Oliver Lees
Macedon Ranges council has received $80,000 from Regional Roads Victoria to improve landscaping works at the roundabout at the entrance to Mt Macedon.
The landscaping efforts will include planting of flora native to the Macedon Ranges as well as stone mulch sourced from local areas.
The trees along the adjacent roadway will be retained, with more intended to be planted.
In a written statement to council, GBLA Landscape Architects, who is responsible for the works, stated that the design was influenced by artist Louis Buvelot (1814-1888), who in his time made paintings of Mt Macedon’s landscape.
“The new concept preserves important existing trees including Oaks, Desert Ash, Conifers,
Manna Gums and other native vegetation,” a spokesperson for the architecture firm said.
“The picturesque qualities of these trees are further enhanced by new tree and shrub planting to screen the foreground and frame the traveller’s attention on the mountain as the backdrop to this journey of arrival.”
Macedon Ranges council acting director of assets and operations Simon Finlay said the new project will welcome residents and visitors with the area’s natural beauty.
“This project is the outcome of several years of working with members of the community who believed Mt Macedon deserved its own special entrance treatment as the gateway to the shire’s ‘jewel in the crown’,” Mr Finlay said.
