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Research and Development has been the corner stone of our business. Plantabox originated out of Peter Casimaty's family company, StrathAyr Portable that designed and developed the Drop-in Cricket pitch that is used across major stadiums in Australia. The business also developed a portable tennis court for tennis australia and a modular turf surface for stadiums. In 2017 after designing 800m2 of portable garden beds for Floriade (largest flower show in the southern hemisphere) the business changed direction and began looking at the urban landscape.
The new business was named Plantabox and the original renamed Portagrass. Plantabox began by developing the worlds first modular turf and garden trays and was the first to introduce water reservoirs and wicking into commercial planters. In 2020 we developed the worlds first commercial Hanging Baskets with reservoirs and wicking.
Since 2017 and the growth of green infrastructure and the placemaking movement, Plantabox has continued to expand our range and services. We now offer full design, project management, installation and maintenance services as well as an expansive range of green infrastructure and placemaking products. In 2022 we purchased People Parkers that provides road parklets that are placed by tilt trays or towed into car parking spaces. We also formed a partnership with Urban Canopee that provides canopy cover where trees can not be planted.
Plantabox main operation is located in Dural NSW with operations also provided out of Melbourne.
Peter has been co-owner of sports turf company StrathAyr and CFO for a number of international companies. A driven innovator, Peter's interest is in the technology, engineering and operational areas of business. Over the last few years Peter has developed and re-engineered the Plantabox products resulting in leading-edge installations. Peter's passion is working out how to keep a living system operational with the stresses of different environments whilst being free standing.
Ben is a qualified geologist and horticulturalist with a long history of working in the creative industries. Over last 16 years Ben has owned a number of businesses including a creative and marketing agency, a major events company and a strategic consulting company. Underpinning all of this is a professional interest in placemaking with how people interact with spaces, especially in the built environment . A lateral thinker, Ben is always considering new ways to see more of the natural environment placed into the built environment and looks after our design and placemaking team.
Morton has a MA is Landscape Architecture from UNSW and joined Plantabox's design team in 2020. Morton is passionate about creating green spaces for local communities and businesses to use. He is instrumental in providing our clients with design visuals to shop drawings of all our projects.
Branko has a Masters of Architecture from UniSA. He was heavily involved in the design of the People Parkers product range that began in 2015. In 2021 People Parkers was the winner of Sustainability Awards - Public, Urban and Landscape. Branko has worked extensively in both residential and commercial space however his passion is for sustainable green infrustructure. He joined plantabox's design team in 2022.
TC has vast experience in the construction industry. He joined Plantabox in 2021 and leads the day to day manufacturing of all plantabox components as well as managers our Dural site.
John Mikolajunas - Victoria Operations Manager / Plantabarrier project lead
John has extensive international business development, sales and marketing experience and a wide network of contacts in Southeast Asia, Middle East and the Subcontinent. Tertiary and postgraduate qualifications and a background of 25 years in project and team management. John has project led and developed the Plantabarrier system as well as project managing our relocations, maintenance and repairs for Plantabox in Victoria.
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