Smoke haze from bushfires, Sydney, December 2019, photo Francesca Beddie I am on the verge of tears of rage. Never in my seven-plus decades have governments been as reckless with their citizenry as those over the last 30 some […]
Seasonal Climate Outlook April 2024 to June 2024 published by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. NIWA’s mission is to conduct leading environmental science to enable the sustainable management of natural resources for New Zealand and the planet. […]
Government House Tasmania (GHT) is situated on 15 hectares of land. It is part of a complete estate comprising 4.5 hectares of established gardens and ponds, paddocks, cottages, stables, and other buildings. The Estate gardens are regarded as one of […]
In 1996, when my book Gardens of the sun was published, climate change was a topic of intense interest and comment. Vociferous discussions and debate took place in parliaments and the media. In the main, there was a feeling of […]
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology publishes historical data about the climate in Australia, including maps ranging from the most recent day, back to 1900 for rainfall and 1910 for temperature, http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/maps I doubt whether there are many gardeners left who […]
Climate change often highlights long-standing preservation issues rather than discovering new problems. Professor May Cassar, Director of University College London’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage[1]. By their nature, heritage gardens are dynamic, complex and continually evolving. They often combine plants […]
Our new bridge built over Second Creek, with the dense wonga vine growing above and beyond into the gum trees, photo Susan Marsden, 2024 In her article in Australian Garden History, vol. 32, no.3, January 2021, Susan Marsden drew on diary […]
Claudia Hyles (AGHS ACT, Monaro and Riverina) visited Amsterdam earlier in 2023 and reports on its green spaces. Late spring and early summer in Amsterdam is a time for enjoying beautiful gardens, not only the famous bulb-fields at nearby Keukenhof. […]
A study published in January 2023 in the Lancet, a peer-reviewed public medical journal, finds that doubling the average amount of tree cover in European cities from 15 to 30 percent could reduce urban temperatures by 0.4 degrees Celsius — […]
Bundanoon in the Southern Highlands of NSW, like so many places across Australia, was badly affected by the 2019/20 bushfire season. The local Bundanoon History Group decided to convene a bushfire archive project to record the disaster. Capturing oral histories […]
In her article in Australian Garden History, vol. 32, no.3, January 2021, Susan Marsden drew on diary entries to record how she and her partner adapted their Adelaide garden in the face of the climate crisis. She explains how global […]
Plant ecologist Andy Leigh, who investigates how Australian plants respond to extreme temperature stress, established a collaborative research agreement with the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden (Port Augusta, South Australia), via the Port Augusta City Council. The Council provided a […]