... Council. He later had a gardening show on Radio 2BL and wrote gardening columns for various newspapers.
Also forming a significant component of the Domain gardens are the Queen Victoria Gardens, completed in 1913, of which Catani was a major contributor ...
After more than forty-one years of public service that never ended with his retirement, through surveying and direct design, contracting, supervision, and collaborative approaches, perhaps more than any other single figure, Carlo Catani re-scaped not only parts of Melbourne, but extensive swathes of Victoria ‘from Portland to Mallacoota’, opening up swamplands to farming, bringing access to beauty spots, establishing new townships, and the roads to get us there.
