Rosie Halsmith is a landscape architect and design educator based in Walyalup (Fremantle). She is a lecturer in landscape architecture at the UWA School of Design and a consultant in design, engagement and communications.
Rosie Halsmith's Latest contributions
Considering small practice
Joel Barker (See Design Studio), Greg Grabasch (Brave and Curious), Jane Irwin (JILA), Dan Plummer (Plummer and Smith), Kaylie Salvatori (COLA Studio) and Marti Fooks (Fooks) discuss the ins and outs of small practice with Rosie Halsmith.
Remaking lost connections
In Australia’s south-west, an ambitious landscape restoration project seeks to undo some of the damage of 200 years of land clearing, strengthening social and ecological networks and linking isolated islands of biodiversity.
Botanical pursuits #3: Fiona Harrisson
A three-part interview series exploring how design practitioners are engaging with biodiversity at the scale of the garden. Fiona Harrisson is a senior lecturer in landscape architecture at RMIT University, a practising designer, a contemplative teacher and a passionate gardener.
Botanical pursuits #2: Christina Nicholson
A three-part interview series exploring how design practitioners are engaging with biodiversity at the scale of the garden. Christina Nicholson is founding director of Perth-based landscape architecture studio Banksia and Lime and a lecturer at UWA School of Design.
Botanical pursuits #1: Robyn Barlow
A three-part interview series exploring how design practitioners are engaging with biodiversity at the scale of the garden. Robyn Barlow is a landscape architect and horticulturist based in Melbourne.
Collaborating on Yawuru Country
Developed in 2010, the Yawuru Cultural Management Plan aimed to guide the management of Yawuru land and waters in Western Australia’s Kimberley region as one interconnected cultural system.
Cultivating connections: Oral McGuire
Oral McGuire, community leader, cultural burning practitioner and traditional Ballardong Nyungar landholder, discusses the role of traditional land and fire management practices in regenerating Country.
