shapes plants to create gardens for people, plants in gardens and designed niques for creating these naturalistic COST BOOK 12.45 – 1.00 : Rapporteur broader rural setting. $195 Registration form or displays. Don’t miss this special evening of 12.45 – 1.45 : Lunch natural traditional materials like A cornerstone of Bernard’s benchmark for naturalistic planting hybrid states, is in the beauty of figural terrain is all about movement, wildlife and the environment. Miguel landscapes. landscapes. Sam blurs garden edges Morning Speakers with Peter Watts website CONTACT Jenny Wade t: 0409 world-class garden design, good company 1.45 – 2.00 : Michael Warner, Warners Nurseries, stone and timber as well as concrete. approach is resource conservation. design in Germany blazing new small things and in the crafting and as gestures become drapes on sur- says, by modeling landscapes on Noel is passionate about develop- creating seamless transitions with WOODEND NORTH GARDEN 000 089 or e: [email protected] and conversation at one of the nation’s most 1.00 – 2.00 : Lunch Major Sponsor Andy describes himself as a design He says I aim to be frugal with frontiers with … ecological prowess making of things. faces. Her Diana, Princess of Wales native ecosystems, we are responsi­ ing teaching methods and has run the wider environment. Michael McCoy Bookings subject to availability. Tour may beautiful historic buildings with its breathtaking Reimagining the Urban Landscape 2.00 – 2.45 : Miguel Urquijo junky ... Interested in furniture, set design and materials, stripping away and imaginative artistry ... by leading Kate is a consummate collabora- Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, ble land stewards. his Rabbit’s Eye View workshop Sam believes his naturalistic be varied or cancelled if circumstances A minimalist natural basalt ground plane dome influenced by Brunelleschi’s 15th century Continental-Mediterranean Gardens: from 2.00 – 2.45 : Dr Noel Kingsbury design, art, architecture, window ornament, focusing on what’s landscape architects, horticulturalists tor, involving all manner of people London, exemplifies this approach He works in Spain’s central plateau in some 12 countries, and with approach can be adapted for stan- change. 75% refund for cancellations Florentine Duomo. Andalucian grandeur to ignoto (unexplored) on arrival contrasts sharply with a dramatic, Women, Men and Gardening dressing and underpinning it all, the essential and logical … seeing how and designers. Seamlessly combining to enrich the design outcome. She, With an assertive and radical with rainfall of 14–20 inches PA, others, developed workshops and dard house blocks and small court- prior to 1 March 2018. No refunds gardening in Castile. secret garden that mystically materialises in DATE Sat 24 March 2018 VENUE Great Hall, 2.45 – 3.30 : Bernard Trainor natural landscape and is increasingly little I can do for the greatest impact. perennials and grasses in myriad loves to tease out a problem, slowly. agenda, Kathryn has led projects scorching summers and freezing teaching materials, with courses yards by distilling a few essential after that date. the landscape. Akin to a living art instal- 2.45 – 3.30 : Professor Cassian Schmidt Planting Design: thoughtful planting strategies interested in garden history as I came in through horticulture … ways ... to replicate natural plant She prefers not to find the answer which continue to challenge the role winters. However, a garden not on MyGardenSchool, a leading elements. Mass and void is a princi- Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton (Museum lation, masterfully chosen perennials and Formulaic Mixed Perennial Plantings: new and methods. there is so much to learn from it. hadn’t been exposed to concepts like habitats [and] to use the garden ... right away. The conversation about and meaning of landscape. With over beautiful in summer, is not a beauti­ digital education provider. ple he applies to all design, regard- Entrance) TIME 5.45–6.45 Meet at Museum ways to green our cities Commissions range from private sustainability or, the genius of the for horticultural creative expression. design is actually often more 35 years of distinguished practice, ful garden … in our Mediterranean He has written some 25 books less of scale. Its application creates evergreens thrust skyward and envelope Entry to Great Hall for MIFGS Show Garden 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea occupants in a heady mix of colour and 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea roof gardens to iconic commercial place. I figured them out for myself Like the New Perennial Movement, important than getting to the Kathryn embod ies landscape design’s ecosystems … shrubs must be on plants and gardens and is a regular balance and contrast between the viewing, then dinner from 7.00–10.00pm 4.00 – 4.45 : Kathryn Gustafson projects including public spaces and the hard way—made mistakes— Hermannshof lives at the crossroads solution. keen observation and quick reaction, dominant. contributor to many magazines and mass—boulder outcrops, mounds texture. (Museum Entry) COST $125 pp at cost, includes 4.00 – 4.45 : Andy Sturgeon Landscape Architecture in Asia: Including country estates across the UK and and taught myself along the way. of nature and imagination—fusing Her approach has led to many capturing elu sive moments of inter- Structure is essential. We build newspapers. Books of particular and native or indigenous plantings, MIFGS entry and Tour; Set Menu: entrée, main, Sources of Inspiration: ideas and allegories Singapore’s Marina One and Hong Kong’s projects in Russia, Hong Kong, Bernard mines the details of each both to create a living artform outstanding projects that draw action between manmade environ- definition and well­shaped plants. interest include: The New Perennial with voids—pathways, grassed tea/coffee and chocolates, Welcome Drink and for our projects Taikoo Place Rwanda, Europe and the Middle place—its native plants, rocks, soil, rooted in ecological integrity. inspiration from the Australian land- ment and nature. With light intensity, colours fade so Garden (1996) which helped intro- areas, ponds, pools and paved areas. 2 bottles of wine per table of 10. Additional 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur East. Andy collaborates with climate, topography, architecture, Cassian’s research at Hermannshof scape –the redevelopment of North Through partnerships of over 35 we rely on interplay between light duce the English-speaking world to The small and experienced con- drinks at cash bar TRANSPORT Optional one way Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Melbourne based designer Jim culture and history and conceives trial gardens includes plant ecology, Terrace and Victoria Square in Ade- years, in Seattle and London, her and shade and mass and void … contemporary German and Dutch struction team, headed by Sam, has coach transfer MCEC to MIFGS—$15 (Limited 5.00 : Close 5.00 : Conference Closure Fogarty from their shared Singapore contemporary landscapes that performance and coexistence of laide, the National Arboretum in works are recognised as innovative, Structure is also vital for garden planting design; Planting Green Roofs worked alongside some of Australia’s seats and subject to numbers—see registration 5.15 : Coaches depart for Show Gardens Tour, office, Garden Design Asia. belong where they are. plants in designed plant communi- Canberra as well as many smaller contemporary designs that incorpo- qualities: sequencing, contrast, and Living Walls (2004), with Profes- most noted architects on residential page for booking options); City Circle Tram or Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Andy lectures around the world Bernard was a wonderful speaker ties. He believes, despite climatic projects. All are invested with a rate the sculptural, sensual qualities rhythm, repetition and most impor­ sor Nigel Dunnett, and four books and public projects. His gardens are City Loop Train Spencer St to Parliament Station 5.45 : Drinks and MIFGS Show Gardens Tour Planting the Seeds of Hope and is a published author, journalist, at our 2007 Conference and many differences with Australia, that his poetic expression of the Australian that are fundamental to the human tantly—connection and fluidity with Piet Oudolf, including Planting: regularly opened and have featured (15 min walk to venue); Underground parking at the Melbourne Museum (via Nicholson or 7.00 : Dinner at the Great Hall, Exhibition www.globalgardensofpeace.org broadcaster and an active have sought his return. We are in approach to using natural plant Landscape and contemporary experience of landscape. within the garden. A New Perspective (2013) and on the ABC’s Gardening Australia Buildings, Carlton. Proudly supported by commentator in the international for quite a treat! communities as a template for urban culture. Kathryn sits at the peak of her Miguel works closely with wife Designing with Plants (1999). program. Sam is a regular guest lec- Rathdowne Sts) or street parking BOOK Via Australian Landscape Conference garden design sector. planting design is universal, especi- We look forward to Kate discuss- prof es sion and was aptly termed, and business partner Renate Kastner turer at the University of Melbourne registration form or website. (Non-delegate al ly when resulting in economic, plus ing her extraordinary and inspira- the grande dame of landscape who studied horticulture and land- and elsewhere. partners welcome) DRESS Smart casual. ecological, maintenance techniques. tional work. architecture. scape in her native Germany. 3 4 5 6 GARDEN TOUR FRIDAY 23 MARCH 2018

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Our 2018 tour is a plantaholic’s dream. TRENTHAM GARDEN Swathes of perennials, edibles, natives and Simon Rickard ornamentals are skilfully interplayed in our Celebrating (and perfecting) the art of five beautifully designed Central Goldfields wild style planting, this inspirational town gardens that are complemented en route garden is a cornucopia of living treasures— by the Wombat State Forest and pictur- animal, edible and ornamental! Both wild esque rural landscapes. Book early as and ordered, this expertly designed and numbers are limited (confined to delegates. maintained plant lover’s paradise is a Walking distances of up to 1km). delight to behold.

SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2018 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2018 ANDY STURGEON BERNARD TRAINOR PROF. CASSIAN SCHMIDT DR KATE CULLITY KATHRYN GUSTAFSON MIGUEL URQUIJO DR NOEL KINGSBURY SAM COX BOLINDA VALE, CLARKEFIELD THE GARDEN OF ST ERTH SPEAKERS’ DINNER Andy Sturgeon is one of the UK’s In 1995 Australian-born garden He is truly the German perennial In 2016, international landscape It is not about flowers. It is not about Good gardens can’t be made if you Noel Kingsbury is the great chronicler Sam Cox Landscape has designed MAIN HOUSE GARDEN The Diggers Club originally To celebrate the inaugural ALC/MIFGS 8.00 – 8.50 : Registration 9.00 – 9.05 : Welcome leading garden designers and has designer Bernard Trainor arrived in master right now and leads the commentator Tim Richardson, in emptiness. It is about shape. Kathryn don’t know and love growing things of contemporary planting design .. natural style gardens in Victoria for Phillip Johnson Landscapes/KML Design created by Tommy Garnett partnership, this year’s Speakers’ Dinner 9.00 – 9.10 : Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director received many awards including California and made it his life’s work European Movement for his work on considering the tercentenary of Gustafson and her various collabora­ … we just try to replicate the forms, [and] has been involved in over 17 years. Sam learned his craft Within the majestic surrounds of the his- Cocooned by majestic mountain ash, takes place at the Melbourne International Warwick Forge, Conference Director 9.05 – 9.50 : Professor Cassian Schmidt twice winning the coveted Best in to capture the wild soul of California perennial plantings. —Noel Kingsbury Capability Brown’s birth, queried, tors on two continents bring land­ shapes, mood and manners of twenty books ... on the topic of under renowned landscape designer, torically significant bluestone residence this enchanting property celebrates the Flower & Garden Show. We are delighted to 9.10 – 10.00 : Kathryn Gustafson Inspired by Nature: The New German Style Show award at the Chelsea Flower with gardens that celebrate their As Director of Hermannshof Who are the Capabilities of today? scape architecture back to its most nature. —Miguel Urquijo design inspired by nature and ecol­ the late Gordon Ford, and continues (with a family connection to the Ashes) a traditional art of organic gardening. offer delegates an exclusive, private, after Influences: Including the National Museum of and the Dutch Wave. Show. His modern designs are a setting. Gardens in Germany, Professor The first landscape portrayed in his basic act: that of shaping the land. Visiting gardens with Miguel ogy. Few garden writers are as prolific the philosophies and practices of bare paddock is transformed into an unpar- Despite every environmental challenge, hours viewing of the Designer Show Gardens African American History and Culture and the 9.50 – 10.35 : Andy Sturgeon fusion of traditional, natural Growing up on Victoria’s Schmidt remains at the forefront of article was an Australian garden — —Aaron Betsky reveals a passion for plants devel- or as influential. —Thomas Rainer noted landscape pioneers like Edna alleled nature inspired, integrated and sus- rare plants, espaliered fruit, perennial as an added highlight of the evening. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain Making the Modern Garden: the history of materials with contemporary Mornington Peninsula, Bernard had planting design, developing signature the Royal Botanic Garden, Cran- Renowned for creating distinctive oped while studying biology. He Dr Noel Kingsbury hails from the Walling and Ellis Stones, creating the tainable wetland and billabong complex. borders and heirloom edibles all thrive professionally designed international standard 10.00 – 10.45 : Dr Kate Cullity garden design as a springboard. styling known for their timeless been fascinated with landscape while methods and using natural plant bourne, Victoria, by Taylor Cullity sculptural landscapes, which engage sums up the challenges of gardening Welsh borders and is well known as a timeless appeal of gardens in the in the forest glade. Café, gift shop and display gardens are the Show’s feature and a Beauty, Aesthetics and Care: Poetic architectural qualities, innovative roaming dunes and beaches and communities as models for Lethlean (TCL), of which Kate Cullity at a fundamental level, Kathryn’s in his Mediterranean climate. writer and lecturer, promoting an Australian naturalistic school. 10.35 – 11.00 : Morning Tea OAK HOUSE GARDEN nursery on site. fitting addition for our conference. Guided tours Expressions of Landscape and Culture planting and sculptural observing plants that thrived despite sustainable, low maintenance plant is a founding partner. form-making practice with terrain Spain has taught the world about ecological or naturalistic approach to Sam’s hands-on approach inte- 11.00 – 11.45 : Miguel Urquijo Sam Crawford/KML Design by plant experts from Warners Nursery will characteristics. He recently told harsh conditions. These deep-rooted combinations, at home in private The Garden Design Journal (UK) frames the art of landscape as a gardening for centuries. There's no planting design. He relishes examining grates both design and construction. 10.45 – 11.15 : Morning Tea Interpreting the Site and Landscape Integration An adjoining, evolving family garden DATE Fri 23 March 2018 TIME 8.15– bring the designs to life through their superior Centurion Magazine, New materials experiences created the foundations gardens and public landscapes. described Kate Cullity as the leading composition, combining complex better model for minimal water use gardens through the lens of art, soci- Designs are based on carefully honed 11.15 – 12.00 : Dr Noel Kingsbury 11.45 – 12.30 : Sam Cox featuring an oak linked to Burke & Wills, 5.30pm (Confirmed to delegates in plant knowledge and design expertise. will always play a role in ringing the for his practice. Along the rugged Hermannshof is a renowned Australian landscape architect. Her elements both visible and otherwise, than the Alhambra Gardens of the ety, politics, philosophy, economics, construction techniques learned Wild Style (Naturalistic) Planting Naturalism in Australian Landscape Design: romantic perennials and roses, reflecting advance) INCLUDES Lunch, refreshments, So join with our speakers for this special changes but after a flurry of Pacific coast of California, he found experimental botanical and trial partner, Perry Lethlean, describes such as light, sound, and atmos- 13th century. He believes sustain- and the wider natural environment. from Ford. Rock placement, earth 12.00 – 12.45 : Bernard Trainor hands on and soft edges pool, natural style lagoon-cum swimming coach, guide, entry fees, garden notes Warners Guided Tour followed by dinner in the stainless steel, plastic and glass echoes of Australia and his gardens garden of 6 acres of parkland. her as, a hybrid designer, part artist, phere. Elegant fluidity and elasticity ability is the future for gardens, with At the heart of his work is his study shaping, and the use of layered and Designing Spaces: with the borrowed 12.30 – 12.45 : Rapporteur hole, double flowered almond walk and DEPART/RETURN Melbourne Convention World Heritage Great Hall of the Exhibition 15 years ago, all the best contemp­ now capture much of the living Evolving over 30 years The New sculptor, botanist, landscape archi­ define her designs. Her form-making indigenous and well-adapted exotic on the long-term performance of group plantings are essential tech- landscape or for place, privacy, and solitude Morning Speakers with Peter Watts historic edible plots harmonised in its Centre, 1 Convention Place, South Wharf Buildings, amidst the Show’s spectacular floral orary gardens I see nowadays rely on spirit and beauty of California. Perennialist says it, set the tect. Where she excels, in all of these practice and the way she shapes plants to create gardens for people, plants in gardens and designed niques for creating these naturalistic COST BOOK 12.45 – 1.00 : Rapporteur broader rural setting. $195 Registration form or displays. Don’t miss this special evening of 12.45 – 1.45 : Lunch natural traditional materials like A cornerstone of Bernard’s benchmark for naturalistic planting hybrid states, is in the beauty of figural terrain is all about movement, wildlife and the environment. Miguel landscapes. landscapes. Sam blurs garden edges Morning Speakers with Peter Watts website CONTACT Jenny Wade t: 0409 world-class garden design, good company 1.45 – 2.00 : Michael Warner, Warners Nurseries, stone and timber as well as concrete. approach is resource conservation. design in Germany blazing new small things and in the crafting and as gestures become drapes on sur- says, by modeling landscapes on Noel is passionate about develop- creating seamless transitions with WOODEND NORTH GARDEN 000 089 or e: [email protected] and conversation at one of the nation’s most 1.00 – 2.00 : Lunch Major Sponsor Andy describes himself as a design He says I aim to be frugal with frontiers with … ecological prowess making of things. faces. Her Diana, Princess of Wales native ecosystems, we are responsi­ ing teaching methods and has run the wider environment. Michael McCoy Bookings subject to availability. Tour may beautiful historic buildings with its breathtaking Reimagining the Urban Landscape 2.00 – 2.45 : Miguel Urquijo junky ... Interested in furniture, set design and materials, stripping away and imaginative artistry ... by leading Kate is a consummate collabora- Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, ble land stewards. his Rabbit’s Eye View workshop Sam believes his naturalistic be varied or cancelled if circumstances A minimalist natural basalt ground plane dome influenced by Brunelleschi’s 15th century Continental-Mediterranean Gardens: from 2.00 – 2.45 : Dr Noel Kingsbury design, art, architecture, window ornament, focusing on what’s landscape architects, horticulturalists tor, involving all manner of people London, exemplifies this approach He works in Spain’s central plateau in some 12 countries, and with approach can be adapted for stan- change. 75% refund for cancellations Florentine Duomo. Andalucian grandeur to ignoto (unexplored) on arrival contrasts sharply with a dramatic, Women, Men and Gardening dressing and underpinning it all, the essential and logical … seeing how and designers. Seamlessly combining to enrich the design outcome. She, With an assertive and radical with rainfall of 14–20 inches PA, others, developed workshops and dard house blocks and small court- prior to 1 March 2018. No refunds gardening in Castile. secret garden that mystically materialises in DATE Sat 24 March 2018 VENUE Great Hall, 2.45 – 3.30 : Bernard Trainor natural landscape and is increasingly little I can do for the greatest impact. perennials and grasses in myriad loves to tease out a problem, slowly. agenda, Kathryn has led projects scorching summers and freezing teaching materials, with courses yards by distilling a few essential after that date. the landscape. Akin to a living art instal- 2.45 – 3.30 : Professor Cassian Schmidt Planting Design: thoughtful planting strategies interested in garden history as I came in through horticulture … ways ... to replicate natural plant She prefers not to find the answer which continue to challenge the role winters. However, a garden not on MyGardenSchool, a leading elements. Mass and void is a princi- Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton (Museum lation, masterfully chosen perennials and Formulaic Mixed Perennial Plantings: new and methods. there is so much to learn from it. hadn’t been exposed to concepts like habitats [and] to use the garden ... right away. The conversation about and meaning of landscape. With over beautiful in summer, is not a beauti­ digital education provider. ple he applies to all design, regard- Entrance) TIME 5.45–6.45 Meet at Museum ways to green our cities Commissions range from private sustainability or, the genius of the for horticultural creative expression. design is actually often more 35 years of distinguished practice, ful garden … in our Mediterranean He