Lucy Salt is a freelance writer and landscape architect experienced in local government and private practice settings in Australia and the UK. She lives in Melbourne with her family.
Lucy Salt's Latest contributions
Fostering a meadow mentality
Eight years on from the project’s beginnings, highly adaptable and resilient Woody Meadows are flourishing in urban green spaces with new research attracting fresh partners across Greater Melbourne.
Circling back to circularity
Experiments with bio-based construction materials and innovative phytoremediation techniques could inform new ways of designing with purpose to create a more resilient future.
Dedicated to play: Mary Jeavons
For more than 30 years, Mary Jeavons, founder and co-director at Jeavons Landscape Architects, has championed the importance of play.
Rob Adams: A lesson in city design
As he turns his focus to succession planning, Rob Adams, director of City Design and Projects at the City of Melbourne, sat down with Lucy Salt to reflect on more than three decades of city building.
A New High
Tract Consultants, Melbourne School of Design and the City of Yarra look at how to reinvent languishing main streets.
Converting roads to parks
The challenge of creating new open space where none exists requires lateral thinking.
All eyes on the street: Crime prevention through design
A discussion about crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED).