Fiona Harrisson is a Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. In her research the private garden is explored as a microcosm through which to explore larger social, ecological and ethical issues. She was guest editor for Landscape Review on a special issue ‘The Garden as Laboratory.’ She is also a design consultant on public projects and private gardens. At home Fiona is a gardener and fledgling bee keeper.
Fiona Harrisson's Latest contributions
Charles House: A new bush garden
Featuring eclectic combinations of plant species, this garden in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs is an immersive space full of diversity and delight.
Garden as Education: Learning the ‘old ways’ of traditional Mediterranean food practices
A former red-brick housing commission house in the bayside suburbs of Melbourne has been transformed by Mark Dymiotis to replicate the traditional village Mediterranean practices of his heritage.
