Past AILDM Seminars
Saturday, 19 June 2010 - MelbourneTopic: Using Australian native grasses in landscaping - Why? How? What can go wrong?
Australian native grasses are very popular for use in landscaping owing to several factors. Firstly, they can look spectacular, secondly, they are well adapted to local conditions and if used in the correct locations will persist and perform for many years, and thirdly, they require little maintenance once established.
This seminar presentation looks at a selection of Australian native grasses that suit landscapes in southern Australia, it presents information on how they grow, when they grow, how large they become and where they are best used. The presentation will go well beyond the use of the most common types of grasses - Tussock grass (Poa labillardieri) and Fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) to show off some of the other grasses that are useful in urban and urban-fringe landscaping including native lawns.
A number of common errors made in job specifications will be shown and suggestions made as to how these can be avoided and client satisfaction increased. Issues such as appropriate seed mixtures, planting rates, species lists, sowing methods and maintenance periods will be discussed.
Ian Chivers
Ian has been involved with native grass seeds for in excess of 25 years. In that time he has bred grasses, researched into them, sown, managed and harvested crops and established Native Seeds P/L the largest seller of Australian native grasses. He continues to undertake research, often through projects developed in conjunction with Australian Universities, and leads the technical development of the native grass seed industry in Australia.
He manages his own seed production enterprise based in South Gippsland, Victoria where he is converting a dairy farm into a seed production operation. In doing so he has to apply all the skills learnt over the past decades.
Topic: Department of Primary Industries Weed Spotter session
Look, see and feel Victoria's State prohibited weeds and learn what to do if you see these high risk invasive plants. AILDM members have the opportunity to reduce the threat of new high risk invasive plants becoming naturalised and impacting on Victoria's environment, economy and social values. This is a follow up from last years AILDM weedspotter training and represents a good opportunity to see these plants close up and in real life and is the best way to refresh your memory.
Saturday, 22 May 2010 - Melbourne
Concrete Pool Design and Natural Pool Filtration Systems
Rob Meloury has extensive experience in pool design and will be presenting an introduction to concrete pool design. He will outline the structural and aesthetic design considerations such as paving modules, interior finishes, material recommendations, pool equipment advances and requirements, siting a pool in the landscape, fencing regulations, engineering principles, budgetary considerations, recommendations on pool builders and trades to undertake pool construction and associated works.
Ian Boulter from Aquaviva will discuss the use of natural pool filtration systems. Traditional pools use chemicals to keep the water free from algae and other impurities. Chlorine is used in most pools (also in salt chlorinated pools) and more and more people, especially children, have developed allergies and eye irritation from some of these chemicals. Imagine swimming in a pool with the water quality of a mountain stream: no chemical additives just the simple elegance of pure water and fun.
Ian Boulter from Aquaviva will discuss the use of natural pool filtration systems. Traditional pools use chemicals to keep the water free from algae and other impurities. Chlorine is used in most pools (also in salt chlorinated pools) and more and more people, especially children, have developed allergies and eye irritation from some of these chemicals. Imagine swimming in a pool with the water quality of a mountain stream: no chemical additives just the simple elegance of pure water and fun.
Saturday, 10 April 2010 - Sydney
Garden Visit & Members Get-together
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Tuesday, 9 March 2010 - Sydney
Professional Developement Seminar
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Tuesday. 23 February 2010 - Brisbane
Ruiwen Kong From Cement Concrete & Aggregates of Australia
Saturday, 20 February 2010 - Melbourne
AILDM Meet and Greet
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 - Sydney
AILDM Triple Header - This is our annual and very popular seminar, AGM and dinner
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 - Melbourne
The Latest in High Brightness LED Technology and
Green Roofs - The Australian Experience
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Saturday, 10 October 2009 - NSW
AILDM goes to the Blue Mountains...a visit to the garden and house of AILDM President, Arthur Lathouris.....sustainable living in action..
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Tuesday, 29 September - Brisbane
Design Focus Seminar
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Saturday, 19 September 2009 - Melbourne
Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne – The Australian Tour
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Wednesday, 9 September 2009 - Sydney
Eco Outdoor open evening
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Saturday, 22 August 2009 - Sydney
AILDM ANNUAL DINNER 2009
design awards presentations
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Saturday, 15 August 2009 - Melbourne
AILDM Round Table is a seminar by members for members
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Saturday, 20 June 2009 - Melbourne
Revegetation Techniques and Case Studies
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Wednesday, 17 June, 6.30pm - Sydney
Latest in high Output LED landscape lighting & Energy Smart Design from Gardens at Night
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Tuesday, 9 June, 6.00pm - Brisbane
Timber Queensland, AON Insurance & MIFGS comes to Brisbane
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 - Melbourne
Turf - Uses and Varieties
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Thursday, 14 May 2009 - Sydney
Landscape Designer Success
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Saturday, 18 April 2009 - Melbourne
Treated Greywater & Irrigation Systems
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Tuesday, 10 March 2009 - Sydney
Professional Development – Improving Your Practice
Inspiration & instruction for landscape designers & contractors
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Tuesday, 3 March 2009 - Newcastle
Landscape Designer Success
Inspiration & instruction for landscape designers & contractors
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Wednseday, 24 February 2009 - Brisbane
Loretta Maitland of ME Lighting will be speaking on current trends and future directions for lighting.
