The Australian Garden History Society WA Branch is pleased to present A Day in the Hills. Meet at the Mundaring Museum then travel to the garden f Leslie and Angus Richardson in Sawyers Valley. Ticket price includes a donation to […]
We are delighted that the Queanbeyan walk planned for the 2020 Canberra and Region Heritage Festival will take place THIS year. Queanbeyan's story is closely tied to the Queanbeyan River, with even Surveyor Larmer’s siting of the initial village being […]
Join us for the lecture "Hallowed Turf" given by Richard Heathcote, Honorary Curator of the Australian Museum of Gardening in conjunction with "The Blade "Exhibition. Venue: Great Hall at "Carrick Hill " Springfield, Adelaide. RSVP: by email to patonkin@me.com.
The Australian Garden History Society WA Branch are pleased to present a talk during the Australian Heritage Festival 2021 celebrating the theme of "Our Heritage for the Future". Discover how the fragile medium of glass was used in commercial and […]
AGHS Vic Branch & Friends of the Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne present The Garden State: Inside Victoria's private gardens. This talk will showcase, in words and pictures, a selection of stunning rural Victorian gardens. Victoria’s rich soil, mostly cool climate […]
Join us for a BUS trip to walk around three different historic landscapes in the west of Melbourne: HV McKay Memorial Gardens, Sunshine – Robin McKay Hunt, great grandson of HV McKay and AGHS member, together with the Friends of […]
Join other garden history friends for a day in Gundaroo, featuring the superb Canadian documentary film The Gardener along with a sale of generously donated garden books. The Gardener (2016, directed by Sebastien Chabot), deals with Frank Cabot's Les Quatre Vents, […]
Catherine Shields, landscape designer, will speak on the design of the garden at Patterdale. Venue: Battery Point Community Hall.
Trisha will talk on her latest book Spirit of the Garden. Trisha is well known to AGHS members and in her talk will explore the relationship that exists between ourselves, our gardens and the natural landscape. Her message is the […]
This lecture via Zoom explores gardens through the senses of the Impressionists from three continents – Europe, North America and Australia - enjoying the essentially similar pleasures of the garden but engaging with the light from their skies in order […]
A digital webinar via Zoom presented by Bill Oates. Cost: $10 members; $15 non-members; students $5. Book at: Trybooking.
Venue: The Hermitage, Old South Road, Mittagong Cost: AGHS Members $25, non-members $35. Booking: Details on page 8 of Inflorescence May 2021. Bookings will close June 7 (not June 14) as stated in Inflorescence.
Lecture by Emeritus Professor Barbara Santich, renowned food historian, author and lover of all things French. Professor Santich spent several years living in France in the late ‘70s, and wrote a memoir about that time called ‘Wild Asparagus, Wild Strawberries’. […]
This lecture will be held via Zoom. Long before Mendel’s work was known, Bory Latour-Marliac (1830-1911) engineered daring water lily couplings with consummate skill, meticulous care and acute observation. His previously unrecorded letters reveal a horticultural world wide web into […]
Rosemary will recount one of her plant collecting expeditions. Rosemary trained as a plant ecologist, and in a variety of positions, has been involved in helping to describe Australia’s biodiversity. She has contributed to many publications, including the recently published […]
Helen Page, Melbourne horticulturalist, will speak on cemetery landscapes. Venue: Battery Point Community Hall.
Itinerary includes visit to Greenmount Homestead to inspect the Queensland Branch project for 40th year AGHS celebrations. Visits to Private and Public Gardens and a trip to a prominent cattle property. Further information: email annwegener@me.com.
Cost: $80 per person. Bookings have now closed.
More information will be provided closer to the date.
Advance notice! Venue: Battery Point Community Hall.