44th AGHS Annual Conference Hesperia: Looking West Bunbury, Western Australia Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October 2024. Optional Day Monday 21st October. Pre-conference Tour Tuesday 15th October to Thursday 17th October Leaves Perth and arrives in Bunbury […]
Join us on our Spring Tour of some beautiful private gardens around Cootamundra. Enjoy the rural way of life as you stroll through interesting pastoral gardens. This is a wonderful opportunity to visit some long-established gardens in the ACT Monaro […]
Von Guerard’s “The Basin Banks, near Camperdown 1857” (Lake Gnotuk) courtesy of The Art Gallery of Ballarat. Join the Victorian Branch on a 3-day, all-inclusive coach trip focusing on the landscapes painted by Eugene von Guerard. In March 1857, von […]
Registration Deadline is Monday 4 November Ray Bradley has organised a 3-day tour to many beautiful locations in the Hunter Valley. On the drive up to the Hunter region we will visit the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens which has been preserved as […]
Join us for a relaxed end-of-year gathering in delightful surroundings. Wander around this wonderful historic garden, home to the Downes family since the 1860s and prior to that, to the Macleay family of Elizabeth Bay House. AGHS Sydney branch members […]
Members and partners are invited to the AGHS TAS Christmas Garden Party. The afternoon begins at Summerhome, 2 Hopkins St West Moonah, with both the house and garden open, before moving to Runnymede, 61 Bay Rd New Town, where a […]
SA Branch Chairman, Jeff Jenkinson and his wife Gillian, will host the annual Christmas gathering at their beautiful property, St Vigeans, at 17 Laurel Road, Stirling. We hope many of you can be there. RSVP is not necessary, but if […]
This 8-acre reserve was originally the site of a natural spring once used by the Peoples of the East Kulin Nations. It has been a part of Malvern’s community life since 1888, when the Shire approached Thomas Pockett, a gardener […]
Eleanor and John Dartnall are opening their gorgeous garden called Tavistock for our Christmas celebration. The garden is amazing and there will be small tables of 4 to accommodate all who would like to sit and enjoy the later summer […]
Our end of year event will be in a very special garden in Ainslie. This garden abuts Mount Ainslie and it has always been owned by the same family. It retains the original plantings, which now almost cradle the house […]
This is a fundraiser to assist with advocacy activities in the Southern Highlands. $28.00 plus either a choctop or a bottle of water. In the heat of summer there is nothing like going to the movies and sitting in lovely air […]
Gracious Gardens and Re-Imagined Green Spaces in Albert Park St Vincent Gardens and Gasworks Art Park Following our interesting visit to Garden City in 2024, you are invited to join us to start 2025 with a 3-4 kms walk and […]
Join Ben Taylor, Landscape Manager at the National Gallery of Australia for our AGHS tour of the Sculpture Garden and the Fiona Hall Fern Garden. Ben will speak about the history and proposed re-creation of this iconic three-hectare site. Afterwards, […]
Duntroon House is listed on the Commonwealth Heritage List. Join the knowledgeable Duntroon guides for a tour of Duntroon House and gardens. Hear their stories and look out for historical plantings. The tour will last about 60 minutes plus time […]
This will be an amazing tour of two independent properties with guides at each location and lunch is included! Arthur and Yvonne Boyd were instantly enchanted by the Bundanon Homestead and landscape. In 1979 the Boyds purchased the Homestead, building […]
Walk with Colleen Morris, Christine Hay and James Quoyle around this spectacular headland park as they guide and reveal its little-known stories. With continuing First Nations connections, its landform and waterway formed the setting for 19th century colonial occupation. In […]
This tour promises to be spectacular! There are many gardens to visit most with exotic trees which should be in full autumn colour. Places to be visited include The Secret Garden at Richmond, Windyridge Garden and Nooroo at Mount Wilson, Gory'u Japanese […]
Branch members (and other Society members visiting Adelaide at the time) are invited to a talk by Susan McCormack, Carrick Hill Director, on the collection of gardening tools and related ephemera donated to Carrick Hill by Richard Bird in 2013, […]
Westgarthtown, Lalor/Thomastown is an historic farming settlement established c.1850s by German immigrants. We will have a special guided tour around Ziebell’s farmhouse, out buildings, garden and museum plus the Lutheran church, cemetery and other historic sites. After a delicious morning […]
The Branch has again been invited to participate in the City of Perth’s Boorloo Festival. This will give us the opportunity to distribute information about AGHS including journal back copies. A guided walk of the grounds of Government House, Perth, […]