Robert Percy of Aspley Nursery will be showcasing a range of new and different plant species
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Saturday, 21 February 2009 - Melbourne
Department of Primary Industries Weedspotter Training - Introductory Level
AILDM has organised for the DPI to provide members with introductory Weedspotter Training.
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22 November 2008 - Melbourne
Establishment and Selection of Trees
Choosing high quality planting material that has been professionally nurtured into advanced sizes will greatly improve planting success, reducing ongoing maintenance and landscape management costs in the longer term. During this seminar a general discussion will be presented which outlines the importance of matching site conditions with plant selection (physical soil properties, soil chemistry issues etc), identifying the characteristics of good planting stock (shoot:root ratio, formative pruning, calliper width in relation to height etc) and the importance of good establishment techniques (soil additives, growth enhancers, irrigation schedule etc). This will be followed by a tour of the Nursery and an introduction to some of the select varieties of trees grown by the team at Speciality Trees.
Hamish Mitchell - With a passion for trees in urban environments and a career that spans 25 years in amenity horticulture, plant management and development, production and plant marketing.
Ben Scoble - As Sales Manager at Speciality Trees, his straight-forward hands-on approach, passion for all things green, natural talent for sales and leadership ability has been fundamental in achieving significant business milestones in a relatively short period of time.
11 November 2008 - Sydney
Landscape Designer Success
Helen Young - Winner of AILDM Plantscape Award 2008 and ABC 702 gardening personality. Newspaper columnist and regular contributor to many gardening magazines
Julie O'Connor - Creative designer with experience in both rural and city gardens and currently landscape and garden researcher for Network 7's "Better Homes and Gardens"
Catherine Stewart - Longtime AILDM board member but never a bored member. Award winning writer with articles in many of the top gardening magazines and industry journals. Catherine is currently writing a book about Sydney's suburban gardens.
Notes available in Members Area
14 OCTOBER 2008 - Melbourne
Sponsor Seminar - Eco Outdoor
How to Specify High Quality and Exciting Paving and Walling products
Hayden Dyt, Victorian Business Manager from Eco Outdoors will take us through the ins and outs of specifying to achieve a high quality project using a range of paving and walling products.
17 May 2008 - Melbourne
Stormwater/Rainwater collection & Management
RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS
Speaker - Brent Papadopolous, Sustainable Plumbing Solutions Pty. Ltd.
RAINGARDENS
Speaker - Ruth Czermak, Botanical Traditions Pty. Ltd
19 April 2008 - Melbourne
Grey Water - Implimentation/cost/Regulations
GREY WATER SYSTEMS
Speaker - Brent Papadopolous, Sustainable Plumbing Solutions Pty Ltd
GREY WATER AND THE GARDEN
Speaker – Ruth Czermak, Botanical Traditions Pty Ltd
15 March 2008 - Melbourne
Landmark/Ozcad on Vectoworks Software
Training for this product will be coming to Melbourne later in the year.
The Good, The Bad and the AILDM Gurus (27 November 2007 - Sydney)
We all started out in the landscaping business with a dream of where we were going. But did you get there?
Our three speakers have all gone in directions they may not have imagined when they began. They will describe how they started out in garden design and discuss the successes and perhaps some of the failures in their careers. Plus they'll discuss how they found their new direction and how, no matter what you do in the gardening world, your skills as a designer or garden manager are always relevant and worthwhile.
Dean Boone - Dean is not just a TV guru.
Andrew Davies - Andrew is an extremely creative and passionate designer.
Debbie McDonald - From gardener to garden designer to assistant Editor of the ABC's Gardening Australia magazine.
All three have worked hard to achieve their success and all three have so much knowledge to impart..... our own AILDM gurus.
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Designing with Vectorworks (17 October 2007 - Sydney)
This CAD software which has created so much interest on the forum will now be presented to members at a special workshop for AILDM members run by Vectorworks at there office in Rosebery, Sydney.
