Interview Recording Interview Transcript Linda Green interviewed on 1 October 2021 and 17 February 2023 by Patsy Vizents (with appendix) Synopsis Linda Green was a member of the West Australian branch of the Australian Garden History Society […]
Interview Recordings Interview 12 November 2019 Part 1 – 1 hour 22 minutes Interview 12 November 2019 Part 2 – 12 minutes Interview 3 July 2020 Part 1 – 1 hour 22 minutes Interview 3 July 2020 Part 2 – […]
Digging into the past – above and below the Limestone Hill 43rd annual conference: Ipswich ― 29 September to 1 October 2023 The City of Ipswich (Tulmur in the Yagara language) is in sub-tropical south-east Queensland about 40 km inland […]
Landscape on the Edge: Challenge and Opportunity 42nd national conference, Hobart, November 2022 The conference lectures took a broad perspective on our environmental, landscape and garden history, delving back into the big history of geology and Tasmania’s Gondwana connection; Tasmanian […]
Readers of John Dwyer’s anthology, Weeding between the lines, wishing to delve further into the scholarship of weeds, can access fully referenced papers from which some of the essays are drawn here: Weeds as a botanical category, paper delivered at […]
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2022-23 and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2023.
The Australian Garden History Society financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2023 are now available to download.
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Catherine Shields interviewed on 12 September 2022 by Jean Elder Synopsis Catherine Shields is one of Tasmania’s most popular landscape designers, whose creative work ranges from ever changing styles in contemporary outdoor garden spaces […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Peter Valder interviewed on 13 March 2007 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Long-time Australian Garden History Society member and author, Dr Peter Valder grew up in isolation at Nooroo, at Mount Wilson in NSW’s Blue […]
We learn about gardens and garden history through our own horticultural efforts, attending talks and exhibitions, going on garden visits, tours and attending open gardens. We also learn through reading. A select list of publications about Australian gardens and their […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Carol Mansfield interviewed on 29 July 2020 by Patsy Vizents Synopsis After a brief introduction to her early life and involvement with gardening as a child in the UK, Carol described how she met […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Lindsay Campbell interviewed on 22 June 2022 by Jean Elder Synopsis Bushwalking has been a lifelong pursuit for landscape designer, teacher and horticulturist Lindsay Campbell. His initial interest in native plants originated through regular […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript David Yencken interview on 20 March 2003 by Jane Holth Synopsis David Yencken was a gallery owner, property developer and administrator in Melbourne, introducing the discipline of landscape architecture in to the urban housing […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Carmel O’Halloran interviewed on 22 September 2022 by Patsy Vizents Synopsis Carmel was born in Narrogin in WA’s wheat belt area and spent a lot of time during her school holidays on family […]
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2021-2022 and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2022.
The Australian Garden History Society financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022 are now available to download.
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Tara Edmondson interviewed on 22 March 2022 by Jean Elder Synopsis Tara Edmondson spent her childhood exploring and observing the coastal environment and bushland around Triabunna, Tasmania. Living in a setting where family and […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Bob Magnus interviewed on 8 November 2021 by Jean Elder Synopsis Bob Magnus is typical of many of his post-war generation who rejected the opportunity to work in a family business, choosing instead to pursue […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Kingsley Dixon interviewed on 26 January 2022 by Patsy Vizents Kingsley Dixon FTSE (Ph.D.) is an Australian botanist and was the founding Director of Science at Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, and helped to establish […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Robyn Mayo Hawkins interviewed on 26 May 2021 by Jean Elder This is an interview with Robyn Mayo Hawkins recorded for the Australian Garden History’s National Oral History Collection. Robyn, a gardener and artist, is […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Catherine MacLean interviewed on 13 August 2017 by Marilyn Pidgeon This is an interview with Catherine MacLean, of Armidale, NSW. Catherine is speaking with Marilyn Pidgeon, OAM for the Australian Garden History Society (AGHS). […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Gwenda Sheridan interviewed on 30 March 2021 by Jean Elder This is an interview with Gwenda Sheridan, who is being interviewed for the Australian Garden History Society’s National Oral History Collection. Gwenda is speaking about […]
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2020-2021 and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2021.
The Australian Garden History Society financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2021 are now available to download.
This is an oral interview with Dr Stephen Utick, co-founder of Camellia Ark Australia, which aims to conserve Australia’s rarest camellias, and Chair of the International Camellia Society’s Committee for Historic Camellia Conservation. Dr Utick spoke with Laurel Cheetham and […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Simon Brandon interviewed on 27 February 2020 by Sue Whitehouse This is an oral interview with Simon Brandon, former Head Gardener at Hopewood House, Bowral. Simon is speaking with Sue Whitehouse, for the Australian Garden […]
