Matters of Time Issue, Centring Ecological Regeneration: Apace, 2022.
Centring Ecological Regeneration: Apace, photograph, 2022.
In 2022, Alice Anna Ford authored Matters of Time for Landscape Architecture Australia.
The article centres on APACE Native Plant Nursery, a North Fremantle–based not-for-profit organisation operating at the intersection of ecological regeneration and community infrastructure.
The text traces APACE’s evolution from sustainable living demonstration site to a multi-layered ecological platform — encompassing revegetation, landscaping, recycling services, organic food production, seed collection and banking, environmental project management, and education. Its on-site nursery distributes seed stock endemic to the Swan Coastal Plain.
Across four decades, APACE has shifted from local experiment to regenerative catalyst, foregrounding an approach that embraces change, prioritises resilience, and allows natural systems room to move.
The article situates APACE as both ecological model and social organism — a living system shaped through time, care, and collective participation.
Read the full article via Landscape Architecture Australia.
2022/08/01 Centring Ecological Regeneration: Apace
CATALOGUE : archived
LOCATION : Walyalup, Fremantle, Australia
WITH : Daniel Jan Martin (editor) and Liam Mouritz (editor) for Landscape Architecture Australia
this project is dedicated to all the staff and volunteers at APACE who showed me great kindness over the years