has written some 25 books less of scale. Its application creates evergreens thrust skyward and envelope Entry to Great Hall for MIFGS Show Garden 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea occupants in a heady mix of colour and 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea roof gardens to iconic commercial place. I figured them out for myself Like the New Perennial Movement, important than getting to the Kathryn embod ies landscape design’s ecosystems … shrubs must be on plants and gardens and is a regular balance and contrast between the viewing, then dinner from 7.00–10.00pm 4.00 – 4.45 : Kathryn Gustafson projects including public spaces and the hard way—made mistakes— Hermannshof lives at the crossroads solution. keen observation and quick reaction, dominant. contributor to many magazines and mass—boulder outcrops, mounds texture. (Museum Entry) COST $125 pp at cost, includes 4.00 – 4.45 : Andy Sturgeon Landscape Architecture in Asia: Including country estates across the UK and and taught myself along the way. of nature and imagination—fusing Her approach has led to many capturing elu sive moments of inter- Structure is essential. We build newspapers. Books of particular and native or indigenous plantings, MIFGS entry and Tour; Set Menu: entrée, main, Sources of Inspiration: ideas and allegories Singapore’s Marina One and Hong Kong’s projects in Russia, Hong Kong, Bernard mines the details of each both to create a living artform outstanding projects that draw action between manmade environ- definition and well­shaped plants. interest include: The New Perennial with voids—pathways, grassed tea/coffee and chocolates, Welcome Drink and for our projects Taikoo Place Rwanda, Europe and the Middle place—its native plants, rocks, soil, rooted in ecological integrity. inspiration from the Australian land- ment and nature. With light intensity, colours fade so Garden (1996) which helped intro- areas, ponds, pools and paved areas. 2 bottles of wine per table of 10. Additional 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur East. Andy collaborates with climate, topography, architecture, Cassian’s research at Hermannshof scape –the redevelopment of North Through partnerships of over 35 we rely on interplay between light duce the English-speaking world to The small and experienced con- drinks at cash bar TRANSPORT Optional one way Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Melbourne based designer Jim culture and history and conceives trial gardens includes plant ecology, Terrace and Victoria Square in Ade- years, in Seattle and London, her and shade and mass and void … contemporary German and Dutch struction team, headed by Sam, has coach transfer MCEC to MIFGS—$15 (Limited 5.00 : Close 5.00 : Conference Closure Fogarty from their shared Singapore contemporary landscapes that performance and coexistence of laide, the National Arboretum in works are recognised as innovative, Structure is also vital for garden planting design; Planting Green Roofs worked alongside some of Australia’s seats and subject to numbers—see registration 5.15 : Coaches depart for Show Gardens Tour, office, Garden Design Asia. belong where they are. plants in designed plant communi- Canberra as well as many smaller contemporary designs that incorpo- qualities: sequencing, contrast, and Living Walls (2004), with Profes- most noted architects on residential page for booking options); City Circle Tram or Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Andy lectures around the world Bernard was a wonderful speaker ties. He believes, despite climatic projects. All are invested with a rate the sculptural, sensual qualities rhythm, repetition and most impor­ sor Nigel Dunnett, and four books and public projects. His gardens are City Loop Train Spencer St to Parliament Station 5.45 : Drinks and MIFGS Show Gardens Tour Planting the Seeds of Hope and is a published author, journalist, at our 2007 Conference and many differences with Australia, that his poetic expression of the Australian that are fundamental to the human tantly—connection and fluidity with Piet Oudolf, including Planting: regularly opened and have featured (15 min walk to venue); Underground parking at the Melbourne Museum (via Nicholson or 7.00 : Dinner at the Great Hall, Exhibition www.globalgardensofpeace.org broadcaster and an active have sought his return. We are in approach to using natural plant Landscape and contemporary experience of landscape. within the garden. A New Perspective (2013) and on the ABC’s Gardening Australia Buildings, Carlton. Proudly supported by commentator in the international for quite a treat! communities as a template for urban culture. Kathryn sits at the peak of her Miguel works closely with wife Designing with Plants (1999). program. Sam is a regular guest lec- Rathdowne Sts) or street parking BOOK Via Australian Landscape Conference garden design sector. planting design is universal, especi- We look forward to Kate discuss- prof es sion and was aptly termed, and business partner Renate Kastner turer at the University of Melbourne registration form or website. (Non-delegate al ly when resulting in economic, plus ing her extraordinary and inspira- the grande dame of landscape who studied horticulture and land- and elsewhere. partners welcome) DRESS Smart casual. ecological, maintenance techniques. tional work. architecture. scape in her native Germany. 3 4 5 6 GARDEN TOUR FRIDAY 23 MARCH 2018

MAJOR SPONSOR

Our 2018 tour is a plantaholic’s dream. TRENTHAM GARDEN Swathes of perennials, edibles, natives and Simon Rickard ornamentals are skilfully interplayed in our Celebrating (and perfecting) the art of five beautifully designed Central Goldfields wild style planting, this inspirational town gardens that are complemented en route garden is a cornucopia of living treasures— by the Wombat State Forest and pictur- animal, edible and ornamental! Both wild esque rural landscapes. Book early as and ordered, this expertly designed and numbers are limited (confined to delegates. maintained plant lover’s paradise is a Walking distances of up to 1km). delight to behold.

SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2018 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2018 ANDY STURGEON BERNARD TRAINOR PROF. CASSIAN SCHMIDT DR KATE CULLITY KATHRYN GUSTAFSON MIGUEL URQUIJO DR NOEL KINGSBURY SAM COX BOLINDA VALE, CLARKEFIELD THE GARDEN OF ST ERTH SPEAKERS’ DINNER Andy Sturgeon is one of the UK’s In 1995 Australian-born garden He is truly the German perennial In 2016, international landscape It is not about flowers. It is not about Good gardens can’t be made if you Noel Kingsbury is the great chronicler Sam Cox Landscape has designed MAIN HOUSE GARDEN The Diggers Club originally To celebrate the inaugural ALC/MIFGS 8.00 – 8.50 : Registration 9.00 – 9.05 : Welcome leading garden designers and has designer Bernard Trainor arrived in master right now and leads the commentator Tim Richardson, in emptiness. It is about shape. Kathryn don’t know and love growing things of contemporary planting design .. natural style gardens in Victoria for Phillip Johnson Landscapes/KML Design created by Tommy Garnett partnership, this year’s Speakers’ Dinner 9.00 – 9.10 : Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director received many awards including California and made it his life’s work European Movement for his work on considering the tercentenary of Gustafson and her various collabora­ … we just try to replicate the forms, [and] has been involved in over 17 years. Sam learned his craft Within the majestic surrounds of the his- Cocooned by majestic mountain ash, takes place at the Melbourne International Warwick Forge, Conference Director 9.05 – 9.50 : Professor Cassian Schmidt twice winning the coveted Best in to capture the wild soul of California perennial plantings. —Noel Kingsbury Capability Brown’s birth, queried, tors on two continents bring land­ shapes, mood and manners of twenty books ... on the topic of under renowned landscape designer, torically significant bluestone residence this enchanting property celebrates the Flower & Garden Show. We are delighted to 9.10 – 10.00 : Kathryn Gustafson Inspired by Nature: The New German Style Show award at the Chelsea Flower with gardens that celebrate their As Director of Hermannshof Who are the Capabilities of today? scape architecture back to its most nature. —Miguel Urquijo design inspired by nature and ecol­ the late Gordon Ford, and continues (with a family connection to the Ashes) a traditional art of organic gardening. offer delegates an exclusive, private, after Influences: Including the National Museum of and the Dutch Wave. Show. His modern designs are a setting. Gardens in Germany, Professor The first landscape portrayed in his basic act: that of shaping the land. Visiting gardens with Miguel ogy. Few garden writers are as prolific the philosophies and practices of bare paddock is transformed into an unpar- Despite every environmental challenge, hours viewing of the Designer Show Gardens African American History and Culture and the 9.50 – 10.35 : Andy Sturgeon fusion of traditional, natural Growing up on Victoria’s Schmidt remains at the forefront of article was an Australian garden — —Aaron Betsky reveals a passion for plants devel- or as influential. —Thomas Rainer noted landscape pioneers like Edna alleled nature inspired, integrated and sus- rare plants, espaliered fruit, perennial as an added highlight of the evening. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain Making the Modern Garden: the history of materials with contemporary Mornington Peninsula, Bernard had planting design, developing signature the Royal Botanic Garden, Cran- Renowned for creating distinctive oped while studying biology. He Dr Noel Kingsbury hails from the Walling and Ellis Stones, creating the tainable wetland and billabong complex. borders and heirloom edibles all thrive professionally designed international standard 10.00 – 10.45 : Dr Kate Cullity garden design as a springboard. styling known for their timeless been fascinated with landscape while methods and using natural plant bourne, Victoria, by Taylor Cullity sculptural landscapes, which engage sums up the challenges of gardening Welsh borders and is well known as a timeless appeal of gardens in the in the forest glade. Café, gift shop and display gardens are the Show’s feature and a Beauty, Aesthetics and Care: Poetic architectural qualities, innovative roaming dunes and beaches and communities as models for Lethlean (TCL), of which Kate Cullity at a fundamental level, Kathryn’s in his Mediterranean climate. writer and lecturer, promoting an Australian naturalistic school. 10.35 – 11.00 : Morning Tea OAK HOUSE GARDEN nursery on site. fitting addition for our conference. Guided tours Expressions of Landscape and Culture planting and sculptural observing plants that thrived despite sustainable, low maintenance plant is a founding partner. form-making practice with terrain Spain has taught the world about ecological or naturalistic approach to Sam’s hands-on approach inte- 11.00 – 11.45 : Miguel Urquijo Sam Crawford/KML Design by plant experts from Warners Nursery will characteristics. He recently told harsh conditions. These deep-rooted combinations, at home in private The Garden Design Journal (UK) frames the art of landscape as a gardening for centuries. There's no planting design. He relishes examining grates both design and construction. 