Design Opportunity with Gardens at Night

Gardens at Night – Sydney’s leading landscape lighting supplier is currently looking for a designer to support the sales team with drawing and design.   Key duties •    CAD drawing •    Receive / dispatch goods •    Assist with lighting design •    Retail / Trade customer assistance •    Telephone   The ideal candidate will have

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MYRTLE RUST – BIOSECURITY MEASURES

Myrtle Rust (uredo rangelii) is an exotic plant pest in Australia that affects plants in the Myrtaceae family. To date, Myrtle Rust has been found within the Central Coast region of NSW on: Agonis flexuosa (Willow Myrtle cv Afterdark and Burgundy), Callistemon viminalis (Bottle Brush), Leptospermum rotundifolium (Tea Tree), Syncarpia glomulifera (Turpentine), Syzygium leuhmanni x

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INTRODUCTION TO WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN WORKSHOP

15 AND 16 SEPTEMBER 2010

Answering your questions about Water Sensitive Urban Design

Are you having difficulty building capacity and commitment for Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) amongst your colleagues and other stakeholders who you work with?

Or are you having trouble gaining senior level commitment for the uptake of WSUD within your organisation or agency –

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Residential Landscape Designer or Junior Landscape Architect

Here is your chance to join Space Landscape Designs, a growing and energetic landscape design company on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Space Landscape Designs is a well established company, creating innovative designs for residential, commercial and swimming pool design.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the following:

Excellent AutoCAD skills and knowledge of

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LANDSCAPE DRAFTSPERSON / ESTIMATOR

ecodesign Pty Ltd is experiencing solid growth within our landscape design and arboricultural consultancy company and we are seeking a full time Landscape Technician to act in a CAD drafting / construction estimator role within our consultancy team.

Ideally we are seeking a candidate who can work Monday to Friday from our Carlingford

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Architectural Product Sales/Account Manager

Eco Outdoor (Brookvale NSW)

Eco Outdoor, a market leader in external flooring & walling solutions, is looking to fill a sales position based in our Brookvale showroom which involves supporting our business development team as well as driving sales within the showroom.

To join our young and dynamic team will have proven experience and

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AILA TALK

Peter Walker FASLA, is an internationally renowned leader in our profession with over 50 years of experience in practice and teaching. He is one of the most awarded Landscape Architects in practice today. He is Senior Partner with his firm PWP which is working on a range of major projects both in Australia and

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Friends of the Gardens’ Spring Events

Growing Friends’ Spring Plant Sale at Mount Annan Botanic Garden Saturday 4 September, 10am–3pm Free after Garden entry

The Garden Clubs of Australia’s Diamond Jubilee: Friendship Through Gardens Saturday 11 September Hear about the Club’s achievements over 60 years

Buzzwords on Bees Friday 17 September Hear from professional apiarist Eric Whitby.

Borneo Tour

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AILA Workshop

Achieving Living Street Trees - Planting to Ensure Longevity of Urban Trees

1 July 2010

This workshop will focus primarily on tree planting in highly urbanised streets of the city. This includes ensuring sufficient soil root volumes, allowing for gaseous exchange, providing optimum structural health and vigour of the stock supplied, and allowing good pedestrian

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The Perfect Plant

The Australian Institute of Horticulture’s 50th anniversary celebration

Celebrate this special occasion with Jonathan Garner, MAIH, a practising horticulturist and principal of Puddleton Gardens.

Jonathan will discuss and demonstrate the specific skills required to establish water-efficient specimen trees and shrubs that are picture perfect.

Topics covered will include the aesthetic and economic benefits, tools

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