The 'Peace Garden' at Altona Meadows School is somewhat unique.

This large build was initiated, managed and built by an incredibly enthusiastic parent and congregational team with regular encouragement and guidance from Cheswick Consultants landscape architect, Jai Cheswick.

School Gardens Update : The plants are settled are starting to grow well giving the gardens a more complete feeling.

The ancient landscape masters of Asia knew well that time spent in a landscape, specifically in a landscape designed for contemplative practices, allowed individuals to practice the mindful act of coming back to themselves. They knew, as did their clients, that the qualities of a place can influence the process of thought and facilitate more effective and efficient action within business.

Members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in London have had access for many years to a little-known haven of tranquillity and beauty in the heart of London's continuous urban uproar.

Back in 2015 landscape architects Cheswick Consultants developed a MIFGS garden for an age where stress is the number one mental health issue for Australians and one of every 3 to 4 people suffers from either anxiety or depression within their lifetimes. We felt it was important to develop an antidote to the chaos.

Growing up in UK and spending many summers in Spain, Malta and travelling often to India and Indonesia I have a sincere appreciation of Islamic, Hindu, Sikh architecture and garden design.

A recently published paper outlines how greening public and private spaces can improve self-reported mental health.

Gardeners and florists are the happiest of all the professions and nearly twice as happy as people in more prestigious and better paid jobs, says a new book by a UK economist and behavioural scientist Professor Paul Dolan.