OUR WORK
Culture Streets Event, Burwood 2024
Burwood Road, the vibrant heart of Burwood, recently transformed as part of Burwood Council's Culture Streets initiative. For two weeks, six parking spaces were reimagined as a dynamic outdoor parklet, enhancing the area's lively atmosphere.
The parklet featured modular and raised decking, stylish benches, and an abundance of planters, bringing a refreshing touch of greenery. This thoughtfully designed space came to life both day and night, creating an inviting, communal spot for all to enjoy.
Floating Lawn and green infrastructure, Mildura 2024
Langtree Mall, located in the heart of Mildura, is a central hub much like many town plazas across Australia—lacking in greenery. Recognising the importance of reintroducing nature into the urban core, the Mildura Rural City Council and Mildura City Heart sought a solution that would bring lush greenery to the area while remaining within budget.
Our innovative Turf Trays provided the perfect solution, allowing the city to install a large-scale lawn directly over the existing pavers. The design cleverly integrates with the mall’s unique “crazy paving,” which represents the Murray River. We engineered modular paving that seamlessly passes through the lawn, maintaining this iconic river system's continuity.
One of the standout features of the lawn is its internal irrigation system, housed within the tray reservoirs, which efficiently wicks water upwards to keep the grass lush. Another key advantage is the minimal disruption to the underlying surface—no excavation is needed. Should maintenance be required, the modular trays can be easily separated using a pallet jack.
Thanks to research in partnership with the University of Technology Sydney, we anticipate that on days exceeding 36°C, the lawn will be 12-14°C cooler, making the space significantly more comfortable for visitors.
Free Standing Green Arbour - Ipswich 2024
Future Village recently installed an innovative, freestanding green arbour for Ipswich City Council—marking a world first in its design. The arbour is fully adjustable in length, allowing it to seamlessly navigate around existing services and signage, offering a flexible and practical solution for urban spaces.
The primary purpose of this arbour is to mitigate the urban heat island effect by providing much-needed shade, encouraging pedestrian traffic, particularly toward the nearby hospital.
The system utiliSes our wicking planters, which serve both as structural supports and as a growth medium for the plants that will eventually cover the arbour. In the interim, shade cloth has been installed along the center to offer immediate relief while the plants mature. Additionally, solar-powered festoon lighting has been incorporated to enhance safety and visibility at night.
Swinburne University 2024
Swinburne Uni wanted to soften and add some more green infrastructure to their campus and they needed to be in line with their corporate colours and existing furniture. We delivered some decking sun beds as well as planters, desk and seating modules.
Guildford plaza laneway rebuild. 2024
Built for Cumberland City Council as part of the Safer Cities NSW funding we developed final concepts through to construction drawings and then were the lead project manager on construction. We also designed a new free standing circular stage and seating zone. Smart bin, charging station, CCTV, lighting as well as new hard and soft landscaping.
Marvel stadium floating decks. 2024
Friends of Fire restaurant wanted access to outside dining at Marvel Stadium. To gain this they needed to have a decking enclosure that could be moved on large events, whilst having to meet the high levels of design required by the stadium. We developed a movable wall system to work with our modular decking to create the dining and bar space.
Watsons Bay modular parklet. 2024
Modular street parklet for cafe in Watsons Bay combining hinged decking system surrounded by Plantabarriers. First time we have used colourbond cladding providing a high quality finished parklet taking up one car space.
Canley Vale Street parklets. 2024
Combining our transportable Pergola Parklets with the modular decking and Plantabarrier system we placed two street parklets (taking up 2 car spots each) along Canley Vale Road. Vinyl artwork applied to all exterior. Solar lantern and festoon lighting as well as our new DDA compliant hardwood picnic benches.
Lakemba Women's Rest Centre 2024
Part of NSW Safer Cities Canturbury Bankstown council wanted to provide an outside space where women and children visiting the rest centre could relax in a safe environment.
