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29 GHOSTGUM GROVE, UPPER COOMERA
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT LANDSCAPE INTENT
RESPONSE TO GOLD COAST CITY COUNCIL INFORMATION REQUEST
Issue D - September 2014
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE & ENVIRONMENTAL BYRNS LARDNER
Suite 30212, Tower 3, Southport Central, Southport. QLD- Ph 07 55286712- PO Box 928, Southport BC, QLD, 4215
STATEMENT OF LANDSCAPE INTENT
LANDSCAPE INTENT
The intention of the Landscape Design for the Lifestyle Resort Development is to
transform the gently sloping block into a green and leafy environment that will enable
the seamless blending of the medium density development into the surrounds of the
Coomera River residential area.
The design will intend to create a green landscape that compliments both the design of
the dwellings and the open space adjacent to the Coomera River.
The generous setback of the development from the Coomera River has allowed for
the planting of trees, shrubs and groundcovers within a landscape buffer along the site
boundaries to the edges of the built form. Existing large trees across the site boundaries
will be retained for their screening properties. This combination of strategic landscaping
and retention of vegetation will soften the scaling of the architecture whilst creating a
positive visual blending into the surrounds of the Coomera River frontage.
The soft landscaping to the entry driveway will be treated with feature trees creating a tall,
vertical element and evergreen round headed trees selected for their screening attributes.
The trees will be combined with mass planted garden beds filled with hardy feature plants
and low growing evergreen shrubs creating a leafy and shady setting either side of the
driveway whilst providing a buffer to the rest of the development.
Within the streetscape of the development, suitable shrubs and groundcovers shall be
planted within linear garden beds located at the interface of the dwellings and the internal
driveway.
The Communal Facilities will be located along the eastern length of the development. Lap
Pool, tennis court, bowling green, Covered BBQ facilities, open lawn areas, vine covered
pergolas, bench seating and open timber decking will create generous entertaining
spaces throughout the development.
The delineation between the landscape and the built form will blend seamlessly through
the integration of the dwellings and the dense landscaping to the site boundaries. The
ground level planting reserve surrounding the dwellings will enable evergreen trees and
native palms to grow, creating a green buffer when viewed from the adjacent residential
properties.
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COOMERA RIVER
1. PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
2. ADJACENT LIFESTYLE RESORT
3. PROPOSED REHABILITATION
WORKS
4. ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
5. EXISTING EASEMENT
6. EXISTING LINKAGE PATH
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LANDSCAPE MASTERPLAN
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1. VEHICULAR ENTRY WITH
GATED ACCESS
2. PEDESTRIAN SITE ENTRY PATH WITH
VISUALLY DISTINGUISHING PAVEMENT
TREATMENT
3. FEATURE STONE SITE SIGNAGE
4. FORMAL EVERGREEN TREES TO
FRAME ENTRY
5. VEHICULAR ENTRY POINT WITH ENTRY
STATEMENT LEADING TO GHOSTGUM
GROVE
6. VISITOR PARKING
7. SEMI-TRANSPARENT BOUNDARY
FENCE SOFTENED WITH DENSE
LANDSCAPING INSIDE THE BOUNDARY
8. PARK LINKAGE PATHWAY
9. BIO-RETENTION BASIN
10. PAVEMENT TREATMENTS TO ROAD
INTERSECTIONS TO HIGHLIGHT
SHARED ZONES AND TO SOFTEN THE
