The Garden at Broughton Hall This formal garden is over twenty-five years old and has been compared to Versailles. The four acres of terraced gardens cascade down the slope with views over the Tarago Reservoir and the rolling hills […]
Retford Park (photo Robyn Oates) We are delighted to invite you to a day out at the historic Retford Park house and gardens in Bowral. Retford Park’s European history extends back to 1821. In the 1880s the property was acquired […]
Longford House People, places and stories combines the first of our 2024 Winter Lectures with visits to four historic properties in the Longford & Launceston areas. Saturday’s program commences at 11am in Longford with a tour of the extensive gardens […]
Visit to Belair State Flora Nursery & Old Government House garden, hopefully with afternoon tea. Old Government House is open on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month for pre-booked teas & tours. State Flora is open 9am-5pm weekdays, […]
Professor Leslie Wilkinson on the ship Naldera, NSW, c.1930 (NLA: Fairfax archive, glass plate negative. PIC Row 14/7/5 #PIC/15611/8409) An Illustrated Talk by Flavia Scardamaglia. Heritage consultant Flavia Scardamaglia gives a re-introduction to Leslie Wilkinson, best-known as the first […]
The Chinese Garden of Friendship, 1988, Sydney (Image: Stuart Read) The Chinese have a long relationship with Australia – as ‘sojourners’, here for a short time (chasing sandalwood, trepang, gold, opportunity) and as ‘stayers’: eventually citizens. They have marked our […]
You are invited to our annual Winter webinar and fundraiser for the Nina Crone Writing Fund Big Hearted Gardens: Community and Care at the Melbourne Flower & Garden Show Join landscape architect Emma Sheppard-Simms and go behind the scenes of the Melbourne International Flower and […]
Hamish Maxwell-Stewart & Ann Cripps present "Convict Gardeners & their Gardens" in the Chapel at the Hobart Penitentiary followed by guided tours of this historic convict site built in the 1830s. The interactive Convict Memorial with digitised records of 75,00 […]
This year the AGHS winter film is Saving Grace. Grace, “the best gardener in the world”, lives with her husband in a comfortable house in a Cornish village, growing wonderful orchids in her greenhouse. When her feckless husband dies, she […]
Winter online zoom lecture by Dr Raymond Madden, Senior Lecturer, Anthropologist, in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University James Dawson, (1806-1900), was a prominent pastoralist in the colonial history of western Victoria. In 1881 he published, ' Australian Aborigines: […]
Walk and Talk at Uambi, a cultural landscape, Heathmont, with Trevor Pitkin and Trust for Nature Uambi is a site in two distinct, but blended parts - the conserved ecosystem managed by Trust for Nature since 1980, and the stages […]
Garden objects, ephemera and stories are well-represented in Australian museum collections, though their significance and connections are not always fully recognised or interpreted. It is time for museum curators and garden historians to have a closer dialogue, so they can better […]
Camperdown Botanic Gardens, Urn in rose garden funded by AGHS Vic grant (Photo: Janet O’Hehir) The AGM 2024 will be followed by Rescuing Our Botanical Heritage:10 years of Camperdown Botanic Gardens and Arboretum Trust a lecture by Janet O’Hehir Janet leads […]
Join our AGHS rose pruning experts for a hands-on workshop. Learn about the history of the Heritage Rose Garden and the rose species it houses A demonstration of pruning techniques for particular rose species will be followed by your opportunity […]
Join our AGHS rose pruning experts for a hands-on workshop. Learn about the history of the Heritage Rose Garden and the rose species it houses A demonstration of pruning techniques for particular rose species will be followed by your opportunity […]
AGM – 5.30pm. Talk: Gardening ancestors: people, plants & memories – 6pm. Speaker: Dr Greg Johnson Each of us has stories and memories that underpin our gardening interests. In his talk Greg Johnson will describe some of the horticultural ancestral echoes […]
Kim Woods Rabbidge will present 'Mid-Atlantic USA: The art of gardens', sharing the delights of some of America's most awe-inspiring historical, contemporary, public and private gardens. Kim is a keen gardener, tour leader, writer, photographer, and owner and curator of Our Australian […]
The AGM and the Talk following the AGM is a free event for AGHS members. Bookings are essential as the capacity of the Annie Wyatt Room is strictly limited to 50 people. When booking, you will need to indicate how many tickets you […]
Of all the regions of southeastern Australia that Eugene von Guérard (1811-1901) visited none had a more profound impact on him and his career than Victoria’s Western District. His portrayals of its expansive volcanic plains, its landmark scoria cones and […]
Join us for a very special garden visit and afternoon tea at Park Hill in Moss Vale. This is a garden full of treasures and it is important to note that the home, gardens and the hayshed are WSC Heritage listed. The […]