Laurel Cheetham
l.cheetham@bigpond.com
Chair:
Laurel Cheetham
Vice-Chair:
Vacant
Treasurer:
Jane Clifford
Correspondence Secretary:
Lynette Esdaile
Minute Secretary:
Fran Turland / Lynette Esdaile
Editor, Website:
Lynette Esdaile
Committee:
Clive Probyn
Jennifer Carroll
Fran Turland
Eleanor Dartnall
Helen Gates and Meg Hemming resigned from the Committee in August. We are most appreciative of their hard work and commitment over the years. We are actively seeking nominations for committee replacements. Please contact us as soon as possible if you would like to join our small committee , and become actively involved in our various garden conservation and research projects e.g. The Crowe Project and Berrima Bridge Nursery, and garden visiting activities.
Contact the Secretary: Lynette Esdaile, ph 48877122, or garlynar@bigpond.com.
Summer afternoon garden picnic at The Harp, Sutton Forest.
Members to provide picnic tea, Drinks provided by AGHS.
Cost: $20 members and friend.
Marulan Day
Garden visit to historic Glenrock, walk around historic sites of Marulan. Lunch to be provided by Historical Society/CWA.
Enquiries: Lynette Esdaile, ph 4887 7122
Heritage Week function - date and function TBA.
Berrima Bridge Nursery project
At the recent AGHS National Committee it was agreed to produce at least one book a year on an important garden under threat and some of the members commented that the Crowe Nursery would be a good first subject.
Our branch is moving ahead with the Crowe Project by seeking a grant through the NSW Heritage Grants 2011-2012 “Caring for our Heritage” programme. The programme deals with historical research and local archives projects. Our AGHS project is to "research and collate available information on Claude and Isobel Crowe, the Berrima Bridge Nurseries and their contribution to NSW, and, in particular, the Southern Highlands landscape." The grant is on a $ for $ basis, with a maximum of $4,500 ($5,000 with GST). Laurel Cheetham and Charlotte Webb have worked through the application form and decided that the site identification and investigation work, and the historical overview would fit the criteria, and the AGHS Southern Highlands Branch has applied for a grant for this work. This will leave the assessment of cultural significance, and the policy sections to be done separately (possibly with a future grant for a conservation management plan). The grant would enable sufficient material to be collected and action to be taken, and conservation of elements identified as having significance if these came under threat before the Crowe Management Plan is prepared. It would also mean we could prepare a booklet on the nursery and the Crowes for publication.
Following approval from the Branch committee to proceed with the assessment of cultural significance we have already received a proposal from Chris and Charlotte Webb for stage 1 of the project . They have already started visiting the nursery and recording camellias in bloom. The survoyor engaged for the project commenced a few weeks ago and Chris and Charlotte continue to vsit the grounds weekly. A steering sub-committee has been formed to assist with the project further down the track.
The Branch would welcome further financial and in- kind support with this project from interested members and their friends.Please contact Laurel Cheetham if you are interested; ph 02 4861 7132 or 0407 907 622.