10.45 – 11.15 : Morning Tea Interpreting the Site and Landscape Integration An adjoining, evolving family garden DATE Fri 23 March 2018 TIME 8.15– bring the designs to life through their superior Centurion Magazine, New materials experiences created the foundations gardens and public landscapes. described Kate Cullity as the leading composition, combining complex better model for minimal water use gardens through the lens of art, soci- Designs are based on carefully honed 11.15 – 12.00 : Dr Noel Kingsbury 11.45 – 12.30 : Sam Cox featuring an oak linked to Burke & Wills, 5.30pm (Confirmed to delegates in plant knowledge and design expertise. will always play a role in ringing the for his practice. Along the rugged Hermannshof is a renowned Australian landscape architect. Her elements both visible and otherwise, than the Alhambra Gardens of the ety, politics, philosophy, economics, construction techniques learned Wild Style (Naturalistic) Planting Naturalism in Australian Landscape Design: romantic perennials and roses, reflecting advance) INCLUDES Lunch, refreshments, So join with our speakers for this special changes but after a flurry of Pacific coast of California, he found experimental botanical and trial partner, Perry Lethlean, describes such as light, sound, and atmos- 13th century. He believes sustain- and the wider natural environment. from Ford. Rock placement, earth 12.00 – 12.45 : Bernard Trainor hands on and soft edges pool, natural style lagoon-cum swimming coach, guide, entry fees, garden notes Warners Guided Tour followed by dinner in the stainless steel, plastic and glass echoes of Australia and his gardens garden of 6 acres of parkland. her as, a hybrid designer, part artist, phere. Elegant fluidity and elasticity ability is the future for gardens, with At the heart of his work is his study shaping, and the use of layered and Designing Spaces: with the borrowed 12.30 – 12.45 : Rapporteur hole, double flowered almond walk and DEPART/RETURN Melbourne Convention World Heritage Great Hall of the Exhibition 15 years ago, all the best contemp­ now capture much of the living Evolving over 30 years The New sculptor, botanist, landscape archi­ define her designs. Her form-making indigenous and well-adapted exotic on the long-term performance of group plantings are essential tech- landscape or for place, privacy, and solitude Morning Speakers with Peter Watts historic edible plots harmonised in its Centre, 1 Convention Place, South Wharf Buildings, amidst the Show’s spectacular floral orary gardens I see nowadays rely on spirit and beauty of California. Perennialist says it, set the tect. Where she excels, in all of these practice and the way she shapes plants to create gardens for people, plants in gardens and designed niques for creating these naturalistic COST BOOK 12.45 – 1.00 : Rapporteur broader rural setting. $195 Registration form or displays. Don’t miss this special evening of 12.45 – 1.45 : Lunch natural traditional materials like A cornerstone of Bernard’s benchmark for naturalistic planting hybrid states, is in the beauty of figural terrain is all about movement, wildlife and the environment. Miguel landscapes. landscapes. Sam blurs garden edges Morning Speakers with Peter Watts website CONTACT Jenny Wade t: 0409 world-class garden design, good company 1.45 – 2.00 : Michael Warner, Warners Nurseries, stone and timber as well as concrete. approach is resource conservation. design in Germany blazing new small things and in the crafting and as gestures become drapes on sur- says, by modeling landscapes on Noel is passionate about develop- creating seamless transitions with WOODEND NORTH GARDEN 000 089 or e: [email protected] and conversation at one of the nation’s most 1.00 – 2.00 : Lunch Major Sponsor Andy describes himself as a design He says I aim to be frugal with frontiers with … ecological prowess making of things. faces. Her Diana, Princess of Wales native ecosystems, we are responsi­ ing teaching methods and has run the wider environment. Michael McCoy Bookings subject to availability. Tour may beautiful historic buildings with its breathtaking Reimagining the Urban Landscape 2.00 – 2.45 : Miguel Urquijo junky ... Interested in furniture, set design and materials, stripping away and imaginative artistry ... by leading Kate is a consummate collabora- Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, ble land stewards. his Rabbit’s Eye View workshop Sam believes his naturalistic be varied or cancelled if circumstances A minimalist natural basalt ground plane dome influenced by Brunelleschi’s 15th century Continental-Mediterranean Gardens: from 2.00 – 2.45 : Dr Noel Kingsbury design, art, architecture, window ornament, focusing on what’s landscape architects, horticulturalists tor, involving all manner of people London, exemplifies this approach He works in Spain’s central plateau in some 12 countries, and with approach can be adapted for stan- change. 75% refund for cancellations Florentine Duomo. Andalucian grandeur to ignoto (unexplored) on arrival contrasts sharply with a dramatic, Women, Men and Gardening dressing and underpinning it all, the essential and logical … seeing how and designers. Seamlessly combining to enrich the design outcome. She, With an assertive and radical with rainfall of 14–20 inches PA, others, developed workshops and dard house blocks and small court- prior to 1 March 2018. No refunds gardening in Castile. secret garden that mystically materialises in DATE Sat 24 March 2018 VENUE Great Hall, 2.45 – 3.30 : Bernard Trainor natural landscape and is increasingly little I can do for the greatest impact. perennials and grasses in myriad loves to tease out a problem, slowly. agenda, Kathryn has led projects scorching summers and freezing teaching materials, with courses yards by distilling a few essential after that date. the landscape. Akin to a living art instal- 2.45 – 3.30 : Professor Cassian Schmidt Planting Design: thoughtful planting strategies interested in garden history as I came in through horticulture … ways ... to replicate natural plant She prefers not to find the answer which continue to challenge the role winters. However, a garden not on MyGardenSchool, a leading elements. Mass and void is a princi- Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton (Museum lation, masterfully chosen perennials and Formulaic Mixed Perennial Plantings: new and methods. there is so much to learn from it. hadn’t been exposed to concepts like habitats [and] to use the garden ... right away. The conversation about and meaning of landscape. With over beautiful in summer, is not a beauti­ digital education provider. ple he applies to all design, regard- Entrance) TIME 5.45–6.45 Meet at Museum ways to green our cities Commissions range from private sustainability or, the genius of the for horticultural creative expression. design is actually often more 35 years of distinguished practice, ful garden … in our Mediterranean He has written some 25 books less of scale. Its application creates evergreens thrust skyward and envelope Entry to Great Hall for MIFGS Show Garden 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea occupants in a heady mix of colour and 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea roof gardens to iconic commercial place. I figured them out for myself Like the New Perennial Movement, important than getting to the Kathryn embod ies landscape design’s ecosystems … shrubs must be on plants and gardens and is a regular balance and contrast between the viewing, then dinner from 7.00–10.00pm 4.00 – 4.45 : Kathryn Gustafson projects including public spaces and the hard way—made mistakes— Hermannshof lives at the crossroads solution. keen observation and quick reaction, dominant. contributor to many magazines and mass—boulder outcrops, mounds texture. (Museum Entry) COST $125 pp at cost, includes 4.00 – 4.45 : Andy Sturgeon Landscape Architecture in Asia: Including country estates across the UK and and taught myself along the way. of nature and imagination—fusing Her approach has led to many capturing elu sive moments of inter- Structure is essential. We build newspapers. Books of particular and native or indigenous plantings, MIFGS entry and Tour; Set Menu: entrée, main, Sources of Inspiration: ideas and allegories Singapore’s Marina One and Hong Kong’s projects in Russia, Hong Kong, Bernard mines the details of each both to create a living artform outstanding projects that draw action between manmade environ- definition and well­shaped plants. interest include: The New Perennial with voids—pathways, grassed tea/coffee and chocolates, Welcome Drink and for our projects Taikoo Place Rwanda, Europe and the Middle place—its native plants, rocks, soil, rooted in ecological integrity. inspiration from the Australian land- ment and nature. With light intensity, colours fade so Garden (1996) which helped intro- areas, ponds, pools and paved areas. 2 bottles of wine per table of 10. Additional 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur East. Andy collaborates with climate, topography, architecture, Cassian’s research at Hermannshof scape –the redevelopment of North Through partnerships of over 35 we rely on interplay between light duce the English-speaking world to The small and experienced con- drinks at cash bar TRANSPORT Optional one way Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Melbourne based designer Jim culture and history and conceives trial gardens includes plant ecology, Terrace and Victoria Square in Ade- years, in Seattle and London, her and shade and mass and void … contemporary German and Dutch struction team, headed by Sam, has coach transfer MCEC to MIFGS—$15 (Limited 5.00 : Close 5.00 : Conference Closure Fogarty from their shared Singapore contemporary landscapes that performance and coexistence of laide, the National Arboretum in works are recognised as innovative, Structure is also vital for garden planting design; Planting Green Roofs worked alongside some of Australia’s seats and subject to numbers—see registration 5.15 : Coaches depart for Show Gardens Tour, office, Garden Design Asia. belong where they are. plants in designed plant communi- Canberra as well as many smaller contemporary designs that incorpo- qualities: sequencing, contrast, and Living Walls (2004), with Profes- most noted architects on residential page for booking options); City Circle Tram or Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Andy lectures around the world Bernard was a wonderful speaker ties. He believes, despite climatic projects. All are invested with a rate the sculptural, sensual qualities rhythm, repetition and most impor­ sor Nigel Dunnett, and four books and public projects. His gardens are City Loop Train Spencer St to Parliament Station 5.45 : Drinks and MIFGS Show Gardens Tour Planting the Seeds of Hope and is a published author, journalist, at our 2007 Conference and many differences with Australia, that his poetic expression of the Australian that are fundamental to the human tantly—connection and fluidity with Piet Oudolf, including Planting: regularly opened and have featured (15 min walk to venue); Underground parking at the Melbourne Museum (via Nicholson or 7.00 : Dinner at the Great Hall, Exhibition www.globalgardensofpeace.org broadcaster and an active have sought his return. We are in approach to using natural plant Landscape and contemporary experience of landscape. within the garden. A New Perspective (2013) and on the ABC’s Gardening Australia Buildings, Carlton. Proudly supported by commentator in the international for quite a treat! communities as a template for urban culture. Kathryn sits at the peak of her Miguel works closely with wife Designing with Plants (1999). program. Sam is a regular guest lec- Rathdowne Sts) or street parking BOOK Via Australian Landscape Conference garden design sector. planting design is universal, especi- We look forward to Kate discuss- prof es sion and was aptly termed, and business partner Renate Kastner turer at the University of Melbourne registration form or website. (Non-delegate al ly when resulting in economic, plus ing her extraordinary and inspira- the grande dame of landscape who studied horticulture and land- and elsewhere. partners welcome) DRESS Smart casual. ecological, maintenance techniques. tional work. architecture. scape in her native Germany. 3 4 5 6 GARDEN TOUR FRIDAY 23 MARCH 2018

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Our 2018 tour is a plantaholic’s dream. TRENTHAM GARDEN Swathes of perennials, edibles, natives and Simon Rickard ornamentals are skilfully interplayed in our Celebrating (and perfecting) the art of five beautifully designed Central Goldfields wild style planting, this inspirational town gardens that are complemented en route garden is a cornucopia of living treasures— by the Wombat State Forest and pictur- animal, edible and ornamental! Both wild esque rural landscapes. Book early as and ordered, this expertly designed and numbers are limited (confined to delegates. maintained plant lover’s paradise is a Walking distances of up to 1km). delight to behold.

