Claire Farrell

(she/her)

Claire’s research involves using plants to make cities more liveable through urban greening. As a plant scientist, her focus is on plant selection for survival and high performance landscapes, including green roofs, facades, rain gardens and Woody Meadows. Claire led the ARC linkage Woody Meadow Project which continues to transform low maintenance plantings in Australian cities due to their innovation, sustainability and low cost. Claire currently leads the Arts Precinct Plant Trials at Burnley which are testing plants for Laak Boordaap, a 18 000 m2 garden in Melbourne’s Arts Precinct.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor (Green Infrastructure) School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne

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