We designed and built this small urban parklet directly onto a garden bed. Contains chalkboard for kids and Decking Sun beds and Raised planters to relax.
City of Sydney planters 2024
Working with the City of Sydney and architectural firm GPW we developed the new City of Sydney planter range including water reservoirs, a seat as a water storage tank and wicking beds. Testing different finishes and planting techniques the planters are being trialed over 2024 on George St in the city.
The Entrance 2024
A popular tourist destination this town's foreshore is a primary gathering spot. With a recently renovated tourism office the Central Coast Council wanted to improve the aesthetics of the pedestrian crossing between the office and local cafes. We supplied GRC pots with wicking as well as sandstone logs.
Modular parklet. Collins St, Melbourne 2024
Combining our Plantabarrier system with our new modular decking we designed this premium parklet for the resturant The George. We chose materials that complemented the local architecture.
Lakemba Gillies Reserve 2024
Temporary seating structure placed on sloping grassed ground. Composed of Decking Sun Beds, Modular Decking, Tree planters, Furniture and disability ramps.
Urban Heat Island mitigation study 2024
Conducted with the University of Technology and funded by the NSW Chief Scientist our floating gardens were chosen to assess their capability to reduce Urban Heat Island effect. We ran trials in Parramatta and Auburn CBD. Results showed that the gardens reduced temperature by 12-14 degrees on days over 35 Celcius as well as had further benefits. Further information can be found here
Little Collins St Melbourne 2024
Modular parklet placed in Little Collins St for local Pizzeria. Two large issues that had to be overcome included covering over an maintenance hole that needed to be accessed as well as shallow guttering requiring a redesign of our modular decking to design a new low profile deck 90mm high that could allow free flowing stormwater.
Gosford central 2023
Central Coast Council, as part of the Safer Cities NSW Govt funding, wanted to revitalise William Street Plaza to provide greater site lines through the mall as well as make the space more attractive for the local community. We designed two tiered seating and garden areas as well as retrofitted water saving into current planters.
McKeon St 2023
Following on from a 6 month trial for Randwick City Council the local community requested a permanent closure to McKeon Street in Maroubra. We designed, commissioned and project managed this build including new bespoke furniture and canopies, local indigenous artwork, planters and stage.
Lane Cove Parklet 2023
Lane Cove Council refurbished the Longueville Rd at Lane Cove, widening and repaving the footpath. Council requested a parklet alcove with high backing. We designed our new raised stainless steel small planters, 700mm high, that bolt together to create a continuous planter chain to protect public from vehicles.
Cardiff town centre 2023
The town of Cardiff, part of Lake Macquarie City Council planned installation of four parklets as well as street and tree planters. We used four People Parker Pergolas and combined with plantabox planters.
Road Parklets - Liverpool 2023
Liverpool Council, as part of Streets as Shared Spaces, revitalised Railway St in Liverpool City Council. We designed three different themed road parklets. One for school children, one for outdoor dining and another for meeting and eating.
World Pride 2023
As part of Sydney's World Pride a major event site was Carriage Works. Two zones were needed, One for an exclusive indigenous area and another for an outside gathering zone known as Marri Madung Butbut. We were commissioned by DPLR to design and install.
Mini Parklets Brighton Le Sands 2023
Bayside Council developed a plan to update Bay St and part of that was to increase green and seating space. We designed two min parklets, one in full shade the other in part shade.
Gladesville 2022
Lindsey St, running off main thoroughfare was closed to traffic and converted into a public space as part of Ryde Councils "Streets as Shared Spaces". Shade and noise cancelling from canopies on large Plantaboxes, street plantaboxes, solar powered water feature, decking performance space and bench seating was incorporated into the zone.
Flora St, Sutherland 2022
In conjunction with Sutherland Shire Council we designed outdoor dining on both sides of the road. To the north we used two People Parkers Pergolas intermixed with Plantabox decking, seating, tables and planters. To the south were three Plantabox Pergolas with open deck areas. The Pergolas and decking areas lit with a mixture of fairy lights and LED strip lighting. All vertical surfaces skinned with local indigenous artwork.
