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Mary Jeavons was a key presenter at the recent Kidsafe WA seminar Playscapes in Public Spaces in Perth Oct 25, 2012. Marys presentation on the design of public play spaces emphasised ways of adding value to public play spaces in parks, even if budgets are tight. These points are particularly relevant as ways to add value where […]

Zoe has moved on after 8 creative years making a great contribution at Jeavons Landscape Architects. We wish Zoe well with her new project researching Urban Ecology at the University of Melbourne.

Jeavons recently completed two playgrounds in Karratha , Western Australia. The first project, Bulgarra Public Open Space, was part of a Masterplan to improve the play facilities in the reserve. The playground added value to the existing sporting fields, tennis and netball courts. Custom designed play structures and cubbies were constructed by Earthcare, Living Iron and Forpark. The

Sulochi Walisinghe moves to Knox City Council Sulochi has a new position as a Landscape Architect looking after play spaces in Knox, amongst other projects. Sulochi came to us as a new graduate and though we will miss her, congratulate her on her new role.

This newly opened precinct called Growing Wild invites young children, their families and carers into Melbourne Zoo to literally enter the world of the animals – to eyeball meerkats and giant tortoises, climb and explore, dig in sand, look for worms and beetles and play ‘lookout’ like the meerkats on guard. They can try on a tortoise shell for

The UK Health and Safety Executive together with the Play Safety Forum recently published a joint high level statement on risk and children’s play.   It advocates that play is great for children’s well-being and development and acknowledges that accidents and mistakes happen during play. ‘No child will learn about risk if they are wrapped in cotton wool’. In

Zoë Metherell, an associate at Jeavons Landscape Architects, has received the National Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Research & Communications award for her work titled  “A comparative study of freeway planting designs – implications for biodiversity conservation”. This work was a collaboration between Zoë and the Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology and the jury noted that “this research project is an interdisciplinary

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded an Australian Institute of Landscape Architects National Landscape Design Award for the Clifton Hill Project! The judges citation recognised how we “skilfully reclaimed a much loved but badly degraded portion of the public realm along the Merri Creek and have given it a new life as a

An interesting article by Ken Finch, Green Hearts “Risk averse” barely seems to do justice to the expansive fears of our modern American society. “Risk paranoid” might be more accurate. So it’s not surprising that when considering nature play, risk is an often- passionate topic and a frequent roadblock. Naturally, all parents want their children to

Glenallen school have just celebrated the opening of their very special new playground. The school caters to students with a physical disability or health impairment and many of the students are in wheelchairs. The new playground has been custom designed by Jeavons to be accessible to all.  It is a place for learning and play with