As a contributing partner, the Landscape Foundation of Australia is pleased to have supported the development of the IPWEA Green Infrastructure Management Manual. Free download.

Applications are invited for the award of the LFA Ewings Scholarship valued at $20,000. The Scholarship supports highly motivated students or early-career graduates to complete formal studies or undertake a targeted personal development program.

Perth landscape architect & LFA Fellow, Daniel Jan Martin, shares how his animated short film, Jarrah, champions protection of the native forests of Noongar/Perth.

Curtin University, REALMstudios and PLACE Laboratory explore a case study that reveals strong results in water efficiency, biodiversity and cultural expression, offering valuable lessons for designing with Country and climate in mind.

ASPECT Studios and RMIT University show how converting car parks into green podium landscapes can cool campuses, save water and foster social connection. It highlights co-design with Traditional Owners.

LFA is delighted to announce that applications are now open for its research program focused on assessing the landscape performance of Australian projects. 

Sharing Michael White’s 2024 LFA Fellowship Report: Investigating the use of drones and spatial data to assess urban plantings.

Sharing new knowledge through landscape performance assessment of two AILA award-winning urban landscape projects

Sharing new knowledge through landscape performance assessment of two AILA award-winning urban landscape projects

Michael Ewings’ $1 million gift to establish a perpetual scholarship for landscape architectural studies honours a career that reshaped Australia’s urban landscapes—and now invests in the next generation of designers.

Community volunteers, council officers, and LFA have come together to restore Uralla’s Racecourse Lagoon Reserve, part of a nationally significant wetland system.

How can drones help track the performance of green infrastructure at scale? In the first of LFA’s Fellows Interview Series, LFA Ambassador Crosbie Lorimer speaks with landscape architect Michael White about his Fellowship project, Aerial Analytics.

How can digital tools help nature thrive in our cities?

LFA’s 2025 Fellowship has been awarded to landscape architect Steve Mintern to advance the Melbourne Biodiversity Network. His project will develop a public-facing ‘digital twin’ - a tool to map and track the impact of green interventions in real-time. Grounded in equity, ecology, and evidence, this work reflects LFA’s mission to build healthier, more resilient urban landscapes.

Research is underway at UCanberra, led by Dr Gweneth Leigh, RLA, to identify how schoolyard spaces impact adolescents’ specific needs and how their design can foster student wellbeing. The Landscape Foundation of Australia supports as pro bono expert advisors on the project’s Working Group.

The LFA has made recommendations to Infrastructure Victoria’s Draft 30-Year Infrastructure Strategy, calling for green infrastructure to be recognised as essential and proposing minimum on-site green infrastructure requirements for private developments.

We are delighted to introduce Crosbie Lorimer as LFA’s first Ambassador. As an enthusiastic advocate for the Foundation, Crosbie will work closely with the LFA Board to help raise its profile and impact.

The Foundation invites applications from early- to mid-career professionals seeking to advance their expertise, explore/extend leading best practice, test innovative ideas, engage with experts, and position themselves for ongoing leadership.

Their donation targets the Foundation’s ‘Investing in Knowledge’ strategic priority supporting our grants and in-kind support for projects and research that will inform practice and policy development.

LFA is delighted to announce that applications are now open for its research program focused on assessing the landscape performance of Australian projects. 

The purpose and goals of Habitat Solutions align closely with those of the Foundation.