Landscape architect Nathan Burkett has won the gold medal at the Melbourne international Flower and garden show. 25th March 2015. The Age Fairfaxmedia News Picture by JOE ARMAO Photo: Joe Armao

A local landscape architect has won gold at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.

Nathan Burkett, of Wonga Park, took out one of four top awards for landscape and floral design at the 20th annual show on Wednesday for his entry, "Equilibrium". He also walked away with the Mark Bence Construction Award.

Burkett's unique garden features dramatic Ficus Hillii hedging, a custom-designed fire pit and a cantilevered arbor that wraps around the perimeter.

Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show event director Greg Hooton said Burkett's winning design was a standout entry. "Nathan's use of plants, his finish from a construction point of view was exceptional, and it just all came together in a really great presentation of an outdoor living area," he said.

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Equilibrium is centred around two "living pergolas" - five-year-old deciduous Plane Trees grown horizontally to mimic an organic roof. Burkett said the specially grown trees were symbolic of the overall design, which celebrates a "return to using greenery and plantings as the true hero of the space".

"We have used an abundance of greenery and plantings in the garden to create structure and symmetry, which in turn allows us to deliver an architectural aesthetic in a soft, welcoming setting," he said."This garden has a lot of subtlety in the finer detail, you almost have to first step back to take it all in and then step forward to appreciate the smaller touches."

The design awards marked the first day of the five-day international garden show that is expected to draw more than 110,000 horticultural enthusiasts to Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens.

Event manager Kathleen Rushford said the standard of entries this year was outstanding. "We are so impressed with the calibre of designs in both the Great Hall of Flowers and Show Garden Avenue this year," she said.

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The public can get a look at changes proposed for the Royal Poinciana Plaza at 2 p.m. April 7.

On that date, Samantha David, head of plaza manager Up Markets, architect Daniel Kahan and landscape architect Keith Williams will informally present the plan in the lecture hall of the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach, 311 Peruvian Ave.

In an application for Landmarks Preservation Commission review filed Friday, Kahan and Peter Papadopoulos, his Smith and Moore Architects colleague, described the proposal for the 12-acre plaza. It would restore all existing stucco trim, decorative transom grilles and metal work; replace all windows with aluminum impact-resistant ones; add new patios and gathering areas in the central courtyards; add new driveways; and enhance the landscaping by adding seasonal flower trees and citrus trees to the parking lots and courtyards, among other changes.

There is no charge to attend but reservations are required.

For reservations, call 832-0731.

The landmarks board will get a formal look at the plan at its April 16 meeting. That meeting starts at 9:30 a.m. and takes place in council chambers at Town Hall.

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How does the production of energy combine with a regions culture to affect the urban landscape?

That will be the topic of a talk by Wes Michaels, a landscape architect from Louisiana State University, at the University of Houston. The talk begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Room 101 of Cemo Hall.

Michaels is co-founder of the LSU Urban Landscape Lab, which researches the ecological and cultural relationships in urban areas, an outgrowth of the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

The talk, which is sponsored by UH Energy and is free and open to the public, will address biofuels and wind power, as well as water infrastructure and how energy production affects the distribution and management of shared resources.

To attend, RSVP to sacoates@UH.edu or call 713-743-6100.

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WHEN: 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 25

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Since 1911 the Landscape Architecture program at SUNY-ESF has been educating practitioners and teachers, designers and planners, advocates and policy makers who have devoted careers to a viable, sustainable integration of natural and cultural communities.

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The annual San Francisco Flower and Garden Show is just around the corner and the School of Landscape Architectures ASLA Student Affiliate Chapter has designed yet another striking garden that we expect will be a highlight at this years show.

Designed by a dedicated BFA and MFA design duo, Eric Arneson and Nahal Sohbati began their design process in August of 2014 which is based upon contrast, transition, and balance. Sublimation is defined as the transition of a substance directly from solid to gas without passing through the intermediate liquid phase. In this installation Sublimation is redefined in the gardenscape by emphasizing the transition from solid to void and from hard to soft. Stones, gabions and bold specimen plants are juxtaposed by an ethereal sculpture, epiphytic green walls, flowing grasses, and other vegetation that thrive in the California coastal climate. Circulation throughout the garden will be a sublime experience of contrasting elements resulting in artistic harmony.

Over the course of the past few weeks, the ASLA Student Affiliate Chapter has been hard at work creating elements such as a wood serpentine bench that will serve as the focal point of the design, testing full-scale mockups of stacked gabion cages, and building the sculpture piece that will create the illusion of lifting the solid base of the garden well beyond the confines of the space.

The San Francisco Flower and Garden Show serves as a platform for exhibits by landscape architects, designers, and students from around the nation who wish to showcase their creative design process from concept to reality in a very short period of time. Over the course of five days, innovative landscapes complete with sculpture pieces, fountains, waterfalls, seating areas, native and exotic plant material, and a great deal of passion and dedication completely transform the San Mateo event Centers large barren shell and vast concrete floors into a variety of garden oases.

The show is open to the public for one week, March 18th 22nd and is host to more than 5-acres of designershowcase gardens. Additionally, there are a full range of seminars, exhibits, and demonstrations that provide opportunities to learn about landscape design and innovation, gardening, growing and preparing garden-fresh food, designing with flowers and creating livable outdoor spaces.

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The entranceway and visitor centre at the Te Kopahou Reserve on Wellingtons south coast has won the New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects George Malcolm Supreme Award for its outstanding design and execution.

The award was presented at the NZILA annual conference in Rotorua on Friday evening.

Wellington Mayor Celia Wade-Brown says the award is a fine tribute to the huge amount of painstaking work over the past few years to transform the entrance of the former Owhiro quarry into a beautiful and popular gateway to Te Kopahou Reserve.

The overall project was led by Wellington City Councils senior landscape architect, Charles Gordon. Council architect Carlos Gonzales was instrumental in creating the visitor centre building.

Mayor Wade-Brown says anyone who remembers the "very unpleasant industrial landscape" at the western end of Owhiro Bay Parade after the closure of the quarry and its takeover by the City Council in the late 1990s will celebrate the transformation.

"It was a blasted, potholed area, pretty much devoid of any vegetation, and it was dominated by a very large and ugly workshop building.

"Now the area is truly attractive. The landscaping and planting has had time to become established and the quarry building has been repurposed in a highly creative way to become a busy and popular visitor and interpretive centre.

"The entranceway is a great introduction to anyone who wants to walk to Pari-whero - Red Rocks - and it complements all the work being done to replant and landscape the former quarry itself."

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The Te Kopahou Reserve project undertaken by the Wellington City Council successfully demonstrates a sensitive and balanced response to an old resource site (quarry) that is now highly valued for its natural setting.

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