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At Future Village, our mission is to transform urban landscapes by introducing sustainable, free-standing green infrastructure. Our solutions bring nature closer to communities, enhancing urban aesthetics and promoting well-being.
Our nature-based approach creates an ecosystem that reduces ambient air temperature and heat penetration, effectively mitigating urban heat islands as well as increasing local biodiversity.
For local communities this provides opportunities for relaxation, social interaction, and physical activity which can help reduce stress, and improve mental health.
Our system enhances the aesthetic appeal of local neighbourhoods and provides a flexible way to test new park designs and uses. Overall, Future Village is committed to creating sustainable solutions that benefit both people and the environment.
See our Future Village Modular Series Brochure and our Green Infrastructure Products Brochure
Future Village is the new trading name of Plantabox & People Parkers that reflects the business's direction and growth towards creating green infrastructure that is free standing, modular and moveable allowing living plants to be used in new and dynamic ways.
Our team specialises in design and engineering, manufacturing, placemaking, horticulture, soil science, logistics. We design, manufacture, install and maintain parklets, floating gardens, roof top gardens, canopies, planters, furniture and bespoke products.
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Future Village has origins in Strathayr, an Australian leader in sports turf technology that has over the last 20 years developed portable sports surface products such as portable sports fields and drop-in cricket wickets that our sister brand Portagrass manages. This background has installed a passion for precision and quality componentry and design in manufacturing products that can last in the Australian public environment.
2016 - StrathAyr Portable formed by splitting off the R&D devision from StrathAyr.
2016 - Designed and provided Floriade in Canberra with large scale portable flower beds so the festival could increase their range of displays without having to dig-up the surrounding park.
2018 - launched our range of Planters with changeable facing and seat attachments
2018 - installed our first parklet for the ACT City Renewal Authority
2019 - released our Turf & Garden trays - world first.
2020 - renamed to Plantabox Pty Ltd
2020 - installed our 10th parklet at Coogee for Randwick City Council that won the 2021 Place Leaders Awards - small scale place project
2020 - installed our first floating garden for Wollongong City Council
2020 - launched our free standing decking trays at Campbelltown
2021 - launched our hanging baskets with water reservoirs and wicking - world first. Waverley City Council.
2021 - launched shade canopies to attach to our large planters.
2022 - installed our 20th parklet at St Mary's Penrith City Council.
2022 - launched option to clad all planters in stainless steel, powder coated steel, Cor-ten
2022 - purchased People Parkers, the Australian leader in single unit moveable parklets.
2022 - launched our free standing shade Pavilion for Sutherland Shire Council
2023 - formed partnership with Urban Canopee
2023 - launched our Plantabarrier system
2024 - Trading name change to Future Village Placemaking Pty Ltd
2024 - Installed our 50th parklet for Penrith Beach.
2024 - launched our free standing Green Arbour for Ipswich.
2024 - launched our free standing solar powered misting tower at Bendigo.
2025 - launched our barrier planter for concrete barriers
We continue to design, build, install and maintain activations that have bought greenery into the greyscape. For examples of all these projects check out Our Work.
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