Newstead Green presents a significant opportunity to transform a gateway precinct into a world-class, sub-tropical retreat by creating a space that brings the native landscape back to the forefront and celebrates the area’s rich natural history.
Newstead Green will be a retreat, fading into the residential greenery of the north and opening itself to the urban grain of the south.
The site sits at the crossroads of the finer grain urban life of Newstead South, and the leafy, suburban retreat of Newstead North. Newstead Green is positioned to take advantage of access to the entertainment, dining, and urban life of Newstead South and Gasworks, while providing the perfect opportunity to retreat back into the cool, green, river edges of Newstead North.
The planting palette is inspired by the rich, native vegetation that once thrived in the alluvial soils around Newstead and Breakfast Creek hundreds of years ago. It showcases our native Australian food sources in a sustainable, and tactile way; referencing by smell, touch and taste the European market gardens that once produced much of the city’s food in the 1800s. It celebrates the sub-tropical climate in which the site resides, and the endless possibilities for food forests and urban re-wilding that are possible in this unique part of the world.
Giving the site the ability to regrow (to once again provide shade, comfort, food and community), is a rare opportunity and one that would create a world class and uniquely Brisbane destination. A lush retreat from the hardened urban surrounds.
