Swapping traditional grass for native plants can cut down on maintenance, lower water bills, and support local wildlife.

Vines are great for dressing up walls, fences, containers and trellises. If allowed to grow up a pergola, they can provide cool, green shade. They’re also great for areas without much space, like ...

It could help communities across the globe immensely. Town uses unconventional tactics to keep streets cool in heatwave: 'A perfect symbiosis' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A new approach to providing shade at notoriously hot car parks has been shown to slash surface temperatures by up to half on summer days in Western Sydney. Surface temperatures at a busy car park in ...