Paul Bangay

{{short description|Australian landscape designer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2011}}

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Paul Robert Bangay is an Australian landscape designer.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LolZVAOAK0UC&dq=%22Paul+Bangay%22&pg=PA650] Crittall, Ron; Atkinson, Lee; Llewellyn, Marc and Mylne, Lee,"Frommer's Australia 2010," Wiley, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-470-48214-8}}. Page 650. Retrieved 4 November 2011 Bangay's designs have been noted for their "precise angles, perfect symmetry, strong sight lines and rich detail."[https://books.google.com/books?id=1Z-F4oW6xBcC&dq=%22Paul+Bangay%22&pg=PA94] McCulloch, Janelle "The modern kitchen garden: design, ideas and practical tips,"The Images Publishing Group, 2011. Page 95. {{ISBN|978-1-86470-421-1}} Retrieved 4 November 2011.

Awards

In 2001, Bangay received the Centenary Medal for outstanding achievement for his role in designing and constructing the AIDS Memorial Garden at the Alfred Hospital.{{Cite web|url=https://www.aidsmemorial.info/memorial/id=151/the_alfred_aids_memorial_garden.html|title=AIDSmemorial.info|website=aidsmemorial.info}} In the 2018 Australia Day Honours, he received the Medal of the Order of Australia, for service to landscape architecture.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2018/nls09_32z/Media%20Notes%20-%20OAM%20(A%20-%20E).pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219043840/http://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/ad/ad2018/nls09_32z/Media%20Notes%20-%20OAM%20(A%20-%20E).pdf |archive-date=19 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}

Published works

Bangay's published works include:

  • The Defined Garden (1996)
  • The Boxed Garden (1998)
  • The Balanced Garden (2003)
  • The Enchanted Garden (2005)
  • Paul Bangay's Garden Design Handbook (2008)
  • Paul Bangay's Guide to Plants (2011)
  • The Garden at Stonefields (2013)
  • Paul Bangay's Country Gardens (2016)
  • Stonefields by the Seasons (2020)
  • Paul Bangay – A Life In Garden Design (2023)

Bangay's books are accompanied with photographs by photographer [https://web.archive.org/web/20111117224220/http://web.mac.com/simong9/Simon_Griffiths_Photography_Folio/Welcome.html Simon Griffiths].

Bangay's designs are featured in books and magazines, including:

  • House and Garden Aus. May 2011
  • Rural Australian Gardens by Myles Baldwin
  • Kitchen Gardens of Australia by Kate Herd
  • Hamptons Gardens by Jack Delashmet

References