Glen Wilson is one of the profession's 20th century pioneers. In the 1940's he began his career working in the construction and nursery industry and later became a landscape consultant. Wilson paid to be a student of the renowned Edna Walling. Not only did he learn lessons on the use of space with Walling but also developed exquisite penmanship skills.
Turning his hand to scholarship, Wilson taught Landscape Architecture at the University of Canberra in its infancy and wrote numerous articles for the Institute's journal, Landscape Australia. In 1975, his book Landscaping with Australian plants was published followed five years later by his lengthy report Amenity planting in arid zones, based on his research in Israel. He was a passionate advocate of the Australian landscape style and pioneered water harvesting at Ainslie Village, Canberra.
Now retired in Benalla, Victoria, Wilson continues his research, writing and propagating his beloved Callistemon.
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Photograph from 1979 issue of Landscape Australia. |
