A busy Capalaba corner is soon to become a grassy sanctuary and gateway to Redlands thanks to the generosity of a Redland landscaping and gardening company.
Certified Mowing, which also operates in Logan and Brisbane, made Redland City Council a generous offer to maintain the park on the corner of Moreton Bay and Redland Bay roads.
Council took over mowing and upkeep of the state-owned vacant land last year in an effort to turn it into a majestic entrance to the city.
Since then, the state government has spent $140,000 and council $98,000 doing up the park and planting towering palm trees and putting in a footpath.
But when Certified Mowing director Lachlan Howland saw state and council efforts to improve the park, he decided skills his company used beautifying Brisbane’s Anzac Square could be put to good use.
Mr Howland said the opportunity to maintain the park and boost it as the entrance to Redland, was a privilege and said he hoped to have it looking like Anzac Square in a few months.
Eighty per cent of Mr Howland’s staff have mild disabilities, are at-risk youth or long-term unemployed.
They will work with Capalaba schools giving students the chance to be part of a major community project.
Capalaba councillor Paul Gleeson said he had pushed for the vacant block to be properly maintained since elected in 2012.
He got a four-stage landscaping plan drawn up when council took over mowing of the site.
The first stage is waiting for lighting to be installed in trees and works will start on the second stage in October.