SATURDAY 24 MARCH 2018 SUNDAY 25 MARCH 2018 ANDY STURGEON BERNARD TRAINOR PROF. CASSIAN SCHMIDT DR KATE CULLITY KATHRYN GUSTAFSON MIGUEL URQUIJO DR NOEL KINGSBURY SAM COX BOLINDA VALE, CLARKEFIELD THE GARDEN OF ST ERTH SPEAKERS’ DINNER Andy Sturgeon is one of the UK’s In 1995 Australian-born garden He is truly the German perennial In 2016, international landscape It is not about flowers. It is not about Good gardens can’t be made if you Noel Kingsbury is the great chronicler Sam Cox Landscape has designed MAIN HOUSE GARDEN The Diggers Club originally To celebrate the inaugural ALC/MIFGS 8.00 – 8.50 : Registration 9.00 – 9.05 : Welcome leading garden designers and has designer Bernard Trainor arrived in master right now and leads the commentator Tim Richardson, in emptiness. It is about shape. Kathryn don’t know and love growing things of contemporary planting design .. natural style gardens in Victoria for Phillip Johnson Landscapes/KML Design created by Tommy Garnett partnership, this year’s Speakers’ Dinner 9.00 – 9.10 : Welcome Warwick Forge, Conference Director received many awards including California and made it his life’s work European Movement for his work on considering the tercentenary of Gustafson and her various collabora­ … we just try to replicate the forms, [and] has been involved in over 17 years. Sam learned his craft Within the majestic surrounds of the his- Cocooned by majestic mountain ash, takes place at the Melbourne International Warwick Forge, Conference Director 9.05 – 9.50 : Professor Cassian Schmidt twice winning the coveted Best in to capture the wild soul of California perennial plantings. —Noel Kingsbury Capability Brown’s birth, queried, tors on two continents bring land­ shapes, mood and manners of twenty books ... on the topic of under renowned landscape designer, torically significant bluestone residence this enchanting property celebrates the Flower & Garden Show. We are delighted to 9.10 – 10.00 : Kathryn Gustafson Inspired by Nature: The New German Style Show award at the Chelsea Flower with gardens that celebrate their As Director of Hermannshof Who are the Capabilities of today? scape architecture back to its most nature. —Miguel Urquijo design inspired by nature and ecol­ the late Gordon Ford, and continues (with a family connection to the Ashes) a traditional art of organic gardening. offer delegates an exclusive, private, after Influences: Including the National Museum of and the Dutch Wave. Show. His modern designs are a setting. Gardens in Germany, Professor The first landscape portrayed in his basic act: that of shaping the land. Visiting gardens with Miguel ogy. Few garden writers are as prolific the philosophies and practices of bare paddock is transformed into an unpar- Despite every environmental challenge, hours viewing of the Designer Show Gardens African American History and Culture and the 9.50 – 10.35 : Andy Sturgeon fusion of traditional, natural Growing up on Victoria’s Schmidt remains at the forefront of article was an Australian garden — —Aaron Betsky reveals a passion for plants devel- or as influential. —Thomas Rainer noted landscape pioneers like Edna alleled nature inspired, integrated and sus- rare plants, espaliered fruit, perennial as an added highlight of the evening. The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain Making the Modern Garden: the history of materials with contemporary Mornington Peninsula, Bernard had planting design, developing signature the Royal Botanic Garden, Cran- Renowned for creating distinctive oped while studying biology. He Dr Noel Kingsbury hails from the Walling and Ellis Stones, creating the tainable wetland and billabong complex. borders and heirloom edibles all thrive professionally designed international standard 10.00 – 10.45 : Dr Kate Cullity garden design as a springboard. styling known for their timeless been fascinated with landscape while methods and using natural plant bourne, Victoria, by Taylor Cullity sculptural landscapes, which engage sums up the challenges of gardening Welsh borders and is well known as a timeless appeal of gardens in the in the forest glade. Café, gift shop and display gardens are the Show’s feature and a Beauty, Aesthetics and Care: Poetic architectural qualities, innovative roaming dunes and beaches and communities as models for Lethlean (TCL), of which Kate Cullity at a fundamental level, Kathryn’s in his Mediterranean climate. writer and lecturer, promoting an Australian naturalistic school. 10.35 – 11.00 : Morning Tea OAK HOUSE GARDEN nursery on site. fitting addition for our conference. Guided tours Expressions of Landscape and Culture planting and sculptural observing plants that thrived despite sustainable, low maintenance plant is a founding partner. form-making practice with terrain Spain has taught the world about ecological or naturalistic approach to Sam’s hands-on approach inte- 11.00 – 11.45 : Miguel Urquijo Sam Crawford/KML Design by plant experts from Warners Nursery will characteristics. He recently told harsh conditions. These deep-rooted combinations, at home in private The Garden Design Journal (UK) frames the art of landscape as a gardening for centuries. There's no planting design. He relishes examining grates both design and construction. 10.45 – 11.15 : Morning Tea Interpreting the Site and Landscape Integration An adjoining, evolving family garden DATE Fri 23 March 2018 TIME 8.15– bring the designs to life through their superior Centurion Magazine, New materials experiences created the foundations gardens and public landscapes. described Kate Cullity as the leading composition, combining complex better model for minimal water use gardens through the lens of art, soci- Designs are based on carefully honed 11.15 – 12.00 : Dr Noel Kingsbury 11.45 – 12.30 : Sam Cox featuring an oak linked to Burke & Wills, 5.30pm (Confirmed to delegates in plant knowledge and design expertise. will always play a role in ringing the for his practice. Along the rugged Hermannshof is a renowned Australian landscape architect. Her elements both visible and otherwise, than the Alhambra Gardens of the ety, politics, philosophy, economics, construction techniques learned Wild Style (Naturalistic) Planting Naturalism in Australian Landscape Design: romantic perennials and roses, reflecting advance) INCLUDES Lunch, refreshments, So join with our speakers for this special changes but after a flurry of Pacific coast of California, he found experimental botanical and trial partner, Perry Lethlean, describes such as light, sound, and atmos- 13th century. He believes sustain- and the wider natural environment. from Ford. Rock placement, earth 12.00 – 12.45 : Bernard Trainor hands on and soft edges pool, natural style lagoon-cum swimming coach, guide, entry fees, garden notes Warners Guided Tour followed by dinner in the stainless steel, plastic and glass echoes of Australia and his gardens garden of 6 acres of parkland. her as, a hybrid designer, part artist, phere. Elegant fluidity and elasticity ability is the future for gardens, with At the heart of his work is his study shaping, and the use of layered and Designing Spaces: with the borrowed 12.30 – 12.45 : Rapporteur hole, double flowered almond walk and DEPART/RETURN Melbourne Convention World Heritage Great Hall of the Exhibition 15 years ago, all the best contemp­ now capture much of the living Evolving over 30 years The New sculptor, botanist, landscape archi­ define her designs. Her form-making indigenous and well-adapted exotic on the long-term performance of group plantings are essential tech- landscape or for place, privacy, and solitude Morning Speakers with Peter Watts historic edible plots harmonised in its Centre, 1 Convention Place, South Wharf Buildings, amidst the Show’s spectacular floral orary gardens I see nowadays rely on spirit and beauty of California. Perennialist says it, set the tect. Where she excels, in all of these practice and the way she shapes plants to create gardens for people, plants in gardens and designed niques for creating these naturalistic COST BOOK 12.45 – 1.00 : Rapporteur broader rural setting. $195 Registration form or displays. Don’t miss this special evening of 12.45 – 1.45 : Lunch natural traditional materials like A cornerstone of Bernard’s benchmark for naturalistic planting hybrid states, is in the beauty of figural terrain is all about movement, wildlife and the environment. Miguel landscapes. landscapes. Sam blurs garden edges Morning Speakers with Peter Watts website CONTACT Jenny Wade t: 0409 world-class garden design, good company 1.45 – 2.00 : Michael Warner, Warners Nurseries, stone and timber as well as concrete. approach is resource conservation. design in Germany blazing new small things and in the crafting and as gestures become drapes on sur- says, by modeling landscapes on Noel is passionate about develop- creating seamless transitions with WOODEND NORTH GARDEN 000 089 or e: [email protected] and conversation at one of the nation’s most 1.00 – 2.00 : Lunch Major Sponsor Andy describes himself as a design He says I aim to be frugal with frontiers with … ecological prowess making of things. faces. Her Diana, Princess of Wales native ecosystems, we are responsi­ ing teaching methods and has run the wider environment. Michael McCoy Bookings subject to availability. Tour may beautiful historic buildings with its breathtaking Reimagining the Urban Landscape 2.00 – 2.45 : Miguel Urquijo junky ... Interested in furniture, set design and materials, stripping away and imaginative artistry ... by leading Kate is a consummate collabora- Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park, ble land stewards. his Rabbit’s Eye View workshop Sam believes his naturalistic be varied or cancelled if circumstances A minimalist natural basalt ground plane dome influenced by Brunelleschi’s 15th century Continental-Mediterranean Gardens: from 2.00 – 2.45 : Dr Noel Kingsbury design, art, architecture, window ornament, focusing on what’s landscape architects, horticulturalists tor, involving all manner of people London, exemplifies this approach He works in Spain’s central plateau in some 12 countries, and with approach can be adapted for stan- change. 