The Woody Meadow Pilot Project came about when the City of Melbourne started to re-evaluate how they can deliver high quality public landscapes which also provide:
- enhanced community engagement with plants and public landscapes
- plantings which are resilient to climate change
- increased plant cover to reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect and stormwater runoff
- biodiversity habitat.
The project was a collaboration between the University of Melbourne, the University of Sheffield and the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. The two project plots are located in Birrarung Marr and Royal Park. The guidelines are intended for use by land managers everywhere.
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