Powder Coated range of planters launch 2022
We tweaked the designs of our Plantabox planters to create a range of powder coated boxes. Each panel is separate to enable access if damaged. All still include water reservoirs and wicking. Frame is hot dipped galvanised steel with plastic tub. All made in Australia.
Maroubra Beach 2022
For Randwick council designed and built the road closure of McKeon St. A mix of composite decking, raised decking, staging and synthetic grass as a base. Large, street and tree plantaboxes intermixed with GRC planters, umbrellas, games and kids area.
All part of NSW Streets as Shared Spaces.
Campsie 2 spot parklet 2022
Canterbury Bankstown City Council is revitalising Anzac Mall in Campsie. We designed and built over 2 rear to kerb parking spaces a parklet comprised of seating, raised decking, large planters and ramps.
Newcastle open space activation 2022
Along Darby St, there was a public space that had become dilapitated and not used. We designed and built a raised seating area, floating lawn built on top of wicking and water reservoirs and a stage with backlit facading. Colours chosen to match new mural.
Newcastle Deck 2022
Darby St is one of Newcastle's most known cafe strips. Council wanted to increase their outdoor dining footprint. With Council we designed a 44m stretch where we bridged onto the footpath with the decking trays giving a 3.4m width to the deck. We then framed with sandstone logs and adjusted GRC planters with wicking and water reservoirs.
Bathurst Native Garden 2022
As part of the NSW Streets as Shared Spaces, we co-designed a number of gardens that reflected shrublands, grasslands and wetlands and the indigenous plants of the area that are found here. We built the gardens directly onto the asphalt and concrete and helped join a main street to an adjoining car park.
Auburn Youth Centre Pop up Park 2022
On a stretch of car spots, in front of the local youth centre, we designed a pop up park to provide an area to sit and socialise. Mixing turf and garden trays with decking and planters and a Canopeé for lighting at night.
St Mary's 2022
Penrith Council activated 6 consecutive car parks along West St in St Mary's. We designed and then installed over one day a mix of large planters, tree boxes, turf trays and decking. On completion of the activation community feedback resulted in the park continuing on site
Sydney Olympic Park 2022
Joining forces with Canopeé we installed a demonstration pop up park highlighting the value of greening grey spaces.
A combination of decking, native grass and turf trays, seating and planters.
The Bee Hive 2022
Canterbury Bankstown developed community micro-rooms. We won the tender to develop an educational room informing the community about beneficial insects and how to attract them to your garden. Our design was based on hexagonal walls and planters enabling indigenous plants, native stingless bee hive and information to be portrayed in a fun and engaging manner.
Kingswood 2022
Penrith council provided multiple activations around Kingswood. Part of this was the provision of 3 car spots being turned into an area for the public to gather.
The designed parklet included a mix of edible and aesthetic plantings.
Good Vibes Granville 2022
The Granville Good Vibes festival closed South St for 9 days. We designed and then provided all seating, plantings, planters, trees, decking and furniture. We also organised all ambient lighting.
Install was completed within one day.
Launch of our hanging baskets, Bondi Junction 2022
Waverley Council requested hanging baskets to be placed within Bondi Junction, however commercial hanging baskets that did not require daily watering and maintenance were not available. We spent 4 months in R&D developing a spherical hanging basket that contained a water reservoir and wicking system. We also designed a universal hanging arm to allow the baskets to be hung on any pole diameter, from aluminium to timber. The result is these beautiful hanging baskets, that can take up to 56 plants and only need watering twice a week in hot conditions.
Skyparks Bondi Junction 2022
The Skyparks project was a trial funded by NSWDPE and Waverley Council to trial emerging green products for roof tops. Of the 3 sites Plantabox was given the Bondi Junction Westfield carpark to create a pollination park. Beautifully designed by Alex Georgouras from Common Grounds we worked with Alex to bring his ideas to life. Remnant native plants used in both turf trays and tree boxes with decking and turf, Sheet metal facading and sides.
