Australian Ecosystems (AE) was engaged by Development Victoria as principal landscape contractor for the delivery of Carnboon Park at Riverwalk in Werribee.

Delivered across four stages, the project brought together a broad range of landscape construction works, including playgrounds, shelters, seating and BBQ facilities, concrete pathways, extensive rockwork and indigenous planting. AE’s involvement across the full program provided continuity as each stage of the surrounding residential precincts was delivered.

Carnboon Park covers more than 8,500 m² and has been designed as an important open space for the growing Riverwalk community, incorporating an adventure play area and space for recreation, gathering and outdoor activity.

The project is a good example of Australian Ecosystems’ broad landscape construction capability, bringing together hardscape, structures, play, planting and public open space within a single project. Working closely with Development Victoria and Outlines Landscape Architecture, the team delivered the landscape elements as an integrated package rather than as separate scopes.

Today, Carnboon Park provides Riverwalk residents with a substantial new area of public open space at the heart of the neighbourhood.

The Saltwater Coast Estate Project was completed by Australian Ecosystems (AE) acting as principal landscape contractor for Aveo Group at Point Cook. The project showcases our broad capabilities and vertically integrated services. Australian Ecosystems constructed the parkland reserve and wetland landscape, and we finished construction works at the end of 2019.

AE completed a variety of formal landscaping works including paving, edging, steps, rock work, installation of concrete seat walls for the amphitheatre, design and construction of a timber board walk, seats, goals posts, bollards and picnic setting. We also supplied and installed of over 5000m2 of Instant Kikuyu Turf and over 9000m2 of hydroseeding using our own equipment. We planted and guarded the wetland plants in the constructed wetland, supplying plants from our native plant nursery.

The wetland has been designed to intercept, retain and treat large volumes of stormwater from the estate and surrounding areas, and to filter out pollutants and improve water quality. The wetland delivers additional benefits including urban cooling, habitat for local wildlife, and public amenity. The results have been outstanding with the site being awarded PC by Melbourne Water and council without defect. We are currently working through a 2 year contract to maintain all elements of the project. The site has under 5% weed cover and over 95% survival rates of all plantings, and is delivering beautiful public amenity for the Point Cook Community.

AE also performs landscape and garden maintenance at Saltwater Estate in Point Cook. The scope of works includes the maintenance of nature strips, trees, garden beds, reserves and wetlands that make up the Saltwater Coast. We perform nature strip maintenance, weeding, trimming vegetation and keeping paths clean. We maintain the estates garden beds, fertilising, mulching, pruning and managing weeds, pests and diseases. The Australian Ecosystems crew also performs daily rubbish and green waste removal.

Australian Ecosystem’s employs qualified horticulturists and landscapers who specialise in weed identification, so we not only keep paths and patios weed free, but we identify and remove undesirable weeds from waterways and wetlands to ensure they stay healthy. We also proactively replace under-performing plants with stock from our native plant nursery in Bangholme.