Living walls

I love these living walls on houses in Elwood. I probably missed the autumn best of this house. I like the way the red creeper relieves the austerity of the plain grey house.

This house, backing onto the Elwood Canal, is gradually being covered with creeping fig.

Greenhouse - on the Yarra bank at the foot of the Sandridge Bridge

Greenhouse at Queensbridge Square for the duration of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

Greening where there may be no space for a tree

Balaclava, City of Port Phillip

Richmond, City of Yarra

Lane in Middle Park

The Port Phillip Council has been exploring how to 'green' narrow streets and lanes where it is difficult to plant trees. These are a few examples I have seen in inner Melbourne recently.

Green Wall: ANZ building in Docklands

I absolutely love the green wall on the ANZ building in Docklands which is featured in the banner of Ideas for cities from cities.

I particiulary like the use of ficinia nodosa, or knobby club sedge. This plant is found on the dunes at Port Melbourne and also looks good as a landscape plant in front of the Beacon Cove towers where it has just had a tidy trim.

detail photo: Lyn Allison