Australian Garden History Society

ACT Monaro Riverina Branch: Twilight Ramble

We are starting 2021 with a Twilight Ramble at the former Forestry School site at Yarralumla. At 5.15 pm our guide, Steve Thomas will meet us in the car park and take us on a walk for about 30 minutes […]

Webinar: Charles Moore and Joseph Maiden – Outreach and Impact

An online talk by Colleen Morris. This talk will discuss the the influence of two directors of the Sydney Botanic Garden: Charles Moore whose directorship spanned from 1848 to1896 and then the Joseph Maiden era from 1896to1924; periods of continuous […]

ACT Monaro Riverina Branch: Green Hills visit and talk

For our celebration in the month of Canberra’s birthday, we plan to visit the Himalayan Forest at the National Arboretum. The Himalayan Forest was planted by Griffin as one of the three barren hills on the western side of his […]

ACT Monaro Riverina Branch: A Garden for a Modernist House

Canberra, as the modern twentieth century capital of Australia, was designed with domestic gardens as an important component of the garden city planning. Our location for this event is a totally Modernist house in Campbell; and the fully documented garden […]