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A Morning at the Chelsea Flower Show (15 September 2007 - Melbourne)
Our second Melbourne Seminar
Mark Browning , Cycas Landscapes
Designer of award winning garden at the Chelsea Flower show 2007
Silver Gilt Medal
Chris Webb, AILDM Member Victoria
Winner of the Fleming’s Student Design Competition 2006
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Landscape Designer Success 10 - Business (24 August 2007 - Sydney)
Presentation:
1. An overview of the insurance package recently negotiated with our new provider AON
Speaker Ashling Duane - Account Executive AON Risk Services Australia
• introduce AON to members
• detail the services provided by AON
• detail cover offered in policies AON is offering through AILDM
• provide some examples of previous claims
• address any member concerns regarding insurance provision
2. Planning for Business and Business Growth - Speaker David Baumgarten of Clearly Business
3. A talk by member Adrian Swain about how he set up and manages a thriving practice which now
employs 6 people.
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FIRST Seminar held in Melbourne (12 May 2007 - Melbourne)
Thank you very much to those who were able to make it to the FIRST AILDM Seminar in Melbourne. The event ran very well, the turnout was excellent and I hope everyone enjoyed the speaker Steve Watt from Metro Trees.
Over 80% of Victorian members indicated interest in out first seminar and nearly all of those were able to get there on the day. We had some guests and Chris Miller the President down from Sydney so we had 21 in total. The feedback and enthusiasm was very positive and we hope to build on this event. This has been an excellent start. The common call from all members has been that "nothing every happens in Victoria". Well something is happening now so please make every effort to come along if you can. For the members from out of Melbourne - extra thanks for the effort.
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Landscape Designer Success 09 - Lighting (3 May 2007 - Sydney)
An illuminating afternoon presented by Blair Thomson from Gardens at Night.
Blair started his career in the nursery industry working in and running nurseries in both NSW and VIC. He then studied lighting design and is currently a technical member of The Lighting Society of Australia and New Zealand. For the last 7 years Blair has been a director of Gardens at Night. Blair will cover topics such as:
Considerations of a lighting design
Lamp types and sources
Fitting selection
Installation
Lighting Control
Blair will run through a couple of project case studies with images of different lighting effects. This will allow you find out what effects are possible.
Members can read notes from this seminar in the Members Area of the AILDM website.
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Landscape Designer Success 08 - PLANTASTIC (February 2007)
An inspiring afternoon presented by three very passionate and successful AILDM designers as well as some new plants presented by our sponsors Alpine and Colourwise Nurseries. Peter Nixon – 2005 AILDM design award winner and DGN Guru Margery Postlethwaite – 2005 AILDM design award winner Michael Cooke - Experienced, creative designer and passionate plantsperson.
Members can read notes from this seminar in the Members Area of the AILDM website.
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Landscape Designer Success 07 (October 2006)
Inspiration & instruction from prominent landscape designers & Contractors
DA Submissions – A Local Government Perspective
Gavin McConnell – North Sydney Council
Ben Richards – Canada Bay Council
‘An Introduction to BASIX for Landscape Designers’
Craig Hardy – Local Certifiers Pty Ltd
Stephen Hardy – T P House
Members can read notes from this seminar in the Members Area of the AILDM website.
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Landscape Designer Success 06 (May 2006)
Presentations By:Peter Bachak – Osmosis Designs & Tony Ferguson
Designer/Client & Designer/Landscaper communications David Bambridge – The Gardenmakers
The best materials to choose for any situation especially in tricky areas Charlie Herbert - Chief Timber Inspector Forestry NSW
Know what timber to specify for your designs Ashley Evans – Eco Concepts
Materials from Eco Concepts
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Landscape Designer Success 05 (November 2005)
Inspiration & instruction from prominent landscape designers & Contractors
Mary Atkins - public speaking expert
Greg Kay - professional business coach
Matthew Cantwell - Secret Gardens Landscape Design & Construction
Dean Boone - Distinctive Gardens Landscape Design & Construction
Members can read notes from this seminar in the Members Area of the AILDM website.
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Landscape Design Technology & You (June 2005)
Using Technology to improve efficiency in a landscape design practice Simon Ginns Presentation
Members can read notes from this seminar in the Members Area of the AILDM website.
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DA Workshop (March 2005)
Preparing Development Applications for Local Council
BEING PLANNING SAVVY - Karen Staunton Ross, Landscape Designer
DAs from the Council Perspective - Mark Eriksson, Pittwater Council Landscape Architect
Hints & Help - Angus Bruce, Pittenridge, Shrinkfield & Bruce
Electronic Media - Erron Holden, Green Iguana Landscapes
Members can read notes from this seminar in the Members Area of the AILDM website.
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Landscape Consultancy Practice, Profit and Growth (June 2003)
Establishing your business, marketing your services whilst avoiding feast or famine, building the consultant-client relationship, expanding the business
Members can read notes from this seminar in the Members Area of the AILDM website.