The Roma Street Parkland, completed in 2001, has already established itself as a destination venue for locals and visitors to Brisbane. It is the largest inner-city subtropical landscape project in a city centre to be developed in recent years. The Queensland Government's brief for the development of 16 hectares of inner-city land several minutes walk from the centre of the city, required that the Roma Street Parkland provides a high-level visitor attraction with the emphasis on horticulture and the environment.