Stage 2 Finished at St Macartans, with Stage 3 Under Way

Stage 2 included a series of passive play spaces, garden themed play areas, boardwalks made from saved and reclaimed timbers and a network of seasonal and permanent wetlands.

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St Joseph's Primary School Completed

Richard Bellemo and the RB Landscapes team were excited at the opportunity to design an Outdoor Kitchen Classroom to complement the future landscape of the school. Considering the variety of programs that the School Community desired to integrate through the Outdoor Kitchen Classroom, the challenge for the RB team was to deliver on the design brief in way that would be beautiful, affordable, and sustainably functional.

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Vision for Caulfield Grammar

RB Landscapes has recently finished our proposal for Caulfield Grammar to construct a sustainability learning precinct at their Yarra Junction campus.

The proposal is to create an area where students can learn and put into practice all the processes involved in living a completely self-sufficient lifestyle, requiring no external entities or resources to prosper. Practices such as permaculture, aquaponics, water recycling/management and renewable power are all concepts we have employed in the design of the precinct. The actual construction of the precinct will be completed primarily using reclaimed, recycled and alternative materials.

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Landscape Australia Expo 2011

The Landscape Australia Expo recently invited Richard Bellemo to speak at their inaugural 2011 Designer’s Breakfast. Held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on 1st of September, the two hour breakfast event was established as a private networking function and seminar for landscape designers and architects to meet together and learn from fellow innovators in their industry.

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RB team celebrate opening new office

The RB team have been spending any spare time they get setting up their new office in Kalorama on Mt. Dandenong. So far they have custom built benches and a table from a fallen red cedar they found in Hawthorne as well as building and testing out their own design for a customizable green wall system! Next they plan to develop a rainwater garden and sculptural show piece!

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LAI Landscaping Australia Inc. - Landscape Award of Excellence

Residential Landscape Construction - $75,000 - $150,000
RB Landscapes, Victoria

Presented at the LANDSCAPING AUSTRALIA INC 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE 12 - 14 May 2011 Lachlan's Old Government House, Parramatta.

Takasho Hosts RB Landscapes in Japan

The Japanese story continues to grow for Richard Bellemo Landscapes with Richard Bellemo solely representing Australia as a key speaker at the 2011 Takasho Total Garden Fair in Tokyo, Japan. Personally invited by Takasho CEO and Managing Director, Mr Nobuo Takaoka, Richard was flown across to Japan for five days and given the honour of addressing 600 industry representatives on his experience in creating the outdoor or 'fifth room' in landscape design.

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RB Landscapes Takes Home Six LIAV Awards

As the dust settles on the 2010 Landscape Industries Association of Victoria (LIAV) awards night, Richard Bellemo and his RB Landscapes team are still elated after taking home a staggering six awards.

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RB Landscapes Celebrates Success at Garden DesignFest 2010'

Acclaimed Melbourne-based landscape design and construction business, RB Landscapes, is already making plans for their involvement in the 2010 Garden DesignFest. Held over one busy weekend on 13th – 14th November 2010, this unique bi-annual garden expo offers the general public the chance to view select garden landscapes and meet the designer's behind them.

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RB Landscapes Captures Imagination Of Japanese Garden Empire

When Richard Bellemo started his fledgling landscape and design construction business in 2002, he never expected to be sitting down to lunch with the CEO of Japan's largest garden supply companies 7 years later.

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Quintuple Water Feature Claims
Industry Award for RB Landscapes

RB Landscapes has again been recognised by the Landscape Industries Association Victoria (LIAV) at their annual 2009 awards ceremony with a quintuple water feature receiving top honours in the best 'Feature in the Landscape' category. Up against a number of high profile garden designer finalists, the RB Landscapes water feature drew praise from the judges for its simplicity of design that successfully camouflaged a complex project within a small courtyard space.