75% refund for cancellations Florentine Duomo. Andalucian grandeur to ignoto (unexplored) on arrival contrasts sharply with a dramatic, Women, Men and Gardening dressing and underpinning it all, the essential and logical … seeing how and designers. Seamlessly combining to enrich the design outcome. She, With an assertive and radical with rainfall of 14–20 inches PA, others, developed workshops and dard house blocks and small court- prior to 1 March 2018. No refunds gardening in Castile. secret garden that mystically materialises in DATE Sat 24 March 2018 VENUE Great Hall, 2.45 – 3.30 : Bernard Trainor natural landscape and is increasingly little I can do for the greatest impact. perennials and grasses in myriad loves to tease out a problem, slowly. agenda, Kathryn has led projects scorching summers and freezing teaching materials, with courses yards by distilling a few essential after that date. the landscape. Akin to a living art instal- 2.45 – 3.30 : Professor Cassian Schmidt Planting Design: thoughtful planting strategies interested in garden history as I came in through horticulture … ways ... to replicate natural plant She prefers not to find the answer which continue to challenge the role winters. However, a garden not on MyGardenSchool, a leading elements. Mass and void is a princi- Royal Exhibition Buildings, Carlton (Museum lation, masterfully chosen perennials and Formulaic Mixed Perennial Plantings: new and methods. there is so much to learn from it. hadn’t been exposed to concepts like habitats [and] to use the garden ... right away. The conversation about and meaning of landscape. With over beautiful in summer, is not a beauti­ digital education provider. ple he applies to all design, regard- Entrance) TIME 5.45–6.45 Meet at Museum ways to green our cities Commissions range from private sustainability or, the genius of the for horticultural creative expression. design is actually often more 35 years of distinguished practice, ful garden … in our Mediterranean He has written some 25 books less of scale. Its application creates evergreens thrust skyward and envelope Entry to Great Hall for MIFGS Show Garden 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea occupants in a heady mix of colour and 3.30 – 4.00 : Afternoon Tea roof gardens to iconic commercial place. I figured them out for myself Like the New Perennial Movement, important than getting to the Kathryn embod ies landscape design’s ecosystems … shrubs must be on plants and gardens and is a regular balance and contrast between the viewing, then dinner from 7.00–10.00pm 4.00 – 4.45 : Kathryn Gustafson projects including public spaces and the hard way—made mistakes— Hermannshof lives at the crossroads solution. keen observation and quick reaction, dominant. contributor to many magazines and mass—boulder outcrops, mounds texture. (Museum Entry) COST $125 pp at cost, includes 4.00 – 4.45 : Andy Sturgeon Landscape Architecture in Asia: Including country estates across the UK and and taught myself along the way. of nature and imagination—fusing Her approach has led to many capturing elu sive moments of inter- Structure is essential. We build newspapers. Books of particular and native or indigenous plantings, MIFGS entry and Tour; Set Menu: entrée, main, Sources of Inspiration: ideas and allegories Singapore’s Marina One and Hong Kong’s projects in Russia, Hong Kong, Bernard mines the details of each both to create a living artform outstanding projects that draw action between manmade environ- definition and well­shaped plants. interest include: The New Perennial with voids—pathways, grassed tea/coffee and chocolates, Welcome Drink and for our projects Taikoo Place Rwanda, Europe and the Middle place—its native plants, rocks, soil, rooted in ecological integrity. inspiration from the Australian land- ment and nature. With light intensity, colours fade so Garden (1996) which helped intro- areas, ponds, pools and paved areas. 2 bottles of wine per table of 10. Additional 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur 4.45– 5.00 : Rapporteur East. Andy collaborates with climate, topography, architecture, Cassian’s research at Hermannshof scape –the redevelopment of North Through partnerships of over 35 we rely on interplay between light duce the English-speaking world to The small and experienced con- drinks at cash bar TRANSPORT Optional one way Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Afternoon Speakers with Peter Watts Melbourne based designer Jim culture and history and conceives trial gardens includes plant ecology, Terrace and Victoria Square in Ade- years, in Seattle and London, her and shade and mass and void … contemporary German and Dutch struction team, headed by Sam, has coach transfer MCEC to MIFGS—$15 (Limited 5.00 : Close 5.00 : Conference Closure Fogarty from their shared Singapore contemporary landscapes that performance and coexistence of laide, the National Arboretum in works are recognised as innovative, Structure is also vital for garden planting design; Planting Green Roofs worked alongside some of Australia’s seats and subject to numbers—see registration 5.15 : Coaches depart for Show Gardens Tour, office, Garden Design Asia. belong where they are. plants in designed plant communi- Canberra as well as many smaller contemporary designs that incorpo- qualities: sequencing, contrast, and Living Walls (2004), with Profes- most noted architects on residential page for booking options); City Circle Tram or Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show Andy lectures around the world Bernard was a wonderful speaker ties. He believes, despite climatic projects. All are invested with a rate the sculptural, sensual qualities rhythm, repetition and most impor­ sor Nigel Dunnett, and four books and public projects. His gardens are City Loop Train Spencer St to Parliament Station 5.45 : Drinks and MIFGS Show Gardens Tour Planting the Seeds of Hope and is a published author, journalist, at our 2007 Conference and many differences with Australia, that his poetic expression of the Australian that are fundamental to the human tantly—connection and fluidity with Piet Oudolf, including Planting: regularly opened and have featured (15 min walk to venue); Underground parking at the Melbourne Museum (via Nicholson or 7.00 : Dinner at the Great Hall, Exhibition www.globalgardensofpeace.org broadcaster and an active have sought his return. We are in approach to using natural plant Landscape and contemporary experience of landscape. within the garden. A New Perspective (2013) and on the ABC’s Gardening Australia Buildings, Carlton. Proudly supported by commentator in the international for quite a treat! communities as a template for urban culture. Kathryn sits at the peak of her Miguel works closely with wife Designing with Plants (1999). program. Sam is a regular guest lec- Rathdowne Sts) or street parking BOOK Via Australian Landscape Conference garden design sector. planting design is universal, especi- We look forward to Kate discuss- prof es sion and was aptly termed, and business partner Renate Kastner turer at the University of Melbourne registration form or website. (Non-delegate al ly when resulting in economic, plus ing her extraordinary and inspira- the grande dame of landscape who studied horticulture and land- and elsewhere. partners welcome) DRESS Smart casual. ecological, maintenance techniques. tional work. architecture. scape in her native Germany. 3 4 5 6 Ed Snodgrass REGISTRATION FORM

Please register at www.landscapeconference.com GENERAL INFORMATION or forward this application to: ALC, 2 Kilsyth Ave., GARDENS AND CULTURAL TOURS Toorak, Vic., 3142. ALC WORKSHOP Registration Conference Venue 2018–2019 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition One delegate (plus partner) per form. For each PROGRAM Registration covers the two day additional delegate, copy form and complete. MONDAY 26TH MARCH & conference 24–25 March 2018 and Centre (MCEC), 1 Convention Centre A REVAMPED CONFERENCE! WORKSHOPS TUESDAY 27TH MARCH 2018 includes lunch, morning and afternoon Place, South Wharf, Vic., 3006 Please use CAPITAL letters. While our 2015 Conference was largely This year the conference again offers Please note that workshops may be teas each day. t: 03 9235 8000 one of ideas, our 2018 Conference is invaluable practical workshops including First name ...... added or deleted dependent on bookings. • Early Bird booked prior to 1 December MCEC is the centerpiece for Melbourne’s rather more about nature—including ten classes by leading international plants, living creatures and all those experts plus twelve by popular Austra- Surname ...... 2017 $645.00 per person South Wharf Development and is Noel Kingsbury (UK) Half Day $195 adjacent to and west of the Exhibition inter relation ships that comprise the lians. In an exciting highlight, much • Booked after 30th November 2017 Email ...... ‘The Rabbit’s Eye View’: Understanding Centre (Jeff’s Shed). living garden or landscape. loved previous ALC speaker and world Long-term Plant Performance $695.00 per person Our recent conferences have sought authority Ed Snodgrass provides two Address ...... It is the only Green 6-Star Environment 9–12.30pm mon / 1.30pm–5pm mon Register at: www landscapeconference. new design templates from around roof garden workshops, which include rated convention centre in the world ...... Bettina Jaugstetter (Germany) $125 com or forward your completed the world and steered away from access to the marvellous Burnley Roof and provides best practice in innovation Planning Strategies and Planting registration form to: Sue Forge, ALC, ALC Garden Tours provide special access to Tour 4: 10 Nov–1 Dec 2018 the herbaceous borders of northern Garden. A man of great charm, Ed’s Phone ...... and sustainability with high standards Europe, which reached such heady nursery was the first in the USA to focus Types for Perennial Plantings 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic., 3142 or many private homes, gardens and locations Cuba, Costa Rica and Galapagos for catering and service options. For through personal associations, such as our Tour 5: 1 Dec–6 Dec 2018 heights in the 1990’s. Some designers on green roof plants and he brings huge Name on badge ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon scan and email to [email protected] information visit www.mcec.com.au. special overseas speakers. Colombia looked ahead to new trends involving experience of roofing systems, soil t: Sue Forge 0438 181 578 or ...... Claire Takacs (Australia) $95 great drifts of repeated grasses and mixes, designs, climates, etc. Parking is available and the Centre is They are cultural tours involving local experts Tour Leader: Warwick Forge Light in Gardens and Landscapes: Jenny Wade 0409 000 089 perennials pioneered by nurseryman Claire Takacs is now back from Europe Company name (for name badge) ...... easily reached by public transport. For with a focus upon the unique features of each These four Latin countries comprise some of Maximising the Impact of Images Student concessions are available on Piet Oudolf (the ‘Dutch Wave’), and having been recently described by Noel information on parking, transport and region. Hotels, restaurants and coaches are the world’s ecological hot spots and provide ...... 