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 […]
At an historic garden near Beaufort. The Victorian Branch runs monthly Working Bees at member's gardens of note. Morning tea and a light lunch is provided by the property owners. Participation is open to members only for insurance purposes and […]
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 […]
When AGHS member Ken Duxbury, a town planner and landscape architect with a lifelong interest in gardens and a serious bug for collecting, died in March 2022, among his possessions were more than 1,500 garden-related postcards. These featured gardens […]
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
A guided walk around the gardens of Heide with Head Gardener, David Murphy. In this special garden talk join Head Gardener David Murphy for a guided ‘walk’ in the footsteps of Sidney Nolan and other colourful characters who left their […]
Please join us for the AGHS Vic Branch end-of-year celebration and tour of Maranoa Gardens led by the horticultural specialist at Maranoa Gardens, Andrea Dennis. Bring Picnic dinner & drinks, folding chairs and rugs. Tables & toilets available nearby. Book: […]
Join the Victorian Branch the launch of Weeding between the Lines. Weeding between the Lines will make you see your surroundings quite differently. Meander through this anthology to learn how nature, science and art intertwine to create the landscapes we […]
On a balmy summer’s evening, join Mal & Fran for an exposé on this little-known area, tucked away in Port Melbourne. Enjoy a tree-lined stroll through the streets and parks of this planned garden suburb. Expect to walk about […]
Benga Join us for a day excursion visiting gardens in the Heritage Hill Precinct, Dandenong, and Culraven, Olinda. Departure: 9.00am sharp Russell St Extension Bus Loop (behind Ian Potter Gallery) Return: approx. 5,00pm depending on traffic Cost: $120 members $140 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
