38 Westbury Street are taking part in the 10th edition of Open House Weekend, where people visit significant buildings and sites across the city to learn about how the built environment and urban planning initiatives and issues influence our culture… Continue Reading →
We are very proud to be involved in Sustainable House Day this Sunday September 11, 2016. Our Green Roof will be open to the public along with other homes and gardens around Australia who have all done amazing things to… Continue Reading →
It is almost one year since our roof garden arrived and the growth has been significant. The exposed soil is disappearing under green foliage. The winter rains have reduced the need to use our irrigation system. Our winter vegetable boxes… Continue Reading →
Summer has ended and Autumn is here. Our summer veggie box produced an enormous amount of tomatoes and basil. On the weekend we prepared the soil for the next season. Our communal compost bins are on the ground floor so… Continue Reading →
We needed to think like a child to address potential climbing hazards on our Green Roof.
Life is good on the roof and the community is coming together to look after this gift. We now have tables and seats and plants that wave to us in the wind.
The Botanist who designed our amazing green roof finally got to see the fruits of his labour when he visited us last week.
We are proud to acknowledge The Yalukit Wilam Clan of the Boon Wurrung people as the traditional owners of the land on which this building stands and we respectfully recognize elders past and present.
Fytogreen has a wonderful botanist, Erik van Zuilekom, who designed the plants on our roof. Our main objective was to have a natural indigenous landscape designed to be as self sustaining as possible. The only aesthetic instruction was a meadow… Continue Reading →
