Northern NSW branch: A day with camellias – Dr Stephen Utick
24 August
A bus trip to ‘Wanderriby’ featuring a camellia collection and back to hear Stephen Utick present on Camellia Ark Australia and the significance of camellias to garden history.
Stephen is a renowned camellia expert and co-founder of Camellia Ark. He speaks internationally on this project which aims to conserve Australia’s rarest Camellias. Stephen is Vice President of the International Camellia Society and Visiting Curator of Theaceae at the Royal Sydney Botanic Gardens.
Stephen Utick’s Oral History interview is available on the AGHS website.
On the Sunday morning, we will convene 9.40am at The Armidale School to board buses to Wollomombi to visit Nan and Roy Robertson’s magnificent garden ‘Wanderriby’ with stunning trees, perennials and flowering shrubs including over 200 camellias with blooms of splendid size and colour.
A light lunch with tea and coffee will be provided. Then we head back to the Hoskins Centre by 2.40pm for Stephen’s presentation.
When: Sunday 24 August 2025. Meet at 9.40am for bus trip or 2.45pm for our speaker.
Where: The Armidale School, Gate 7, Chapel St for bus trip. Then later, TAS Hoskins Centre for the presentation.
Cost: Full day is $115 per person for return bus, light lunch, speaker and a glass of wine and snacks after the talk.
Please note, travel to this garden is by bus only as part of the day package. Or, $45 per person just for Stephen’s talk at the Hoskins Centre and refreshments.
Book at Trybooking:
- full ‘Day with camellias
- just Stephen Utick’s presentation.