Stuart Pittendrigh ‘Solving botanic puzzles: The selection, planning, production and placement of plants for Barangaroo Reserve.’

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Thursday, 24 March 2016 - 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Stuart, landscape architect, will describe how a passenger-ship terminal has been turned into a headland park for Sydney. His background and training is in Horticulture, Landscape Design and Arboriculture. With 48 years practice experience and a notable project base he retains a hands on approach to landscape design, project direction / involvement and education. Stuart appears regularly as an expert witness in court matters which is founded on many years of experience in broad aspects of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture and Arboricultural matters. Stuart has been involved with Barangaroo Reserve since April 2011, and now that the project is completed will continue at the request of the BDA to monitor and report monthly for the next two years on the site establishment and maintenance works carried by the appointed contractors.

Stuart will talk about working with Peter Walker a well-regarded Landscape Architect from California and the celebrated firm Johnson Pilton Walker, Landscape Architects from Sydney to develop a former shipping container wharf and passenger ship terminal into a new head-land park for Sydney.