Northern NSW Branch: Soiree
Heritage Rose Garden, Saumarez Homestead. Drinks and Canapes RSVP: Friday 25th November to maria.hitchcock@gmail.com
Heritage Rose Garden, Saumarez Homestead. Drinks and Canapes RSVP: Friday 25th November to maria.hitchcock@gmail.com
The 2022 branch Christmas party will be held at Pensioner Guard Cottage, 1 Surrey Street, Bassendean Pensioner Guard Cottage c1857 is the oldest building still standing in Bassendean. It is a two room cottage built by convicts for Pensioner Guard […]
The AGHS Sydney Branch would like to invite you, our members and supporters to an end of year celebration to be held at the house of two of our very generous members, in Glebe! For those that have been to one of our […]
You are invited to the AGHS Tas Christmas Garden Party at the home of Jill & Chris Webster, 5 Swanston St New Town for drinks, hors d’oeuvres & music. Including a guided tour of the neighbouring garden of “Sunnyside” whose […]
Enjoy a relaxed late arvo garden party with author and gardener Christine McCabe tour of her garden at Blakiston, near Littlehampton. BYO food. Further details to come.
Our opening event for 2023 is a special guided tour of the wonderful exhibition Cressida Campbell in the National Gallery of Australia. This large, exceptionally beautiful exhibition has been drawing enthusiastic visitors since it opened in October. Here is an […]
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 tour of the Government House Gardens with afternoon tea in the tennis pavilion. Government House Estate gardens are regarded as one of the finest private gardens from the Victorian era in the country. They are […]
Ferdinand Bauer and the Hapsburgs - an illustrated talk by David Stuart. Ferdinand Bauer was the natural history artist and botanist who accompanied Captain Mathew Flinders on the first circumnavigation of Australia from 1801-03 producing a significant record of our […]
Bridge of ashlar sandstone on Woodsden property, ‘first culvert’, upstream side. Photo: M Ward. This day tour will cover the unprotected heritage landscape of the “Convict Road” between Buckland and Orford. On the north and west side of the […]
Captain Charles Sturt Museum at Sturt's Cottage The Grange. Hear a talk on Sturt's interest in botany and plant collecting, see the new displays and enjoy afternoon tea. Address: 39D Jetty Street, Grange (adjacent to Grange Primary School) Cost: Members […]
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 […]
Walk around the historic property (good walking shoes required), followed by lunch at the restaurant with shared fresh platters or similar. Price to be confirmed. Venue: Glen Ewin Estate, 43 Lower Hermitage Rd, Lower Hermitage SA 5131 Bookings: contact Richard […]
The Canberra suburb of Hackett was developed from the mid-1960s, with many houses built for ‘indoor-outdoor living’. This design, imported from southern California, became a major feature of houses and gardens across Australia's suburbs from the 1950s. This walk around Hackett will view […]
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 […]
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 […]
The tour will explore the Park's historical timeline and show how it has adapted over time and influenced cemetery development, so that Centennial Park became Australia's first ‘park like’ garden cemetery. Venue: 760 Goodwood Road, Pasadena SA 5042. Meet at the Administration […]
On Friday 21 April we have the opportunity for an autumn visit to four lovely Monaro gardens, two in Cooma, followed by two a little further south, near Nimmitabel. This will be a self-drive day, with arrival at our first garden visit […]
Join us for drinks and canapes to celebrate significant contributions to the Heritage Rose Garden at Saumarez Homestead by Mareah Rhodes White, Jillian Oppenheimer and Sally Croft and a chance to indulge in the pleasures of the Autumn garden. Venue: […]