Overgrowing Canberra Speaker: Julian Raxworthy – Landscape architecture and gardener A core part of the Garden City model is to create a street wide, tree-lined feel by requiring houses to be set well back from the street, visually co-opting residents’ […]
The SA Branch AGM will be held at Glen Ewin Estate on Sunday 24th September at 11.30am, 43 Lower Hermitage Road, Lower Hermitage, SA 5131, followed by lunch and a walk around the historic garden, which dates from 1843. See: www.glenewinestate.com.au for […]
AGHS Conference 2023 - 29 Sep to 1 Oct 2023 - Ipswich, QLD - Digging into the past – above and below the Limestone Hills
Presented by Seamus O'Brien, Head Gardener National Botanic Gardens of Ireland. Kilmacurragh is a 17th century estate in East County Wicklow and for several centuries was seat of the Acton family. This talk traces the evolution of the estate and […]
Join us at Government House for Lunch on the Lawns on Friday 3rd November, 12 noon - 2 pm. Free Entry. Live Music. AGHS members plan to meet at noon inside the Main Gate (corner of North Terrace and King […]
Join us for afternoon drinks on Sunday 10th December. Venue to be confirmed. Please save the date.
Meet for coffee at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and visit the Museum of Economic Botany to view Dr Thorton’s Temple of Flora exhibition. Please let Richard Heathcote know you will be there, so that he can watch out for you […]
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, […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
Speaker: Adj Professor Margo Ngawa Neale The Joint Annual Lecture of the ACT Monaro Riverina Branch of the AGHS and the Friends of the NLA. Land is viewed as ‘Country’ in Aboriginal Australia. It is a worldview that embodies a […]
Visit four spectacular private hidden gardens of SA open for one day only! This is a unique opportunity not to be missed as these awe-inspiring, large private hills gardens have never been open to the public before. Book via: the […]
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 […]
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 […]
