esigned by Steve Day, acting Parks and Natural Environment manager for Whitehorse City focused on the physical and mental health benefits of plants in the urban landscape. It was a demonstration of how an urban garden can be inviting, easy to maintain and good for our resilience, which in turn improves our health and wellbeing. It also showed how to improve the resilience of our gardens through plant diversity. When multiple complementary plant species are used — ones that suit the conditions — gardens become more resistant to pest and disease attack, more drought-tolerant and better able to cope with climate change. , presented by Tree & Shrub Growers Vic, and constructed by Outer East Landscape Contractors and ParksWide, won a Silver Show Garden Award.
