Finding new opportunities for urban green space for the cities of tomorrow.
Testing landscape plants for suitability and opportunity now, tomorrow and in decades to come.
Which Plant Where is about selecting the right plants for the right urban space with an eye on the future.
Dr Prokopavicius is training our research assistants how to measure thermal and drought tolerances of horticultural plant species for the WPW project. @MQBiology @westsyduhie @Macquarie_Uni @Hort_Au @NGI_NEWS #climatechange #WomenInSTEMM #urbangreening pic.twitter.com/ZW7bSRtZIH
— WhichPlantWhere (@WhichPlant) April 9, 2018
The Which Plant Where program is a five-year series of research that will find out where current favourites are unlikely to thrive under the more extreme climates that Australian cities face, learn from past successes, and stress-test major landscape species to find opportunities for new species and varieties to be planted.
Friday, 23 March 2018: Hort Innovation recently filmed this explainer video with researchers Assoc Prof Marco Amati of RMIT, Prof David Ellsworth of Western Sydney University and Leigh Staas of Macquarie University.
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Wednesday, 8 November 2017: The research team visited growers in the greater Melbourne area to better understand which horticultural practices are currently used for the production and supply of plants and how these can affect plant growth, tolerance to drought and heat, as well as post-planting success...
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017: Professor Michelle Leishman leads the Which Plant Where at Macquarie University and recently presented the overview of the Which Plant Where project at the Treenet Conference.
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Thursday, 3 August 2017: Urban flooding represents the most common yet severe environmental threat to cities and towns worldwide. Future changes in rainfall extremes are likely to increase this threat, even in areas that could become drier.
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Tuesday, 11 July 2017: The new International Convention Centre is a living example of careful plant selection and integration with the amenities and buildings of the new centre. And the rooftop garden is really something!
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