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.
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.
Wednesday, 16 May 2018: Interested parties are invited to participate in establishing Living Labs in your regions to broaden the trials under Which Plant Where.
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Thursday, 3 May 2018: While plant selection is often influenced by multiple factors, ‘bulletproof’ plants are often used because they have performed consistently in the past. But past performance is no indicator of future performance. Water availability, extreme temperatures and disease all pose threats of failure, especially when only one or two species are planted in an urban green space.
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Monday, 30 April 2018: Which Plant Where scientist Dr Renee Prokopavicius was interviewed on ABC Pacific Mornings on her views on the green cities agenda and how we can make our towns and cities cooler, greener and more liveable with plants.
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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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