Moffat Beach Brewing Co — Where Craft Beer Meets Living Green

24 June

Written By Jane Chapman

Moffat Beach Brewing Co is one of Australia's most awarded craft breweries

A massive, warehouse-style Production House on Caloundra Road where head brewer Matt Wilson and his wife Sharynne have created something truly special.
Exposed brewing equipment, a bar, a stage and high table seating fill the space with energy and character. And running above it all, a towering reo structure draped in philodendron creates a living green canopy that stops every guest in their tracks.
iki and moss was brought in to bring that canopy back to life — and take it further than it had ever been.

Project details

Client: Moffat Beach Brewing Co
Location: 51 Caloundra Road, Caloundra, Sunshine Coast
Service: Commercial plant hire, green wall rescue and maintenance, hanging basket installation
Spaces: Green wall canopy, full venue hanging basket installation, bar and seating areas
Plants used: Philodendron, English ivy, Boston fern, pothos, Brazilian pothos, bird of paradise, bamboo palm, Kentia palm
Pots: Signature black
Weekly maintenance: Yes — green wall, canopy and all 45 hanging baskets

The Spaces

**The Green Wall & Canopy**

When Matt and Sharynne took over the lease, they installed a giant reo structure running up the wall and spanning the entire seating area — planting philodendron at the base and watching it grow into a dramatic living canopy over the years. Beautiful in concept, but by the time iki and moss arrived the structure told a different story.
The established philodendron was severely neglected — covered in mealybugs, starved of nutrients and choked with dead vines and leaves. Five overhead baskets had died completely. The plant was surviving, but only just.
The rescue began immediately. A full treatment program was carried out over several weeks — deep cleaning, heavy pruning, removal of all dead growth and dead baskets, fresh soil and targeted neem oil treatment to eliminate the mealybug infestation. Week by week the philodendron responded, new growth pushing through as the plant recovered its strength.
Once the existing structure was healthy, the next stage began — five new philodendron baskets added to the top of the structure, completing the canopy and giving the installation the fullness it had always deserved.

**The Hanging Basket Installation**
With the canopy restored, the vision expanded. Forty-five hanging baskets were installed throughout the venue — a lush, layered installation that brings the outside in and adds movement, texture and warmth to the industrial warehouse aesthetic.

Each basket was filled with a considered trailing and cascading variety chosen to thrive in the space and complement each other visually — English ivy, Boston ferns, philodendron, pothos and Brazilian pothos spilling and trailing at every turn.
Every single basket receives weekly care from iki and moss — which means a lot of ladder trips, but the result speaks for itself.
*Plants: English ivy, Boston fern, philodendron, pothos, Brazilian pothos*

**Statement Planting**

To anchor the space at ground level and tie the whole installation together, large statement pots were placed throughout the venue — bird of paradise, cast iron Plant, lady Palm, bamboo palms and Kentia palms in signature black pots that work with the industrial rawness of the brewery aesthetic without competing with it.
*Plants: Bird of paradise, bamboo palm, Kentia palm, Cast Iron Plant, Rhaphis Palm*
*Pots: Signature black*

The Result

A venue that was already full of character now has a living, breathing installation to match. The green canopy that Matt and Sharynne always imagined is finally the version it deserves to be — restored, expanded and thriving. And with iki and moss on site every week, it stays that way.

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