'Celebrating generations of change in the country's landscapes . . . '
The Australian Garden History Society offers its members and the general public a range of quality periodicals, occasional papers, books and booklets on the history of Australian gardens.
'Recalling past pleasures of association . . .'
The Proceedings of some Annual National Conferences are also available.
'Assisting scholars and students with current information and recent research on Australia's garden history . . . '
The web-site provides the contents of recent journals, abstracts of feature articles, and some articles in full. A comprehensive index of material included in the journal is available on-line or can be ordered in hard-copy form from the AGHS Office.
DVD
A Gardener’s City: Canberra’s Garden Heritage
Produced by the AGHS ACT/Monaro/Riverina Branch in conjunction with The Production Hub
Foremost Australian landscape architects, historians, educators and writers tell the amazing story of how Canberra, the Garden City, was created and pay tribute to the initiatives of both public and private gardeners as our cameras take you on a tour of one of the worlds most beautiful cities in full autumn colour.
Australian
Garden History
Containing feature articles on Australian gardens, book reviews, reports of garden visits and tours, and an Australia-wide calendar of forthcoming activities the journal is mailed to all financial members of the Australian Garden History Society 4 times a year.
Studies in Australian Garden History
The first edition of Studies in Australian Garden History
was published by the Society in July 2003. A fully refereed journal meeting
high academic standards, contains papers by some of Australia's well known researchers
and new writers. The articles are around 6,000 words each with extensive illustrations
so deal in considerable depth with the topics covered. The first edition deals
with issues across the spectrum of gardens and landscapes and their intersection
with cultural and art history as well as issues to do with the management of
recent gardens of significance. The Journal is supported by the Kindred Spirits
Fund of the Society and edited by Max Bourke and Colleen Morris.
Volume One is out of print.Studies in Australian Garden History
Volume Two
This second volume contains illustrated papers by John Dwyer, Matt Morris, Deborah van der Plaat and Catherine De Lorenzo, Rebecca Jones and Janice Chesters, David Jones, Susan K Martin and Dianne Firth.
Papers explore subjects from gardens in nineteenth century Australian fiction, weeds in the colonial garden, to early Australian Organic gardening and the recent Wars of the Roses at Old Parliament House, Canberra.
To obtain your copy complete the purchase form , or call or email the AGHS office. Cost: $20.00 plus postage.
BOOKS
New!
Lost Gardens of Sydney
by Colleen Morris
Published by Historic Houses Trust Special discount for Australian Garden History Society members For more information and to purchase see flier
New!
Garden Cuttings: Articles for The Age by Nina Crone
Edited by Helen Forgasz
Published by Australian Scholarly Publishing For more information and to purchase see flier
Reading the Garden: the Settlement of Australia by Katie Holmes, Susan K. Martin & Kylie Mirmohamadi
Special discount for Australian Garden History Society members For more information and to purchase see flier
Under the Spell of the Ages: Australian Country Gardens by Trisha Dixon
Published by the National Library of Australia
Special discount for Australian Garden History Society members
For more information and to purchase see flier
A Guide to Conserving and Interpreting Gardens in Western Australia
Compiled by John Viska
Published by AGHS
To obtain your copy complete the purchase form, or call or email the AGHS office. Cost: $15.00
Botanical Riches: Stories of Botanical Explorationby Richard Aitken
Published by MUP
With illustrations of extraordinary splendour and beauty.
Order via AGHS office.
For more information and to purchase see flier
Australia’s Quarter Acre: The Story of the Ordinary Suburban Garden by Peter Timms
Published by The Miegunyah Press
Special Discount Offer to Australian Garden History Members
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Visions and Voices
Celebrating 25 Years of the Australian Garden History Society
Where have working bees been held in NSW?
Who wrote Kindred Spirits? What was the theme of the national conference in 1996?
How did AGHS come into being?
When were conferences held in Perth?
In which state will you find Jimbour House?
How many times has Studies in Australian Garden History been published?
For everything you want to know about AGHS get your copy of Visions & Voices: The Australian Garden History Society 1980-2005.
To purchase contact the AGHS office.
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
Special Discount Offer to Australian Garden History Members
For more information and to purchase see flier
Remembered Gardens by Holly Kerr Forsyth Eight Women & Their Visions of an Australian Landscape
Published by MUP
Special Discount Offer to Australian Garden History Members
For more information and to purchase
see flier
The Oxford Companion to Australian
Gardens
Now recognised as the premier reference book on Australian garden history this
impressive volume was published by the AGHS in association with Oxford University
Press in 2002. Editors: Richard Aitken & Michael Looker
Special Discount Price to all AGHS members - Join now and save!
Kindred Spirits; a Botanical
Correspondence
A well-researched and elegantly illustrated account of the correspondence between Jean Galbraith and Joan Law-Smith, two notable plantswomen from opposite sides of Victoria. Written by Anne Latreille, former editor of the gardening section of the Age newspaper.
Planting the Nation
Published in 2001 to celebrate the centenary of Australian Federation this collection of essays from around Australia discusses Australia's gardens and landscapes between 1890 and 1914. It received a Merit Award from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects. The citation read
This readable and interesting book is a valuable addition to landscape history in
Australia, concentrating on the role of landscape and plants in a formative period
in the development of national attitudes. An important addition to the scholarship
of the profession and vehicle for specialist historians.
Published by the Victorian Branch - 12 page colour leaflets
Belmont, Beaufort, Victoria
Bishopscourt, East Melbourne, Victoria
Buda, Castlemaine, Victoria
Claremont, Geelong, Victoria
Turkeith and Mooleric, Birregurra, Victoria
Burnley Gardens, Richmond, Melbourne
Published by the ACT/Monaro/Riverina Branch - 14 page booklets
Ainslie, Canberra, ACT
Coolringdon, Cooma, New South Wales
Durham Hall, near Braidwood, New South Wales
(out of print)
Fifield, Yass, New South Wales
Mount Elringdon, near Braidwood, New South Wales
St Omer, near Braidwood, New South Wales (out of print)
MISCELLANEOUS
Recording Gardens
An invaluable do-it-yourself guide for the amateur gardener who wishes to measure and draw a garden. This 16-page booklet based on an Australian Garden History Society seminar, includes:
Materials and Equipment
Measuring
Preparing the Drawing
Finishing the Job
Written by architect and landscape architect Richard Ratcliffe and published by AGHS in association with The Mulini Press.
