Australian Garden History, the Society’s journal, was first published in 1989. It has continued as it started, striving to maintain a dialogue between professional and amateur interests in the history of gardens, thus showcasing the many aspects of the landscape and its intersection with Australian life.
Media Releases
July 2024 - Restoring and recording gardens
March 2024 - Lest we forget
December 2023 - Déjà vu: recurring themes in gardens and landscape history
September 2023 - Highlighting design
June 2023 - Celebrating camellias
March 2023 - From Gondwana to mid-20th century modern
January 2023 - The diverse histories of gardens
September 2022 - Knowing our landscape
June 2022 - Collating the past
March 2022 - The flow of ideas
6 January 2022 - Against the odds
20 September 2021 - Being seen to conserve
1 June 2021 - A picture is worth a thousand words
31 March 2021 - Dare to dream
5 January 2021 - Gardens are great
16 September 2020 - How gardens and landscape shape our identity
13 August 2020 - Gardens and their history offer solace during COVID-19
Indices of Journal Articles
The index to Australian Garden History makes it easy to find articles, gardens and other gems contained in volumes 1–20.
Compiled by AGHS member Kirstie McRobert, this comprehensive index covers issues of the Australian Garden History Journal from 1989-2009.
Download:
Australian Garden History Index, Volumes 1–20 — Australian Garden History Society.
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History of the Journal
Nancy Clarke, AGHS ACT Monaro Riverina Branch, sets out the history of Australian Garden History in this paper,
The Australian Gardens History Society’s journals.
Getting Published in the Journal
Guidelines for submission to Australian Garden History Journal
Copy deadlines for article submission to Australian Garden History Journal
January issue | end of October |
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April issue | end of January |
July issue | end of April |
October issue | end of July |
Authors: please note that planning for future issues takes place well before these deadlines. You are advised to contact the editor as early as possible about your intention to submit.
This Season
AGH Vol. 36 No. 1 July 2024
Contents
The caves reserves: forerunners of the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park Gillian Lilleyman
A major attraction of the Margaret River region, WA, is the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park. Comprising multiple reserves stretching over 120 km, the park has been inextricably linked to tourism since its inception. When this land was first set aside, caves were the drawcard.
Garthowen: Elizabeth Salmon’s garden Barb Stockton
Garthowen, in the south-west region of Margaret River, WA, is a 5-ha property with a notable history. The farmhouse is surrounded by an historic garden, the bones of which date back to a post‑Second World War garden created by Elizabeth Salmon.
Paul Sorensen gardens in the New England district Liz Chappell and Stuart Read, with assistance from Bill Oates
Paul Sorensen is best remembered for the gardens he created in the Blue Mountains and Southern Highlands of New South Wales between the 1920s and the 1970s. Yet his long career spanned much of NSW, from the Illawarra almost to the Queensland border, and into the ACT. The take-up of his advice by clients or ‘patrons’, as Sorensen called them, varied significantly. In the New England district he has left a faint but indelible signature.
Resurrecting Anlaby’s grand conservatory: The ongoing restoration of a late Victorian garden in South Australia Samuel Doering
Anlaby is an English-style country estate on the northern end of the Barossa Valley, SA. On the north side of the homestead sits a series of low walls dotted with ornate circular vents and floors laid with imported encaustic tiles. These walls once formed the base of a magnificent conservatory built in the early 1890s for visionary gardener, Henry Dutton. Though much of the structure was torn down in the 1960s, efforts are now underway to resurrect this gleaming Victorian masterpiece.
The pandanus: The plant that commands Queensland’s coast Glenn Cooke
There are 37 species of pandanus in Australia, of which Pandanus tectorius is the largest species in size. It flourishes along Queensland’s eastern seaboard from Cape York and south to Port Macquarie in New South Wales.
Between the tropics and temperate zone: Some plants of Norfolk Island Angela Low
Norfolk Island has 182 native plants, of which 40 species are endemic. Plants on the island have links with earlier travellers to the island, as do other islands visited by Polynesian seafarers.
Profile Robyn Oates: Chair, AGHS ACT Monaro Riverina Branch
For the bookshelf: Plants of the Qur’ān: History and Culture by Shahina A Ghazanfar, illustrated by Sue Wickison Reviewed by Clare Gleeson
This is a lovely book simply to dip into or to delve in deeper and engage with the lavishly illustrated, informative text.
For the bookshelf: The Beauty of the Flower: The Art and Science of Botanical Illustration by Stephen A Harris Reviewed by Beverly Allen
This excellent book demonstrates the relevance of botanical illustration to communicating plant sciences and their importance in addressing the global challenges faced by the natural world. It is presented, like a good illustration, in an extremely accessible manner.
Advocacy: An AGHS advocacy toolkit Anne Claoue-Long and Stuart Read
The AGHS Advocacy Toolkit has been developed to help members approach and deflect direct and indirect threats to gardens and landscapes. This comprehensive toolkit is a step-by-step guide to running an effective campaign.
Advocacy: The dangers of plastic turf Roslyn Burge
Plastic turf is made up of ‘forever chemicals’, have detrimental environmental effects; moreover, they are completely out of place on a heritage site.
AGHS expertise helps to restore an historic garden in Melbourne Trevor Pitkin
After being approached by residents of Yantaringa Court, the AGHS Victoria Branch succeeded in peeling back the layers of creepers, weeds and over-ambitious specimens to reveal the main garden elements, established a century ago by Yantaringa’s original owner, Sir Herbert Olney. A detailed report has been presented to residents. The residents can now confidently address the project over time with detail in hand.
AGHS national oral history collection: Mark Geeves
Mark Geeves talks about his life as horticultural educator and a Tasmanian native plant and exotic plant expert.
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