HARDSCAPE
11. ROUND HEADED EVERGREEN STREET
TREES TO RESIDENTIAL FRONTAGES
12. ALTERNATE DRIVEWAY TREATMENTS
CONSISTING OF COLOURED
CONCRETES / EXPOSED AGGREGATES
TO COMPLIMENT ARCHITECTURE
13. FLOWERING FEATURE TREES TO THE
ROAD CORNERS
14. EVERGEEN NATIVE SCREENING
TREES & SHRUBS TO THE WESTERN
BOUNDARY
15. PRIVATE OPEN SPACE TO THE REAR
OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
16. CENTRAL FACILITIES
17. RECREATIONAL FACILITES
18. TENNIS COURT
19. REHABILITATION AREA REFER TO
ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
20. PATHWAY TO PROVIDE LINKAGE WITH
ADJOINING PATHWAY NETWORK
21. COOMERA RIVER
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CENTRAL FACILITIES DETAIL LANDSCAPE PLAN
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1. SHARED ZONE HIGHLIGHTED BY
COLOURED CONCRETE / OXIDE FINISH
2. ENTRY PATHWAY WITH SCENTED
ARBOR
3. VISITOR CAR PARK
4. LAWN BOWLS GREEN / BOULES COURT
5. COVERED PERGOLA WITH SEATING
BELOW
6. PAVED VIEWING AREA
7. TROPICAL GARDENS PROVIDING
SEPARATION TO RESIDENCES
8. PAVED PATH
9. LINKAGE PATHWAY CONSISTING OF
DECOMPOSED GRANITE
10. PLANTER WITH FLOWERING
FEATURE SHADE TREE WITH SEATING
WALL BELOW
11. TIMBER DECK
12. PAVED BREAK OUT SPACE
13. TENNIS COURT
14. COVERED PERGOLA WITH BBQ
FACILITIES
15. SHADE TREES PLANTED ALONG
PATHWAY
16. SCENTED ARBOR WITH LINEAR
CONCRETE BENCH SEATING BELOW
17. SEATING WALLS
18. OPEN LAWN AREAS
19. REHABILITATION PLANTING
20. BIO-RETENTION BASIN PLANTED WITH
SUITABLE WSUD PLANT SPECIES
21. LANDSCAPED GARDENS TO THE REAR
OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
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CENTRAL FACILITIES DETAIL LANDSCAPE PLAN
LEGEND
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1. SHARED ZONE HIGHLIGHTED BY
COLOURED CONCRETE / OXIDE FINISH
2. ENTRY PATHWAY LEADING INTO CENTRAL
FACILITIES
3. STAIRS DOWN TO PAVED TERRACE
4. RAMP DOWN
5. CENTRAL FACILITIES BUILDING
6. GRASSED BREAK OUT SPACE WITH INSITU
CONCRETE BENCH SEATING
5. COVERED BBQ FACILITY WITH LINEAR
BENCH SEATING
6. OUTDOOR DINING AREA
7. POOL FENCE
8. SUN DECK
9. LAP POOL
10. SEMI COVERED RAISED SUN DECKS
11. SPA
12. TENNIS COURT
13. SEATING AREA WITH VINE COVERED
PERGOLA ABOVE
14. LINKAGE PATHWAY CONSISTING OF
DECOMPOSED GRANITE
15. REHABILITATION PLANTING
16. DENSE LANDSCAPED GARDENS TO THE
REAR OF THE RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS
PROVIDING VISUAL SEPARATION
& SOFTENING BETWEEN THE RESIDENCE
& THE FACILITIES
17. PATHWAY TO LINK WITH ADJOINING PATH
NETWORK
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LANDSCAPE ELEVATIONS
PARK INTERFACE
GATED ENTRY
FEATURE ENTRY
OPEN STYLE POOL FENCE TTO BOUNDARY
TO COMPLY WITH CPTED PRINCIPLES
RESIDENTIAL INTERFACE
FEATURE ENTRY
MIXED MATERIAL ARTICULATED WALLS
& SIGNAGE WALL
MIXED MATERIAL ARTICULATED WALLS
1.8m HIGH GOOD NEIGHBOUR
FENCE
1.ELIENA WAY ENTRY ELEVATION
ENTRY INTERFACE
The main entry to the development will consist of mixed material entry walls to compliment the architectural facades of the
built form. The walls will frame the entry whilst providing a backdrop to the feature trees & shrubs selected to highlight the
development. Along the park interface open pool style fencing will provide a level of transparency for passive visual surveillance.
Further along the northern boundary a good neighbour style fence and dense landscaping will provide visual separation between
the development and existing residential dwellings.
GREEN BELT TO COOMERA RIVER INTERFACE
The interface will consist of a landscape buffer to visually enhance the southern boundary.
