Tasmania

Ross Gardens in Spring

Click here to read an article about the AGHS Tasmania Branch visit to the Ross Gardens.

Gaining a deeper understanding of the gardens at the Port Arthur Historic Site

On a beautiful autumn day in late April 2024, a group of AGHS (Tasmanian Branch) members and friends visited the Port Arthur Historic Site. It was an interesting event curated to showcase parts of the site that many of us may not have been aware of previously. Sue Small reports.

Historic mining and hydro landscapes, Queenstown area

Kathleen Oakes reports on the Tasmanian Branch’s two-day visit to Queenstown in March 2024 and discovered cultural landscapes on the grand scale and a restoration conundrum.

Cultural Landscapes Past and Present

Over the weekend of 9-10 April 2022 a group of AGHS members explored part of Tasmania’s East Coast. Janet Whelan reports on the tour and changes to the landscape.

Vale Peter Bicevskis

AGHS member Peter Bicevskis died suddenly in July 2024. Prue Slatyer pays tribute to her best friend and life companion.

The Jericho Landscape

Mary Ramsay shares the story of four generations of tree planters beside the Jordan River in Tasmania’s Midlands.

Read The Jericho Landscape.

Nominating a tree to the Significant Tree Register

The Tasmanian Branch has formed a committee to develop a Significant Tree  Register. New committee member and arboriculturist Andrew Robert-Tissot explains how the Register developed and how to nominate a tree.