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  • Biophilia – Integrating Nature into our Lives
  • This is not a Photo of a Verge Garden
  • Could Verge Gardens be the Leaders in Cooling our Streets?
  • Why street trees and why native verge gardens
  • Verge Gardens and Active Transport
  • Welcome 2023 – Will it be the year for biodiversity?
  • Verge Gardens for Advocacy
  • ACF Brisbane Northside Verge Garden Project
  • Verge Gardens for Advocacy Project Launch
  • Car Parking and Verge Gardens
  • Lessons from the Rain and Flood
  • Nature Strips – Biodiversity and Habitat in the Burbs
  • Maintenance of Verge Gardens
  • Financial Benefits of Verge Gardening
  • 10 Tips for Creating a Trouble-free Nature Strip
  • Feedback from Passers-by
  • Council versus Resident-planted Verge Gardens
  • But what about neglected verges?
  • Why your verge should include flowers
  • Plants on my Brisbane Nature Strip
  • Can Councils and Residents Collaborate to Create Green Streets?
  • Activity: What I saw on my walk
  • April 2020 Survey
  • Survey Results – March 2020 – Pedestrians and Verge Gardens
  • March 2020 Survey
  • February 2020 Survey Results
  • What’s So Special about Verges and Nature Strips?
  • The Most Important Equipment for Walking in the Suburbs
  • February 2020 Survey
  • January 2020 Survey Results
  • January 2020 Survey
  • Verge Gardens, Community Gardens and Other Models
  • Street Tree has its First Trim
  • Street Trees need Verge Gardens too
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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country and their continuing connection to land, waters and community. We pay respect to their Elders past and present and to the pivotal role that First Nations Peoples continue to play in caring for Country across Australia.