AGHS Annual General Meeting
Sunday 14th November 2021 AEDT 10 am This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held online via Zoom. The Zoom meeting link will open at 9:30am and the meeting proper will start at 10am. Please note that all are […]
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Victoria
Vic Branch: University of Melbourne System Garden – Walk & Talk
FREE EVENT – FAMILY AND FRIENDS WELCOME Please join us for a tour of the University of Melbourne’s System Garden and horticultural environs. This tour, which complements the excellent presentation by Tim Uebergang in September, will be led by Virginia […]
Webinar: Callan Park and Broughton Hall: A Historic Hospital and Parkland in Transition
Join us for a webinar - Callan Park and Broughton Hall: A Historic Hospital and Parkland in Transition - presented by Roslyn Burge. When: Wednesday 23 February, 7pm AEDT (Sign on commences from 6:45pm and the presentation begins at 7:00pm). […]
Vic Branch: Autumn in Mt Macedon
A one-day bus trip – with Stephen Ryan Join us for a trip to explore several beautiful and significant Mt Macedon gardens in their autumn glory led by well-known local and horticulturist, Stephen Ryan. We will visit Turgurim, Stephen Ryan’s […]
Vic Branch: A Melba/Streeton day in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges
Dame Nellie Melba and Sir Arthur Streeton were friends and often visited each other’s properties at Coldstream and Olinda. Streeton met Melba in London and it was really from staying at Melba’s home, Combe Cottage in 1914, that Streeton was […]
Webinars: Burnley Gardens / Ina Higgins
Two online lectures To replace the cancelled Symposium "Women in Horticulture" which was to be held in conjunction with Friends of Burnley Gardens and the Herb Society of Victoria, AGHS is offering the two planned lectures online instead. FOBG will […]
Zoom Lecture – Jason Chongue and The Plant Society
Jason Chongue is the Creative Director of design studio and store The Plant Society. After gaining a wealth of experience working as an architect and interior designer, Jason merged his passion for plants and design by establishing The Plant Society […]
Zoom lecture: The Edwardian Garden – golden and delicious
Deanery, Sonning, house and steps - Caroline Holmes Special online lecture by renowned UK Garden Historian, Caroline Holmes. Gardens of a golden afternoon are glimpsed in black and white photographs and nostalgic cottage paintings. The Mediterranean inspired the architecture of […]
Vic Branch: Free Walk & Talk with Professor Tim Entwisle
Free Walk & Talk with Professor Tim Entwisle at Wattle Park, Burwood. Price: FREE for members & their guests Enquires: Lynda Entwisle 0466 925 370 Come and join us for a leisurely stroll with Professor Tim Entwisle to explore the history of the […]
Vic Branch: Vic Branch AGM 2022 followed by lecture
Edna Walling - an unusual life by Sara Hardy. Time: 6.00 start – drinks & nibble available from 5:30 pm. Venue: Mueller Hall, National Herbarium of Victoria, South Yarra. Cost: $20 members, $25 non-members. Bookings: at Trybooking. Enquiries: Lynda Entwisle […]
Vic Branch: Launch of Goronga Garden History Booklet and visit to Nobelius Heritage Park and Museum
Photo by Trevor Pitkin Join us for a self-drive day trip to the foothills of the Dandenong Ranges where the highlight will be the launch of Tim Gatehouse’s latest garden history booklet about Goronga, a c19th hill station property. […]
Vic Branch: Bellarine self-drive two day garden tour
Spray Farm (Photo by Trevor Pitkin) We invite you to join us on a two-day self-drive tour of significant and historic private gardens on acreage, some rarely open - coastal, rural, urban - with landscapes, homesteads and much more. Saturday: […]
Vic Branch: Visit to Government House and La Trobe’s Cottage
After many delays we are excited to invite you to join us on this small group tour to Government House and La Trobe’s Cottage and garden. Meet at Government House where we will tour the State Apartments and the Peace […]
2022 Annual National Conference
Wrest Point Casino 410 Sandy Bay Road, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaLandscape 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 […]
Vic Branch: Christmas walk and talk – Kamesburgh Garden, Brighton
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 […]
Vic Branch: Mont Park – walk and talk
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, […]
Vic Branch: Self-drive visits to Beleura House and Garden and Peter Nicholson’s garden, Mornington
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 […]
Webinar: C.R.U.N.C.H. (Climate Resilience Understanding New Challenges for Historic Gardens)
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 […]
Vic Branch: Glorious Gippsland garden tour
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 […]
Vic Branch Webinar: Music, Recreation, and Gardens at Nineteenth-Century International Exhibitions
‘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 […]