19 Facts About Ellis Stones

Ellis Stones's father was Thomas James Stones a customs officer, born in Victoria.

Ellis Stones took a bullet in his left knee, an injury which was to cause him lifelong pain.

Ellis Stones collaborated for many years with Edna Walling, constructing many of the rock outcrops, walls and ponds in the gardens she designed.

Ellis Stones writes in the introduction to his book Australian Landscape Design,.

The second principle which guided Ellis Stones' work was the idea that gardens must be designed for the people who use them.

Ellis Stones noted how he would start by considering the owners' way of life including likely changing needs over time.

Ellis Stones tried to include private, sheltered spaces to sit outdoors.

Ellis Stones was a foundation lecturer in the landscape design course at RMIT.

Ellis Stones was a major influence on John Fenton, one of Australia's foremost ecological farmers.

Ellis Stones was commissioned to undertake landscaping in many of the Merchant home developments.

Ellis Stones advised on landscaping the park and developing the streetscapes and gardens so that 'gardens streets and park' would 'flow into and through each other'.

Ellis Stones was deeply concerned about the destruction of the Australian landscape.

Ellis Stones had a major influence on the landscaping of public places in Australia.

In 1974, Ellis Stones designed a section of the median strip in Canterbury Road from east of View Road, Vermont to the intersection of Boronia and Mitcham Roads.

Ellis Stones was an outspoken critic of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works, lamenting the destruction and degradation of the Yarra River environs and creeks throughout suburban Melbourne.

Ellis Stones was the first president of the Ivanhoe River Parklands Protection League established in 1955 to prevent the destruction of Chelsworth Park.

Ellis Stones served as a committee member for the Save the Yarra League and assisted the Yarra Valley Freeway Action Group.

Ellis Stones died in harness, quickly and quietly, as he wished it.

Ellis Stones posthumously received the Royal Australian Institute of Architect's Robin Boyd environmental medal.