Founder, Principal Landscape Architect and Horticulturist
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Ruth Czermak attended Burnley University where she gained a Bachelor of Science in Horticulture, she still has the privilege of using much of the information and understanding developed in those years every day. While at University she started a small landscape design business and then shortly afterwards a retail Nursery in Brunswick. Unfortunately, the drought took hold at this time and she scaled back her business and focused on obtaining a Masters in Landscape Architecture. After finishing University and as the drought began to break she was fortunate enough to be involved in some amazing sustainable projects including Raingardens in School, a Masterplan for a Solar Power Test facility located in central Victoria and the Masterplan of Station Domain area in Maryborough. These challenging early projects allowed her to expand her skill set. |
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| Member | Competition and Awards |
Playground and Recreation Association of Victoria (PRAV)
Boardmember, Fellow and Past President Australian Institute of Landscape Designers and Managers (AILDM)
Published Designs Outdoor Design and Living,’Going Native’, No 21, June 2010 Garden Gurus (TV) Segment on Raingardens, Jan 30th, 2010 Gardening Australia, December 2009 Victoria’s Best Pools and Backyards Designs, No1 - 2008 Outdoor Design and Living Edition, 'Design Innovation', No. 13 - 2006 Backyard Design Ideas Edition 4.5 Outdoor Design and Living, No12 - 2005 Stonnington Leader and Melbourne Weekly |
Commendation, Learning Environments Australasia, Victoria Chapter Awards 2020 Gold Award Landscape Design, Educational/Institutional/Playspace, AILDM National Awards 2019 Best in Category Winner, Landscape Design, Educational/Institutional/Playspace, AILDM National Awards 2018 Gold Award, Landscape Design Silver Award, Commercial Educational Division, AILDM National Awards 2016 Awarded a Fellowship of AILDM 2014 Gold Award, Commercial Division, and Best in Category Award, AILDM National Awards 2013 Highly Commended Landscape Victoria Awards 2011 Constructed Project Under $500,000 Finalist AILDM National Awards 2011 Residential Project Under $50K LIAv Victorian Landscape Awards, Highly Commended - Commercial Construction Under $500,000 - 2011 Finalist AILDM National Awards 2010 - Commercial Project AILDM National Competition 2009 - Highly Commended in Commercial Sustainable Landscape Design Category Growing Up! - Design for Rooftop Garden in CBD Melbourne - 3rd Place |
| Published Articles | Industry and Other Presentations |
Childcare Australia, ‘Creating the Perfect Workable Playspace’, No. 1 - 2020 Landscape Outlook, 'Awards Night President's Speech', No. 72 Summer - 2018 Landscape Outlook, 'Allan Correy Award', No. 72 Summer - 2018 Landscape Outlook, 'Where Are We Going?', No. 71 Spring - 2017 Hidden Design Festival, 'Foreword', Queensland 2016 Hidden Design Festival, 'Foreword', New South Wales 2016 Landscape Outlook, 'Are You Career Ready', No. 67 Spring - 2016 Landscape Outlook, 'Landscape Graphics - Australian Standards', No. 45 Autumn - 2011 Landscape Outlook, 'Botanical language', No. 43 Spring - 2010 Waterwise Gardens, No 7, ‘Local Heroes’, 2009 Landscape Outlook, ‘Kangaroo Island Dreaming’, No. 37 Autumn - 2009 Green Garden and Home, Shades of Grey’, No. 1 - 2008 Waterwise Gardens, No.2 - 2008 Melbourne Living Annual 2008 Landscape Outlook, ‘Grey Water’, No. 29 Autumn - 2007 |
2013, Landscape Outlook - Issue 52 - Summer 2010 May - SGA, Rooftop Gardens - The Challenges 2010, January - Guest Panellist NGIV Event, Representing the view of the Landscape Architect 2009, June - AILDM, Revegetation Techniques 2009, Landscape Outlook, Garden Design Fest 2008, Published in Autumn 2009 Issue 37 2009, Landscape Outlook, The Growing Up Competition, Published in Winter 2009 Issue 38 2009, Landscape Outlook, AILDM News, Published in Winter 209 Issue 38 2008, Oct - Practically Green Sustainability Festival, Case Study - Integrated Water Management 2008, Aug - PRAV, Rainwater, Tanks and Sustainability in Early Childhood 2008, May - AILDM, Integrated Water Management 2008, May - Darebin Council, Sustainable Homes Program, ‘The Nitty Gritty of Greywater in the Garden’ 2008, April - AILDM, Landscape Design and Greywater 2008, Borondoora Council, Surrey Hills Sustainability Night, ‘Domestic Rainwater Harvesting’ |
| Teaching Experience | Current Major Projects |
Higher Education 705-294 Guest Lecture: Plants and Planting Design Semester 1, 2010, Title Plants and Their Use in the Landscape Secondary ‘Raingardens, Stormwater and Indigenous Plants’
Primary ‘Native Plants and Planting’ - Glen Iris Primary, 2010
Community ‘Planting and Tree Establishment’
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VSBA/Niddrie Primary School/Perkins Architects, Concept Plan and Planting Plan (Design stage) |