Swathes of planting along the development line will form horizontal green belts across the
development. These linear landscape zones will be densely planted with medium native
evergreen trees, dense evergreen shrubs and strappy leaved groundcovers. The green
belt will soften the dwellings and the site as a whole.
STREETSCAPE
DWELLINGS
SCREENING TREES
Where possible, medium sized native trees shall be strategically planted between
dwellings to aid in the screening of the development when viewed from the surrounding
Coomera River. Whilst the trees are selected for their screening attributes, the objective
for the placement of the trees is to not hinder the external views from the residential
dwellings.
BUFFER PLANTING
COOMERA RIVER
EXISTING VEGETATION
REFER TO ECOLOGICAL
MANAGEMENT PLAN
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2. COOMERA RIVER INTERFACE
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LANDSCAPE ELEVATIONS
SHARED ZONE
STREETSCAPE
SHARED ZONE
STREETSCAPE
UPPER DRIVEWAY UNITS
1. TYPICAL UPPER DRIVEWAY ELEVATION
SHARED ZONES
The Shared Zones will be highlighted by the use of mixed paving
treatments flanked by feature trees planted in mass planted garden beds.
The function of the paved shared zones is to visually reinforce the
dual use of the hardscape areas
STREETSCAPE
The intention of the landscape design for the internal streetscape is to create a leafy and
shady environment for residents of the development. The regular planting of evergreen
round headed trees & colourful groundcovers within linear garden beds will break up the
hardscape of the internal driveway whilst softening the built form.
LOWER DRIVEWAY UNITS
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2. TYPICAL LOWER DRIVEWAY ELEVATION
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PLANT LIST & LANDSCAPE IMAGES
PROPOSED PLANT PALETTE
SPECIES NAME
COMMON NAME
FEATURE STREET TREES
AGATHIS robusta
BRACHYCHITON acerifolius
ELAEOCARPUS grandis
Qld Kauri Pine
Flame Tree
Quandong
INTERNAL GARDENS & LANDSCAPE BUFFER
TREES & PALMS
ARCHONTOPHOENIX alexandre
ARCH. cunninghamiana
ALLOCASUARINA littoralis
CASUARINA glauca
ELAEOCARPUS ‘eumundii’
FLINDERSIA australis
LOPHOSTEMON confertus
MELALUECA sp.
WATERHOUSEA floribunda
Alexander Palm
Bangalow Palm
Black Sheoak
Swamp Oak
Eumundii
Crows Ash
Brush Box
Paperbark
Weeping Lily Pily
SHRUBS
ACMENA sp.
ALPINIA sp.
ACACIA sp.
CALLISTEMON sp.
DORYANTHES excelsa
GREVILLEA sp.
LOMANDRA sp.
METROSIDEROS sp.
PHILODENDRON xanadu
STRELITZIA reginae
CORDYLINE sp.
HOVEA acutifolia
GREVILLEA sp.
MELALEUCA sp.
SYZIGIUM sp.
LOMANDRA sp.
Allyns magic
Native Ginger
Wattle
Bottlebrush
Spear Lilly
Grevillea
Matrush
NZ Christmas Bush
Xanadu
Bird of Paradise
Pointed Leaved Hovea
Grevillea
Paper bark
Lily Pily
Matrush
GROUNDCOVERS
CRINUM pedunculatum
DIANELLA sp.
HIBBERTIA scandens
LIRIOPE muscarii
Swamp Lily
Flax Lily
Snake Vine
Evergreen Gian
BIO-RETENTION
ACMENA smithii
BABINGTONIA similis
BANKSIA robur
CALLISTEMON viminalis
CAREX appressa
DODONAEA triquetra
GAHNIA sieberiana
HIBISCUS diversifolius
HOVEA acutifolia
LEPTO polygalifolium
LOMANDRA longifolia
Creek Lilly-pilly
Twiggy Baeckea
Swamp Banksia
Weeping Bottlebrush
Tall Sedge
Hops Bush
Red-fruited Sedge
Swamp Hibiscus
Pointed-leaf Hovea
Wild May
Common Matrush
Other species may be selected based on the design
principles. Refer to Ecological Management Plan for
Rehabilitation Species
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