Pop-up parks for community 2022
Mornington Peninsula Council closed down their main street to celebrate summer.
We designed and supplied four pop up parks. Two placed on roads and the others on the side walk to bring seating, shade, greenery and a hosting spot of buskers. They stayed for 2 months with the result that one parklet became permanent.
Train station greening 2022
The area directly beside Blacktown train station was void of low greenery and lacking seating. The layout was not attractive to foot traffic.
We worked with council to remove fencing, then simply brought in some freestanding Large and Small plantaboxes, seating and umbrellas to help soften the built environment.
Bespoke Seating 2021
Our creative team was commissioned to design a bespoke seat and performance area for Blacktown City Council.
We used FSC sustainable Australian hardwood, LED strip lighting, power outlets, Water fountain and feature plus native plants to design and build this unique space for Blacktown.
Bondi Beach festival activation 2021
Bondi Beach's famous winter festival requested that they wanted to create a zone for the launch, performances and public to gather that provided seating and greenery in a temporary feature. Designed around the concept of sand dunes we incorporated seating natives and grass areas.
Campbelltown Queen St activation 2021
Designing with council we created a half road closure that incorporated grass areas, decking, public seating, kids playground and shade canopies to help revitalise this main street.
Blacktown Plaza 2021
After having installed a hugely successful park in this space council and ourselves wanted to redesign to provide more shade, separate the kids area from smoking and reduce turf wear. This project saw the first use of the double canopies.
Mornington Peninsula Council, Rosebud activation 2021
The council wanted to explore placemaking at Rosebud and asked us to supply, install and maintain the pop-up green infrastructure for their project.
We designed two small parklets that were installed in January, with project extensions for 4 months.
Coogee Bay Street activation, Coogee NSW 2020-21
WINNER
2021 PLACE LEADERS AWARDS - SMALL SCALE PLACE PROJECT
We worked with Randwick council to placemake 150 of Coogee Bay Rd. There were a number of challenges from change of this main road from 2 to 1 lanes, keeping parking numbers, educating the public, pedestrian and disability access and understanding local businesses needs. We then designed, project managed and installed.
Cabramatta Chinese gate activation 2020
Fairfield council wanted to mark the 'return to normal' after covid lockdown by activating the main gateway into Cabramatta. Bringing Plantabox Turf into a space devoid of greenery provided the perfect instagram back drop.
Event activations. Northern Beaches NSW 2020
Northern Beaches council activated street zones at Dee Why, Monavale and Newport over 3 consecutive weekends to help increase local patronage for businesses. We designed the spaces, built pallet furniture incorporating Plantabox Turf, Rope bollards, disability ramps and Small Plantaboxes and installed.
Permanent portable park VIC 2020
Roberts Avenue in Horsham has a wide pedestrian paved sidewalk. Council wanted to green this area without the large cost of excavation and infrastructure. We designed, built and installed a park that would be permanent but could also be moved if required. Full watering and wicking systems built in to conserve water and limit maintenance.
Town Square, Kogorah NSW 2020
Portable Pop-up Park designed and built into the Kogorah town square to help provide cooling and increase community usable space. The park was then relocated in 2021 to Hurstville and is still in use.
Bespoke park, Wollongong 2020
The brief was to design a bespoke park that had no straight edges and typography that could be built with no excavation. We incorporated the wicking and drainage features then designed and built from scratch. Seating, that also complied with Covid specifications, as well as designed and built 40 plant drums with wicking using recycled 200l steel drums.
Meek Street, Kingsford 2020
With the building of the light rail down Anzac Pde Meek street was terminated. Minor activation was on this site until the rail completed then pulled down. Randwick CC asked us to design and bring in some temporary installation and colour. We changed the Plantabox tree facading, brought in a solar fountain and seating.
