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, 3 April 2019: Ever wondered how can we better select plants and trees to make our cities greener, cooler and more resilient? How can we help industry and governments adapting to the challenges of rampant climate change? Now it is your time!
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Saturday, 2 March 2019: Radio Skidrow discusses the impacts of climate change-induced heat stress on street trees and how that will change the kinds of trees planted in our streets...
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Friday, 15 February 2019: The research trials underway at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury campus were showcased this week on popular television program Gardening Australia as host Josh Byrne toured the greenhouse heatwave and drought trials for the Which Plant Where project.
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Wednesday, 30 January 2019: One of the big challenges is a changing environment, posing a simple question with perhaps a not so simple solution – as our climate changes, which horticulture species will thrive, or struggle, in future Australian urban areas?
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Friday, 14 December 2018: To uncover the real-world performance of the plants that will thrive in a more varied and uncertain future means we need to test them in the field. Our Living Labs are field plantings of trees and shrubs, in urban locations across Australia.
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