9–10.30am mon tue the above terms at a 40% discount others commonly known for their ‘New Kingsbury as, the world’s leading garden access visit www.mcec.com.au/ normally 4 to 5 stars. All our guides are very extraordinarily colourful and varied lifestyles. Andy Sturgeon (UK) $125 (conference registration only) for full Details and travel options for these totally Perennials’ and ‘naturalistic’ plantings. photographer. We all know the value of Are you employed in the Horticulture Industry? ...... your-visit/getting-there/ carefully selected for their expertise. Design Q & A time students or apprentices studying absorbing tours available shortly. They have profoundly influenced Europe, stunning photographs and how critical the USA and we have echoes in Australia. they can be to illuminate, excite and sell If yes, in what capacity? ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon garden design/construction, landscape Luggage storage is available at the venue Tour 1: 21–26 May 2018 Have we ever offered such a brilliant a garden and its creator! Cassian Schmidt (Germany) $125 architecture and related disciplines. This on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) London & Environs Tour 6: 10 Feb–3 Mar 2019 How did you hear about the Conference? collection of speakers? We think not, Native gardening expert and media Maintenance Regimes for year, Secondary School students pay a and Sunday. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge Gardens of India: a cultural tour and for the first time, we have 12 personality, Angus Stewart, also fea- ...... Perennial Style Planting Tour 7: 3–10 Mar 2019 special registration fee of $200. Student Delegates must wear name badges This provides a natural extension tour prior to presentations by key international tures, along with tropical garden lumi- 1.30–3pm mon / 3.30–5.00pm mon France. Five nights in London include a visit to Sri Lanka Tour REGISTRATION FEES registrations are not transferrable and at all times during the Conference. speakers and two Australians. Since we nary Arno King. Both are accomplished Angus Stewart (Australia) $95 the Chelsea Flower show and Chelsea Fringe Tour Leader: Warwick Forge student ID and proof of course must be Website have more international presentations, horticulturists, educators, and authors TWO DAY CONFERENCE New Australian Cultivars – Sneak Festival plus access to gardens designed by Following the outstanding success of our submitted at the time of registration and Our website provides extensive they will all be a little shorter but, we who will bring a lifetime of knowledge 24–25 March 2018 Preview: Selection and Maintenance past Conference speakers in London and the 2017 India tour, it is offered again with minor carried at the conference. additional information and is regularly feel, they will all be a good deal punchier. and experience to share with students. pm mon pm tue variations. (See right-hand column) $ ...... 1.30–3 / 11–12.30 country. Brilliant garden writer, historian and Another major change has been the You may choose from a range of For Group Booking applications for 10 updated. Subscribers receive this These are cultural tours with a gardens focus Anna Turner (LibeRATE) (Australia) $95 founder of the Chelsea Fringe, Tim Richardson, partnering of our Conference with 90 minute design and horticultural GARDEN TOUR (see p.6) or more non-concession registrations, hardcopy brochure on publication where developed with special assistance from Aniket Understanding Construction Costs and is our chief advisor and guide. 23–27 MARCH 2018 the Melbourne International Flower workshops from 14 presenters, with 23 March 2018 ($195.00) $ ...... contact [email protected] addresses are current. Bhagwat (brilliant Indian designer at our 2013 Designing to a Budget MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE & Garden Show (MIFGS) which has half day workshops by Noel Kingsbury. or 0438 181 578. Tour 2: 26 May–6 June 2018 conference). 3.30–5pm mon Copies may also be downloaded or MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA seen enhancements with their Show Small, informal, interactive groups offer SPEAKERS’ DINNER (Partners welcome) The India tour is complemented by a one Transfer of Registration to another a hardcopy requested. To subscribe, Gardens of Provence, Gardens in recent years. Our visitors to genuine learning experiences and the Sat 24 March 2018 Exhibition Building Carlton Ed Snodgrass (USA) $125 Paris and the Côte d’Azur week tour of Sri Lanka which is increasingly person is permitted provided the unsubscribe or amend your details, Melbourne may now see MIFGS at their chance to personally engage with pre- (see p.6) ($125.00/person): Green Roof Design and Maintenance Tour Leader: Susanne Forge being discovered for its religious, colonial For extensive information concerning registration office is informed in writing please click on the link at the foot of the leisure, or come on an exclusive Show senters. This is a very rare opportunity No...... × $125.00 $ ...... 9–10.30am tue / 11–12.30pm tue and wildlife heritage. We include visits to the speakers, gardens, Conference and tours, visit Following the London Tour, we journey to Paris Gardens Tour led by Warners Nurseries to meet and learn from leading interna- One way transfer MCEC to MIFGS prior to 1st March 2018. A 75% refund home page. gardens and architecture of Geoffrey Bawa. Kate Cullity/Lisa Howard (TCL) on the Eurostar. www.landscapeconference.com on Saturday evening culminating in the tional and Australian experts. (Numbers is available for cancellations made prior Note: Warwick has a lifelong passion for No...... × $15.00 $ ...... (Australia) $95 If you have friends who may be This is a ravishing tour with special focus on Speakers’ Dinner within the Great Hall of limited—priority booking for delegates The Art of Collaborating to 1 March 2018. After that date, no interested, please invite them to visit the Kashmir and may lead a small extension Special Diet ...... the most beautiful gardens and landscapes of the World Heritage Exhibition Buildings. but open to everyone after 30th Nov, 11–12.30pm mon refunds can be given. tour there if conditions are stable. website and subscribe to our mailing list Provence and the Côte d’Azur. DESIGN The Friday Garden Tour will again be 2017. So please spread the news!) WORKSHOPS Burnley College (See opposite, please Sam Cox (Australia) $95 Professional Development or download a PDF of this brochure. The tour was designed with advice from very popular and 4 of the 5 gardens are Biographies and a synopsis of each Tour 8: 27 May–11 June 2019 tick appropriate box) 26–27 MARCH 2018 ‘You can’t draw this’: Design/Construct CPD points for the conference and Louisa Jones and designers James and Helen not normally open to the public— workshop available via the Workshop Books Spain and Portugal 2019 Synergies in Landscape Naturalism related events are available from various Basson who will introduce the gardens to us. NATURE so book early! Menu on our website. No...... × $95.00 $ ...... A range of new books including many Tour Leader: Warwick Forge 1.30–3pm mon / 9–10.30am tue Susan Worner, a specialist on the gardens of We must mention the unstinting professional associations. by the speakers and workshop leaders DATE Monday and Tuesday 26 and No...... × $125.00 $ ...... France, is our daily guide and tour manager. A 16 day tour of Spain and Portugal is Reconnecting People + Place Andrew Laidlaw (Australia) $95 support of our Sponsors and especially 27 March 2018 TIME 8.45am–5pm No...... × $195.00 $ ...... Accommodation – plus many at special prices – will be being planned. Designing Gardens from the Inside Out Warners Nurseries who are for the third Monday and 8.45am–12.30pm Tuesday The superb location of the Melbourne available for sale at the conference and Tour 3: 28 Oct–3 Nov 2018 11–12.30pm tue time acting as Major Sponsor. (Refer to ALC Workshop Program on TOTAL $ ...... Convention Centre provides delegates on our website. Western District, Victoria To lodge an Expression of Interest, obtain We also acknowledge the support from Mel Ogden (Australia) $95 p.7 for session times) VENUE Burnley with ample choice. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge a Tour Itinerary and for further information, METHOD OF PAYMENT Secretariat advisors and staff who have all worked Campus, University of Melbourne, 500 A Sculptural Practice with Landscape please contact the relevant tour leader: Note: this is a very busy time in The Conference is convened by The Western District of Victoria was long far beyond the normal call Cheque payable to ‘ALC’/Visa/Mastercard) 11–12.30pm tue Yarra Boulevard, Richmond COST $95 / Melbourne which has an increasing Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as praised as a kind of pastoralists’ Garden of Susanne Forge of duty. It is the sum total of all $125 / $195 depending on workshop Arno King (Australia) $95 ______/______/______/______shortage of hotel beds, so please book Australian Landscape Conference Eden. —Geoffrey Blainey [email protected] this support that has made this (see Workshop Program p.7 for details) Turning up the Heat: Using Bolder Form ph 043 818 1578 Conference what it is. Thank you! well in advance. We suggest the following 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic 3142 We are based for 3 nights in Dunkeld and 3 in BOOK via registration form or website Expiry date __ __ / __ __ CVV No. ______and Texture and Addressing Planting Warrnambool visiting some of the most iconic Warwick Forge CONTACT [email protected] or Design Principles in Warmer Climates websites: www.bookings.com, www. ABN 62 092 079 288. MAJOR SPONSOR Warwick and Sue Forge Name of cardholder: tripadvisor.com.au, www. trivago.com.au and beautiful Western District properties, [email protected] 0409 000 089 11–12.30pm tue Follow us on gardens and historic sites. We meet the ph 043 818 2801 www.landscapeconference.com ...... www.wotif.com, www.airbnb.com families who have nurtured and loved these For updated information, see Signature: Arno invites students to bring along a scaled plan Please update our website database Cover images: (Top) Kate Cullity: Royal Botanic Gardens, (A3 or A2) of their garden and photographs for properties for generations. www.landscapeconference.com with your current details Cranbourne. photo: John Gollings (bottom) Kathryn Gustafson: discussion. Bringing tracing paper, pencils, pens 7 8 2 Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London ...... and scale rule will also be helpful.

