WEB RESOURCES
Browse our collection of some of the web links that have informed this project
Grasslands: Biodiversity of south-eastern Australia aims to introduce and build an appreciation of the unique biodiversity of south-eastern Australia’s endangered temperate native grasslands
Dr Judi Earl explains some of the identifying features of Kangaroo grass (Themeda australis) as well as its benefits to native pastures.
GrassBase – The Online World Grass Flora) is a web-based database of grasses, continually maintained and updated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The authoritative database of Australia Grasses - that evolved from the CSIRO original Flora of Australia Books
A historic gem by Fred Turner, who surveyed Australian grasses at the turn of the century, noting how much damaged had been done to native grasslands back then.
Friends of Grasslands ('FoG' for short) is a Canberra based community group dedicated to conservation of natural temperate grassy ecosystems in south-eastern Australia. FoG advocates, educates and advises on matters to do with the conservation of grassy ecosystems, and carries out surveys and other on-ground work
Grasslands was a site-responsive installation at the State Library of Victoria that aspired to recreate the pre-settlement grassland that once stretched across Melbourne, using the information and networks within the library itself. Grasslands was included in the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2014
Grasslands was a site-responsive installation at the State Library of Victoria that aspired to recreate the pre-settlement grassland that once stretched across Melbourne, using the information and networks within the library itself. Grasslands was included in the Melbourne International Arts Festival 2014
Native grasslands are under threat world-wide, just as we’re waking up to their environmental worth
Piet Oudolf’s planting shows evolutionary progression – where the open meadows move into areas where shrubs and small trees are taking shape, then onto more wooded walkways.
Baracco and Wright Architects collaboration with artist Linda Tegg, filled the Denton Corker Marshall-designed Australian Pavillion with more than 10,000 plants, including 65 different Victorian grassland species to create the Repair exhibit at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.
These gardens and meadows were a success in 2012 but more must be done to secure their legacy
If pollinators designed gardens, what would humans see? An interactive garden design tool for creative minds.