Dendera Temple Frieze (photo by Wendy Robinson) Wendy will present an illustrated talk which will briefly outline some elements of ancient Egyptian history from its unification from “Two Lands” into an early nation state and through the 3 great pharaonic […]
Glebe, its History and Gardens. A Walking Tour led by Robert Hannan Starting/finish point: Rothwell Lodge, Glebe. 24 Ferry Road, Glebe NSW Cost: $20 members; $30 non-members; students $5 Book: at Trybooking. Robert Hannan, an AGHS member with broad knowledge […]
‘Love of a crowd, a band, and “a gardens’’’: Music, Recreation, and Gardens at Nineteenth-Century International Exhibitions Winter online lecture by Sarah Kirby International exhibitions were some of the most significant cultural events of the nineteenth century, drawing together displays […]
Outline of Talk A survey of the life and work of perhaps the greatest NSW landscape designer. Unlike Edna Walling, with a monthly plan and column in a popular magazine, Sorensen put little on paper, preferring working in 3D on […]
Winter online lecture by Dr David Marsh, UK What do you know about gnomes? Are they different to dwarves? Or to Elves? Goblins? Pixies? Leprechauns, Boggarts? Or any of the other small folk who live in our imagination and stories…and […]
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’ […]
AGHS Conference 2023 - 29 Sep to 1 Oct 2023 - Ipswich, QLD - Digging into the past – above and below the Limestone Hills
Self-drive tour of Hawkesbury Richmond including Durham Bowes homestead and St Peter’s Anglican Church. Durham Bowes or Mountainview. Join Stuart Read and enjoy a visit and introduction to some of the breadbasket of the early colony: the Richmond / Cornwallis […]
A self -drive visit to three magical gardens in and around Glen Innes. Leaving the Tourist Information Centre in Armidale at 8.45am, we'll drive/car pool to Glen Innes and our first garden 'Brandon' where we'll enjoy the garden and hear […]
Horse Park and Elm Grove homesteads are two of the oldest continually occupied and worked rural properties in the ACT. John Gillespie and his wife Mary Anne worked in the Ginninderra district from the 1840s, and in 1852 John bought […]
Here is an opportunity to visit a lovely garden never opened to the public previously to help support the Southern Highlands Botanic Garden (SHBG). This very stylish town garden was created by the owner over the past two decades and is […]
Oatley Castle. (Photo care of Oatley Flora and Fauna Conservation Society) Join us for a walking tour of Oatley Park led by members of the Oatley Flora and Fauna Conservation Society following a talk by a local historian. Venue: […]
AGHS has planned an early April walk through the suburb of Griffith, just as we near the end of Daylight Saving. Griffith is one of Canberra's oldest suburbs, rich in parks and fine trees, and with several streets following Walter […]
A self-drive weekend visit to three wonderful Coffs Harbour private gardens, and possibly two Woolgoolga gardens. Arriving on Friday afternoon or evening, we'll make our own accommodation bookings for two nights, most likely at Pacific Bay Resort. This venue also […]
The Braes (photographer Stuart Read) The day begins with a tour by the owner of The Braes, an historic Sorensen garden. Following that will be a tour of another, smaller Sorensen garden nearby, then a visit to committee member, Stephen […]
Venue: The Garden Gallery, Robert Brown Building, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney. Cost: AGHS Members $10, Non-members $15, Students $5. AGHS will donate profit to The Florilegium Society. Book: at Trybooking. The Florilegium: Rainforest Species at Risk exhibition showcases contemporary […]
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 […]
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: […]