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CURRENT ISSUE of the AGHS JOURNALAustralian Garden HistoryVolume 20 Number 1 In members letterboxes now! |
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29th Annual National ConferenceBowral, NSW10-12 October 2008Limited vacancies. Please contact AGHS office before booking. The 29th Annual National Conference is to be held at Oxley College, Bowral in the beautiful Southern Highlands region of New South Wales. This three day conference will look at the distinct periods of garden and horticultural development in the Southern Highlands balancing a comprehensive lecture program with visits to significant gardens including Retford Park, Moidart, Shambala (formerley Kennerton Green) and Summerlees. The influence of families, the work of designers and the role of nurseries in this development will be explored as will the geography and the natural beauty of the environment. Peter Valder is sure to delight his audience at the optional conference dinner to be held at Milton Park An Optional Day on Monday 13 October will explore the South Coast whilst writer and photographer Trisha Dixon will conduct Pre and Post Conference Tours for those wanting to glimpse into some of the most historic cultural landscapes of the Taralga, Goulburn and Menangle districts. Pre Conference Tour 6,7,9 October Click here for more information or to download the conference registration brochure. Limited vacancies. Please contact AGHS office before booking. |
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Lost Gardens of Sydney ExhibitionMuseum of Sydney. Saturday 9 August — Sunday 30 November, 2008. Sydney’s vast sea of roofs belies its rich legacy of gardens and gardening. In every direction from the city, large estates and gardens have been subdivided and lost to our ever-increasing need for real estate. Lost gardens explores Sydney’s rich and diverse gardening heritage. It traces the rise and fall of a number of Sydney gardens and garden styles, from the native bush and significant early colonial gardens, to nurseries and the gardens of the rising middle class, to the small domestic gardens of the inter-war years, to corporate roof-top gardens and threatened gardens of today. The exhibition is rich with paintings, drawings, photographs, plans, statuary, floral albums and botanical images, and will charm anyone with an interest in gardens and the environment. Curated by AGHS Chair Colleen Morris and sponsored in part by the Australian Garden History Society, this exhibition is to be complimented by a book of the same title. This publication is now on sale through the Society at a discounted price to members. See order form. Listen to an interview with ABC Radio National's Alan Saunders. View some images from the exhibition and the book flier. For information and related events visit: www.hht.net.au/whats_on/exhibitions. |
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John Viska Essay Prize 2009The West Australian Branch is offering a prize of $500, one year’s membership to the Society, and an opportunity for publication in the national journal, Australian Garden History or online on the Society's website. The prize will be given for a completed research paper contributing to the knowledge and/or management of Western Australia’s garden heritage. The aim of the award is to encourage research in Australian garden history by new and emerging scholars, and to recognize excellence in the related writing. |
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A Guide to Conserving and Interpreting Gardens in Western AustraliaLaunched in July this year this comprehensive guide compiled by John Viska with the assistance of Gillian Lilleyman and Elizabeth Hof, covers the five periods of garden design in Western Australia from 1826-1980. Extensive plant lists, design elements and typical layouts are all described in some detail, along with overviews of the social and cultural climate of the times. Publication was greatly assisted by a grant from Lotterywest. To purchase see the purchase form on this website. |
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Studies in Australian Garden HistoryVolume 2Edited by Max Bourke and Colleen MorrisSeven fully refereed articles make up a diverse, and stimulating collection of current research into the history of gardens, gardening, landscapes and culture – articles as diverse as the War efforts at vegetable gardening, to the “War of the Roses” in Canberra, from pictorial studies in the nineteenth century of the Dandenong Ranges to literary reflections of gardens. To obtain your copy complete the purchase form, or call or email the AGHS office. Cost: $20.00 plus postage. |
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New Special Book Offers to AGHS MembersLost Gardens of Sydney Reading the Garden: the Settlement of Australia by Katie Holmes, Susan K. Martin & Kylie Mirmohamadi. See flier Under the Spell of the Ages: Australian Country Gardens by Trisha Dixon. See flier La Trobe’s Jolimont: A Walk Around My Garden by Helen Botham. Published jointly by the La Trobe Society and the Australian Garden History Society. See flier Botanical Riches: Stories of Botanical Exploration by Richard Aitken. Published by MUP. With illustrations of extraordinary splendour and beauty. See flier |
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Call for input into a Research RegisterOne of the joys of AGHS is finding other members with like minds and interests. For some time the English Garden History Society has maintained a register of members's research interests, an invaluable tool to inform what research has been done, or is underway, on a wide range of garden history themes and topics and encourage sharing of ideas. Members are free to search the register at www.gardenhistorysociety.org . Note the variation in methods (or even whether) researchers can be contacted by. The AGHS has been discussing with the English GHS the feasibility of combining the Register with additional entries from Australian members. This has advantages in making it a more representative international coverage of garden history, allowing cross-comparison of themes. From consulting the Index of Australian Garden History it appears there is a wide range of completed research AGHS members have shown interest in since 1980. Recent themes arising have been 20th century garden history (as opposed to 19th or 18th), modern landscape design, native plant use, migrant, kitchen and community gardens. The most sensible way to make this work is by each AGHS Branch nominating a mediator for members in their region/ state. This will be member's first contact, and the mediator will follow up enquiries for additions or alterations, check member's research interests are genuine, and pass them on to the GHS's coordinator who will amend the register. Contact your branch contact for more information on this matter. |
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GARDENS OF MEMORY PROJECTDo you have memories of a garden that has been a special place for you? Garden history is not confined to large, grand or famous gardens. It includes the history of front gardens and back yards of suburbs, towns and farms all over the country. The Gardens of Memory Project is a response to the changing way we use gardens. We would like to find out what your garden, or a garden that was important to you, was like when you were growing up. In this way we will be able to capture a snapshot of gardens and how they were used and planted during much of the twentieth century. For more information about the project and how to participate click here |
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Recent Issues of Australian Garden HistoryNovember/December 2007/January 2008
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Contact DetailsHead OfficeGate Lodge 100 Birdwood Avenue Melbourne Victoria 3004 Phone: 03 9650 5043 or Tollfree 1800 678 446 Fax: 03 9650 8470 General Information: info@gardenhistorysociety.org.au Journal: editor@gardenhistorysociety.org.au Webmaster: info@gardenhistorysociety.org.au |
