Landscape on the Edge: Challenge and Opportunity 11 - 13 November 2022 For an overview of the conference download the AGHS Conference Brochure 2022. For conference attendee information and program download the AGHS Conference Program 2022. NOTE THAT REGISTRATIONS ARE […]
View to the north of the gardens from the upper storey of the mansion, 1919, when the property was Anzac Hostel for incapacitated returning soldiers. (Anzac War Memorial photograph collection) Please join us for the AGHS Vic Branch end […]
Please join us for the AGHS Vic Branch tour of Mont Park led by Trevor Pitkin. Mont Park was the base for landscape designer Hugh Linaker from 1912 until his death in 1938. The tour will focus on the southern, […]
Join us for a day at Beleura House and Garden and Peter Nicholson’s garden, Mornington This will be a co-event with Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Society. Beleura, an Italianate villa, was designed by architect Joseph Reed in 1863 and […]
Eryldene will host an online event on 30th March 2023, exploring how historic gardens are building resilience to climate change. Speakers from the UK, USA, Australia and South Africa will share local and global garden management experiences with an interactive […]
Holey Plain homestead, Rosedale. Bus trip to Gippsland gardens. Gippsland – the Gunaikurnai people are recognised as Traditional Owners of a large area of the land. European settlement came about with explorer Paul Strzelecki from Poland in 1840 discovering […]
‘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 […]
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 […]