Each year the AGHS hold a national conference in a different region
within Australia. The first conference was held in Melbourne in
1980 where the Society was formed. Since then Conferences have been
held in the Blue Mountains and Sydney in NSW, Melbourne, Canberra,
Hobart, Adelaide and Mt Gambier in South Australia, Toowoomba in
Queensland and Perth in Western Australia.
Members and non members are invited to attend one and a half days
of lectures by stimulating international and national speakers who
are specialists in their fields, including garden design, architecture,
garden history and cultural history.
The program always includes a day and a half of visits to many
wonderful historic and contemporary public and private gardens.
Extra days of garden visits are usually offered as an optional extra.
33rd Annual National Conference
Ballarat, Victoria
9-11 November 2012
Booking forms will be available in April on this website and in the AGHS journal. Remember to book early to avoid disappointment.
'From Colonial River Port to the Hinterland, its all about the Mary’
32nd Annual National Conference
Maryborough, Queensland
19, 20, 21 August 2011
Optional Day 22 August
Pre Conference Tour 16-18 August
Post Conference Tour 23-25 August
Fraser Island Option 23-25 August
200 delegates spent three stimulating days exploring the fine heritage city of Maryborough through lectures, delivered by a range of eminent speakers and garden owners, and visits to public and private gardens and historic buildings. The program for the Optional Day took delegates into the hinterland to visit the homestead gardens of three working cattle stations. Many also chose to participate in the more extensive tours before and after the conference. Another fully subscribed and much enjoyed conference for the AGHS.
Conference papers will be published in a special edition of the Queensland Review which can be purchased from Australian Academic Press by completing the order form.
30th Annual National Conference
Geelong, Victoria
16-18 October 2009
2009 Conference Proceedings now available for viewing (8Mb).
26th Annual National Conference
Perth, Western Australia
14-16 October 2005
2005 Conference Proceedings now available for viewing. (1.1Mb).
25th Annual National Conference
Sydney, NSW
14-17 October 2004
2004 Conference Proceedings now available for viewing. (1.1Mb).
TOURS
The AGHS regularly conducts specialised tours throughout Australia.
The Society always endeavours to engage leaders who are
knowledgeable
and highly skilled in conducting tours.
These tours are wonderful opportunities to explore particular areas
or themes in garden history and visit gardens rarely open to the
public. Numbers are limited giving participants every chance to
interact with leaders, garden owners and other participants.
Each year the AGHS holds a tour in association with the National Conference.
From time to time AGHS Branches conduct excellent tours in regional areas.
Look through the activities under Branch
pages to find one which may interest you.
Monaro and Mountains Tour
23-27 April 2012
5 Day Tour led by writer-photographer Trisha Burkitt starting and finishing in Canberra and based at Lake Crackenback on the Alpine Way. The tour will visit properties on Monaro to gain an appreciation of the landscape through the eyes of people such a writer environmentalist Charles Massey and grazier David Ryrie with overlays of art, architecture, literature, history and people.
