Climate change: my short history
Smoke haze from bushfires, Sydney, December 2019, photo Francesca Beddie I am on the verge of...
New Zealand historic gardens and climate change
Seasonal Climate Outlook April 2024 to June 2024 published by the National Institute of Water and...
Changing to stay the same
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Melbourne Gardens, image courtesy Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria...
Government House Tasmania: managing change
Government House Tasmania (GHT) is situated on 15 hectares of land. It is part of a complete estate...
Plants for a changing climate
In 1996, when my book Gardens of the sun was published, climate change was a topic of intense...
In extremis: the effects of climate change on our gardens
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology publishes historical data about the climate in Australia...
Gardening after a flood
In late November 2010, rain began falling in Queensland. By January 2011, floods had impacted 75 per...
Kentgrove: a case study
Climate change often highlights long-standing preservation issues rather than discovering new...
Notes from a global warming garden, an update
Our new bridge built over Second Creek, with the dense wonga vine growing above and beyond into the...
Climate change causes reconsideration of plane trees in Sydney
The City of Sydney’s plan is that when a plane tree needs to be removed, it will be replaced...
Amsterdam’s parks and gardens: keeping the city green
Claudia Hyles (AGHS ACT, Monaro and Riverina) visited Amsterdam earlier in 2023 and reports on its...
A botanist in a hurry
Espeletia or frailejones the subject Diazgrandos’ research, image Rinaldo Wurglitsch, Flickr...
Climate change adaptation guidance from the International National Trusts Organisation
For caretakers and managers of historic and beautiful places Together with other heritage...
In a warming climate, autumn might lose its colour: lessons from CRUNCHTIME
Eryldene is a historic house and garden in Sydney, with an important collection of camellias. The...
ClimateWatch Walk at Melbourne Gardens
Wednesday 8th February – Thursday 11th May 2023 (session times Thu 23 Mar Thu 27 Apr Thu 11...
Bookings open for C.R.U.N.C.H. TIME
C.R.U.N.C.H (Climate Resilience: Understanding New Challenges for Historic Gardens) TIME This...
Trees for urban spaces
A study published in January 2023 in the Lancet, a peer-reviewed public medical journal, finds that...
Backyard actions to combat climate change
The impacts of climate change are obvious to gardeners, and the actions they can take are similar...
Climate Toolkit: landscape and horticulture
The Climate Toolkit is a collaborative opportunity for museums, gardens and zoos who want to learn...
Climate awareness: the role of oral history
Bundanoon in the Southern Highlands of NSW, like so many places across Australia, was badly affected...
Climate change framework for action
The Australian Garden History Society has drawn up this statement on climate change that includes a...
Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens
The Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens brings together botanic organisations and friends to...
Greener spaces, better places
Australia’s Plant and Gardening 2022 trend report explores how, in the face of extreme weather...
Whither historic gardens in this new era of climate change?
This was the question Jane Lennon posed in Australian Garden History 31 (4) April 2020, just as we...
Notes from a global warming garden
In her article in Australian Garden History, vol. 32, no.3, January 2021, Susan Marsden drew on...
Climate Change Working Group
In late 2021, AGHS set up a climate change advisory group, chaired by Professor Tim Entwisle...
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects
The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects advocates climate positive design, so that its...
Managing Botanic Gardens in a Changing Climate
Botanic gardens maintain collections of living plants for science, conservation, education, beauty...
Case study: Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden: research–community partnership
Plant ecologist Andy Leigh, who investigates how Australian plants respond to extreme temperature...
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