Lithgow St greening Campbelltown 2020
Campbelltown council was looking at ways to provide greenery and more seating to this street. We worked with their team to design the space and build gardens directly onto the road using our process in Wollongong.
Small plantaboxes for streets, Dee Why NSW 2020
Pittwater Road is the main arterial road for the northern beaches. Around Dee Why there is no greenery along the footpaths and the whole area a greyscape. Street planters were requested so we installed Small Plantaboxes to help green this zone.
Patrick Plaza. Blacktown City Council 2020
The plaza usage was that of loitering, drug dealing as well as being a large heat trap. The council wanted to placemake the area to change its usability, make it inviting without major construction expense. We were brought in to consult, design and construct this portable park. Public access to adjoining local transport hubs, mall entrance way and local businesses whilst creating an inviting and cool place for the residents to come were the main design criteria.
Portagrass Display Plot Guangzhou China 2019 ongoing
A display plot of Portagrass Sportsturf was assembled in Guangzhou in 2019 to display the product to the dynamic Chinese market.
The plot has tested locally used sportsturf varieties on the surface and tested local operating procedures. The plot is performing well giving a sports surface suitable for international football.
Garden of Enchantment, Canberra 2019
Initial placemaking undertaken in conjunction with the Canberra City Renewal Authority. Construction and rental of purpose designed and built themed garden - Garden of Enchantment, Canberra CBD.
Including gardens of tulips and annuals, pond, bridge, meadow grass area, curved gravel path, tunnel, kids magic garden, kids rolling mound, insect hotel, lawn areas, bench seating, sculptures and light features.
The garden was popular with the public and was heavily used. Organised events on the garden included book readings, music workshops, face painting, dance performances, buskers and Friday weekly discos.
To see the ACT CRA survey results from garden usage visit here
Wollongong City Council, Pop-up Parks 2018-20
This project brought living colour and natural cooling via installation of 3 Pop-up Parks along Crown Street Mall.
They were designed to engage with the community and visiting shoppers.
The installation continues to be updated with music, storage space and lighting added
Floriade, Tunnel, Beatles Sculpture and Fountain 2018
Floriade requested help to activate their festival as they required new ideas to engage with their patrons.
Three major pieces of work were undertaken from design, construction and install.
These included a major entrance tunnel with a themed sound and lightscape, a piazza (including fountain, seating and gardens) and a sculpture. These zones became key elements of Floriade 2018
Canberra CBD: City Renewal Authority, 2018
The City Renewal Authority partnered with us to conduct a trial of the new Pop-up Parks natural grow system.
The aim was to bring living lawn and flowers to the city CBD that would provide an area for people to relax and children to play.
The combination of Plantabox flower beds and the Plantabox Turf mature lawn gave an instant green boost plas an activation zone to the City CBD during their spring.
Fed Cup Tie Canberra 2018
The Fed Cup ties between Australia and Ukraine was played on the Portagrass court in Canberra. The court surface was measured at high quality flatness and ball bounce.
Floriade, Portable Garden Beds 2016-19
From our work designing the Drop-in Cricket Pitch and Portagrass Court the 2015 Floriade approached us to find a solution to increase their tulip beds coverage. We designed and developed specialised outdoor Plantaboxes.
In 2016 large scale production of boxes allowing 800m2 of mature tulips and annuals to be showcased. We then designed lifting and tilting frames.
We continue to install and maintain boxes for Floriade; the largest flower show in the southern hemisphere.
Davis Cup Ties Melbourne and Sydney 2016
David Cup ties were played on Portagrass portable court in Melbourne and Sydney in 2016 in the high profile international tournament.
Portable Tennis Court 2015-18
A Portagrass Court is owned and maintained by Tennis Australia. The court is used when hosting international tournaments where arenas may not have grass courts.
The court was first installed in 2015 in Queensland, since then for tournaments in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
We manage the move, install and removal of the court for each event.
