Australian Garden History Society

2023 Annual National Conference

Ipswich Civic Centre 50 Nicholas Street, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

AGHS Conference 2023 - 29 Sep to 1 Oct 2023 - Ipswich, QLD - Digging into the past – above and below the Limestone Hills

Vic Branch: Christmas Walk & Talk – Maranoa Gardens and Beckett Park

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: […]

Vic Branch: Book Launch – Weeding between the Lines by John Dwyer

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 […]

Vic Branch: Garden City Walk and Talk

  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 […]

Victoria Branch: From Dandenong to the Dandenongs

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 […]

Zoom lecture: Big Hearted Gardens

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 […]

Zoom lecture: Gardens and land management in Western Victoria

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: […]

Victoria Branch: Free Walk and Talk at Uambi

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 […]

Victoria Branch: AGM 2024 & lecture

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 […]