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AILDM LANDSCAPE

Design Awards 2006

Category 4

Commercial Design under$90,000.00

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Dadirri Healing GardenPrince Charles Hospital, Chermside

Dadirri .

Inner deep listening &quiet still awareness

Is a symbolic & tangiblegesture of reconciliation tothe indigenous people whoare clients of the PrinceCharles Hospital HealthService District & to the localindigenous community.

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Project Details

Location: Prince Charles HospitalHamilton Rd, Chermside.

Zoning: CommercialCouncil conditions: As outlined by aboriginal elders council.

Hospital Engineering Dept. required lowmaintenance garden so staff were notburdened with extra maintenanceactivities on top of heavy workload.No Council conditions .No Vegetation protection orders exist.

Budget: $ 30,000.00

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Design Brief & ApproachDadirri healing garden is a joint project between a government community health

department, a hospital & local aboriginal community. The intention of the healing

garden was to provide a quiet place for social workers, professional medical staff,

patients, workers, the local aboriginal community, & general public to use for

various purposes.

It was recognised that many community service patients felt more at ease

discussing problems outdoors rather than in a medical office. This is particularly

true with the indigenous community who traditionally have strong links with the

Australian landscape.

Dadirri should be a special place for people to meet, to listen & learn from one

another in the true spirit of reconciliation.

The idea for the garden came from the Noonga Reconciliation Group, this

included staff from the health service department and local aboriginal elders. The

group and myself attended a reconciliation learning circle which learned the life

experiences and culture of the indigenous people and the meaning of Dadirri as

written by Miriam Rose Ungenmerr.

The group brainstormed and established a brief for the healing garden. A site was

selected on the hospital grounds. The site was a an overgrown stand of native

plantings which had been established previously as a memorial garden for a doctor

at the hospital whom had passed away. A circular exposed aggregate pathway was

originally a feature to this garden and it had to be retained as part of the originalmemorial.

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Design Brief & ApproachIn essence the brief required that the

garden be a restful place for people to

go to listen and talk. It was to be a spiritual

place and therefore have a strong link to

the land and native bush. Seating for small

groups and individuals was essential.

Some form of water needed to be

incorporated as it is regarded as the

deep spring within us and visually the

movement and sound helps in achieving a

quiet still awareness.The Contemplative Way of Dadirri..The use of natural materials was to be encouraged to recreate a native bushland setting. Sandstone blocks form amphitheatre seating as well as lining a drycreek bed lined with water worn river pebble. Main pathways could not beconcrete as this was regarded as not a natural product. Allowance was made toretain the existing path because of its memorial significance. Crushed

decomposed granite was selected for new pathways.

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Design Brief & Approach

Signage would be required at the entry to guide visitors through the gardenwhich would show a poster detailing the story of Dadirri and a map of plantspecies used in the garden.

Brochures would also be available at the entry sign for visitors to take away.

Plant names, bush food, bush medicine identification signage would beproduced by a local workshop group. These would be placed at plant sthroughout the garden.

Planting selection was quite specific. It had to be native and local to the areawhere possible. It needed to represent a food source. Also as the garden was

viewed as a healing garden the inclusion of native medicinal plants was to beencouraged.

Research and assistance came from the local council Raven Street BushReserve. The elders provided information and stories of healing qualities ofvarious native plants.

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Daddirri" Planting schedule

BotanicName Comm on Name Code Potsize Qty

Archontophoenix cunninghamianaPiccabeenLocal 45litre 10

Backhousia citriodora lemonMyrtle BushFood300mm 6Melaleuca quinquinerva Swamp Paperbark Local,Bush Food 300mm 5Syzygiumleuhmanii Riberry Bushfood45litre 7

Backhousia citriodora lemonMyrtle BushFood300mm 6Acacia fimbriata Brisbane WattleLocal,B ushFood 200mm 7Allocasia brisbanensis Cunjevoi Local 200mm 13Callistemonsalignus WhiteBottle Brush Local 200mm 6Hibiscus heterophyllus NativeRosella BushFood 140mm 3Lomatiasilaifolia CrinkleBush Local140mm 9LeptospermumpolygalifoliumWild may local 140mm 6Microcitrusaustralasica FingerLime Bush Food 200mm 6Ozothamus diosifolius Sago FlowerLocal 140mm 6Solaniumcentrale Bush Tomato BushFood140mm 4

Austromyrtusdulcis mediumMidiumberry local,Bush Food140mm 21Blechnumindicum SwampwaterFernLocal 140mm24Lomandrahystix CreekMattRushLocal 140mm24Lomandralongifolia LongLeaf Rush Local 200mm 6Themediatriandra Kangaroo Grass Local 140mm 24

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Poster

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Photos

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