ACCENT PLANTS
PLANT PALETTE
TREES
Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’
Banksia serrata
Anigozanthos hybrids
COLOUR SCHEMES
& CONTRASTS
UNDERSTOREY
Xanthorrhoea resinifera & arborea
LOW
SHRUBS
Grevillea juniperina ‘
Gold Cluster’
Westringia fruticosa
‘Grey Box’
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
‘Crimson Villea’
WETLAND SEDGES
Centennial Park & Moore
Park Trust
Project: Celebration Steps
Drawn: M Carle April 2014
Imperatia cylindrica
‘Yalba’
Helictotrichon sempervirens
Liriope muscari
‘Amethyst’
GRASSES
Themeda australis
‘Mingo’
Juncus holoschoen Carex appressa
Carex oshimensis ‘
Evergold’
Ficinia nodosa
* Geometric patterned paving on turfed
terraces.
* Keep balance of turf and paving to create a
rhythmic flow of turf down through terraces
and out onto open space along Willow Pond.
* Use random size pavers to create style of
sandstone flagging with donor tiles placed in
random configurations..
Fly Cast Pond
One way bitumen
road, create a
pedestrian way
Duplicate timber
deck
• Create a continuum flow of understorey
plants.
* Use drought tolerate grasses and plants to
tie both ponds riparian zones to landscape.
Sandstone bench/
plinth
Paving with tiles
Sparrow pecked
sandstone steps
Willow Pond
Extend existing sandstone flagging and
incorporate engraved tiles in random
configurations to create mottled patterns
Turf
Sandstone block wall to inhibit water plant
encroachment into beach area
Sandy beach
Sandstone plinths,
children water dipping
Detail of Beach
Project: Celebration Steps
MATERIAL PALETTE
Turf
Sandstone steps
Paved area
with tiles
Sandstone bench
Beach
Sandstone
plinths
Willow Pond
Beach, children’s tipping & lower paved area
Stone steps and bench samples
Hard surface materials
Hard landscape surface
combinations:
• Sandstone flagging/
engraved stone cobble
• Brick masonry paving,
random sizes/ Brick
engraved tile
• Timber decking/ inlaid
metal engraved plaque
Tile material samples
Random flagging/paving
one medium
Uniform pattern
Potential to add more
‘donor’ tiles as required
Same pattern with inserted
engraved tiles
Potential to use various
palettes to create contrast
and harmonious colour
schemes.
Project: Celebration Steps