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Please register at www.landscapeconference.com GENERAL INFORMATION or forward this application to: ALC, 2 Kilsyth Ave., GARDENS AND CULTURAL TOURS Toorak, Vic., 3142. ALC WORKSHOP Registration Conference Venue 2018–2019 Melbourne Convention and Exhibition One delegate (plus partner) per form. For each PROGRAM Registration covers the two day additional delegate, copy form and complete. MONDAY 26TH MARCH & conference 24–25 March 2018 and Centre (MCEC), 1 Convention Centre A REVAMPED CONFERENCE! WORKSHOPS TUESDAY 27TH MARCH 2018 includes lunch, morning and afternoon Place, South Wharf, Vic., 3006 Please use CAPITAL letters. While our 2015 Conference was largely This year the conference again offers Please note that workshops may be teas each day. t: 03 9235 8000 one of ideas, our 2018 Conference is invaluable practical workshops including First name ...... added or deleted dependent on bookings. • Early Bird booked prior to 1 December MCEC is the centerpiece for Melbourne’s rather more about nature—including ten classes by leading international plants, living creatures and all those experts plus twelve by popular Austra- Surname ...... 2017 $645.00 per person South Wharf Development and is Noel Kingsbury (UK) Half Day $195 adjacent to and west of the Exhibition inter relation ships that comprise the lians. In an exciting highlight, much • Booked after 30th November 2017 Email ...... ‘The Rabbit’s Eye View’: Understanding Centre (Jeff’s Shed). living garden or landscape. loved previous ALC speaker and world Long-term Plant Performance $695.00 per person Our recent conferences have sought authority Ed Snodgrass provides two Address ...... It is the only Green 6-Star Environment 9–12.30pm mon / 1.30pm–5pm mon Register at: www landscapeconference. new design templates from around roof garden workshops, which include rated convention centre in the world ...... Bettina Jaugstetter (Germany) $125 com or forward your completed the world and steered away from access to the marvellous Burnley Roof and provides best practice in innovation Planning Strategies and Planting registration form to: Sue Forge, ALC, ALC Garden Tours provide special access to Tour 4: 10 Nov–1 Dec 2018 the herbaceous borders of northern Garden. A man of great charm, Ed’s Phone ...... and sustainability with high standards Europe, which reached such heady nursery was the first in the USA to focus Types for Perennial Plantings 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic., 3142 or many private homes, gardens and locations Cuba, Costa Rica and Galapagos for catering and service options. For through personal associations, such as our Tour 5: 1 Dec–6 Dec 2018 heights in the 1990’s. Some designers on green roof plants and he brings huge Name on badge ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon scan and email to [email protected] information visit www.mcec.com.au. special overseas speakers. Colombia looked ahead to new trends involving experience of roofing systems, soil t: Sue Forge 0438 181 578 or ...... Claire Takacs (Australia) $95 great drifts of repeated grasses and mixes, designs, climates, etc. Parking is available and the Centre is They are cultural tours involving local experts Tour Leader: Warwick Forge Light in Gardens and Landscapes: Jenny Wade 0409 000 089 perennials pioneered by nurseryman Claire Takacs is now back from Europe Company name (for name badge) ...... easily reached by public transport. For with a focus upon the unique features of each These four Latin countries comprise some of Maximising the Impact of Images Student concessions are available on Piet Oudolf (the ‘Dutch Wave’), and having been recently described by Noel information on parking, transport and region. Hotels, restaurants and coaches are the world’s ecological hot spots and provide ...... 9–10.30am mon tue the above terms at a 40% discount others commonly known for their ‘New Kingsbury as, the world’s leading garden access visit www.mcec.com.au/ normally 4 to 5 stars. All our guides are very extraordinarily colourful and varied lifestyles. Andy Sturgeon (UK) $125 (conference registration only) for full Details and travel options for these totally Perennials’ and ‘naturalistic’ plantings. photographer. We all know the value of Are you employed in the Horticulture Industry? ...... your-visit/getting-there/ carefully selected for their expertise. Design Q & A time students or apprentices studying absorbing tours available shortly. They have profoundly influenced Europe, stunning photographs and how critical the USA and we have echoes in Australia. they can be to illuminate, excite and sell If yes, in what capacity? ...... 9–10.30am mon / 11–12.30pm mon garden design/construction, landscape Luggage storage is available at the venue Tour 1: 21–26 May 2018 Have we ever offered such a brilliant a garden and its creator! Cassian Schmidt (Germany) $125 architecture and related disciplines. This on Friday (pre-conference garden tour) London & Environs Tour 6: 10 Feb–3 Mar 2019 How did you hear about the Conference? collection of speakers? We think not, Native gardening expert and media Maintenance Regimes for year, Secondary School students pay a and Sunday. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge Gardens of India: a cultural tour and for the first time, we have 12 personality, Angus Stewart, also fea- ...... Perennial Style Planting Tour 7: 3–10 Mar 2019 special registration fee of $200. Student Delegates must wear name badges This provides a natural extension tour prior to presentations by key international tures, along with tropical garden lumi- 1.30–3pm mon / 3.30–5.00pm mon France. Five nights in London include a visit to Sri Lanka Tour REGISTRATION FEES registrations are not transferrable and at all times during the Conference. speakers and two Australians. Since we nary Arno King. Both are accomplished Angus Stewart (Australia) $95 the Chelsea Flower show and Chelsea Fringe Tour Leader: Warwick Forge student ID and proof of course must be Website have more international presentations, horticulturists, educators, and authors TWO DAY CONFERENCE New Australian Cultivars – Sneak Festival plus access to gardens designed by Following the outstanding success of our submitted at the time of registration and Our website provides extensive they will all be a little shorter but, we who will bring a lifetime of knowledge 24–25 March 2018 Preview: Selection and Maintenance past Conference speakers in London and the 2017 India tour, it is offered again with minor carried at the conference. additional information and is regularly feel, they will all be a good deal punchier. and experience to share with students. pm mon pm tue variations. (See right-hand column) $ ...... 1.30–3 / 11–12.30 country. Brilliant garden writer, historian and Another major change has been the You may choose from a range of For Group Booking applications for 10 updated. Subscribers receive this These are cultural tours with a gardens focus Anna Turner (LibeRATE) (Australia) $95 founder of the Chelsea Fringe, Tim Richardson, partnering of our Conference with 90 minute design and horticultural GARDEN TOUR (see p.6) or more non-concession registrations, hardcopy brochure on publication where developed with special assistance from Aniket Understanding Construction Costs and is our chief advisor and guide. 23–27 MARCH 2018 the Melbourne International Flower workshops from 14 presenters, with 23 March 2018 ($195.00) $ ...... contact [email protected] addresses are current. Bhagwat (brilliant Indian designer at our 2013 Designing to a Budget MELBOURNE CONVENTION CENTRE & Garden Show (MIFGS) which has half day workshops by Noel Kingsbury. or 0438 181 578. Tour 2: 26 May–6 June 2018 conference). 3.30–5pm mon Copies may also be downloaded or MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA seen enhancements with their Show Small, informal, interactive groups offer SPEAKERS’ DINNER (Partners welcome) The India tour is complemented by a one Transfer of Registration to another a hardcopy requested. To subscribe, Gardens of Provence, Gardens in recent years. Our visitors to genuine learning experiences and the Sat 24 March 2018 Exhibition Building Carlton Ed Snodgrass (USA) $125 Paris and the Côte d’Azur week tour of Sri Lanka which is increasingly person is permitted provided the unsubscribe or amend your details, Melbourne may now see MIFGS at their chance to personally engage with pre- (see p.6) ($125.00/person): Green Roof Design and Maintenance Tour Leader: Susanne Forge being discovered for its religious, colonial For extensive information concerning registration office is informed in writing please click on the link at the foot of the leisure, or come on an exclusive Show senters. This is a very rare opportunity No...... × $125.00 $ ...... 9–10.30am tue / 11–12.30pm tue and wildlife heritage. We include visits to the speakers, gardens, Conference and tours, visit Following the London Tour, we journey to Paris Gardens Tour led by Warners Nurseries to meet and learn from leading interna- One way transfer MCEC to MIFGS prior to 1st March 2018. A 75% refund home page. gardens and architecture of Geoffrey Bawa. Kate Cullity/Lisa Howard (TCL) on the Eurostar. www.landscapeconference.com on Saturday evening culminating in the tional and Australian experts. (Numbers is available for cancellations made prior Note: Warwick has a lifelong passion for No...... × $15.00 $ ...... (Australia) $95 If you have friends who may be This is a ravishing tour with special focus on Speakers’ Dinner within the Great Hall of limited—priority booking for delegates The Art of Collaborating to 1 March 2018. After that date, no interested, please invite them to visit the Kashmir and may lead a small extension Special Diet ...... the most beautiful gardens and landscapes of the World Heritage Exhibition Buildings. but open to everyone after 30th Nov, 11–12.30pm mon refunds can be given. tour there if conditions are stable. website and subscribe to our mailing list Provence and the Côte d’Azur. DESIGN The Friday Garden Tour will again be 2017. So please spread the news!) WORKSHOPS Burnley College (See opposite, please Sam Cox (Australia) $95 Professional Development or download a PDF of this brochure. The tour was designed with advice from very popular and 4 of the 5 gardens are Biographies and a synopsis of each Tour 8: 27 May–11 June 2019 tick appropriate box) 26–27 MARCH 2018 ‘You can’t draw this’: Design/Construct CPD points for the conference and Louisa Jones and designers James and Helen not normally open to the public— workshop available via the Workshop Books Spain and Portugal 2019 Synergies in Landscape Naturalism related events are available from various Basson who will introduce the gardens to us. NATURE so book early! Menu on our website. No...... × $95.00 $ ...... A range of new books including many Tour Leader: Warwick Forge 1.30–3pm mon / 9–10.30am tue Susan Worner, a specialist on the gardens of We must mention the unstinting professional associations. by the speakers and workshop leaders DATE Monday and Tuesday 26 and No...... × $125.00 $ ...... France, is our daily guide and tour manager. A 16 day tour of Spain and Portugal is Reconnecting People + Place Andrew Laidlaw (Australia) $95 support of our Sponsors and especially 27 March 2018 TIME 8.45am–5pm No...... × $195.00 $ ...... Accommodation – plus many at special prices – will be being planned. Designing Gardens from the Inside Out Warners Nurseries who are for the third Monday and 8.45am–12.30pm Tuesday The superb location of the Melbourne available for sale at the conference and Tour 3: 28 Oct–3 Nov 2018 11–12.30pm tue time acting as Major Sponsor. (Refer to ALC Workshop Program on TOTAL $ ...... Convention Centre provides delegates on our website. Western District, Victoria To lodge an Expression of Interest, obtain We also acknowledge the support from Mel Ogden (Australia) $95 p.7 for session times) VENUE Burnley with ample choice. Tour Leader: Susanne Forge a Tour Itinerary and for further information, METHOD OF PAYMENT Secretariat advisors and staff who have all worked Campus, University of Melbourne, 500 A Sculptural Practice with Landscape please contact the relevant tour leader: Note: this is a very busy time in The Conference is convened by The Western District of Victoria was long far beyond the normal call Cheque payable to ‘ALC’/Visa/Mastercard) 11–12.30pm tue Yarra Boulevard, Richmond COST $95 / Melbourne which has an increasing Bloomings Books Pty Ltd trading as praised as a kind of pastoralists’ Garden of Susanne Forge of duty. It is the sum total of all $125 / $195 depending on workshop Arno King (Australia) $95 ______/______/______/______shortage of hotel beds, so please book Australian Landscape Conference Eden. —Geoffrey Blainey [email protected] this support that has made this (see Workshop Program p.7 for details) Turning up the Heat: Using Bolder Form ph 043 818 1578 Conference what it is. Thank you! well in advance. We suggest the following 2 Kilsyth Avenue Toorak Vic 3142 We are based for 3 nights in Dunkeld and 3 in BOOK via registration form or website Expiry date __ __ / __ __ CVV No. ______and Texture and Addressing Planting Warrnambool visiting some of the most iconic Warwick Forge CONTACT [email protected] or Design Principles in Warmer Climates websites: www.bookings.com, www. ABN 62 092 079 288. MAJOR SPONSOR Warwick and Sue Forge Name of cardholder: tripadvisor.com.au, www. trivago.com.au and beautiful Western District properties, [email protected] 0409 000 089 11–12.30pm tue Follow us on gardens and historic sites. We meet the ph 043 818 2801 www.landscapeconference.com ...... www.wotif.com, www.airbnb.com families who have nurtured and loved these For updated information, see Signature: Arno invites students to bring along a scaled plan Please update our website database Cover images: (Top) Kate Cullity: Royal Botanic Gardens, (A3 or A2) of their garden and photographs for properties for generations. www.landscapeconference.com with your current details Cranbourne. photo: John Gollings (bottom) Kathryn Gustafson: discussion. Bringing tracing paper, pencils, pens 7 8 2 Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain, London ...... and scale rule will also be helpful.

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