Our annual conference, Fruits of Orange, is less than three weeks away, with all our speakers and garden visits locked in. Registration closes on 18 September, with fewer than 20 places for the full conference and optional day tour to […]
Ian and Susie McIntosh are the current custodians of Denbigh (c.1812), in Cobbitty, a semi-rural town near the town of Camden, southwest of Sydney. They are hosting an Open Garden and Studios weekend on 10 and 11 October. All proceeds […]
If you can’t get to the 46th annual conference in Orange from 24–27 September 2026, you can still view the lectures, which will be live streamed and available as a recording after the conference. See which set of lectures you’d […]
The Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne has an exhibition running from 10 July to 21 November 2026 called Ngarn Wa’ngal: Art of the gum tree. Translating as ‘breathing for us’ in Woi Wurrung, Ngarn Wa’ngal celebrates the deep cultural […]
Not able to travel to Orange this September? You can still be part of the AGHS national conference from wherever you are. Each morning’s lecture program will be available as a live stream, with a personal link sent ahead of […]
This competition is part of the Australian Garden History Society’s 46th annual conference, taking place in Orange from 24 to 27 September 2026, and is only open to Year 6 students living in Orange, Millthorpe and Molong and surrounding areas. […]
Eugène von Guérard, Crater of Mount Gambier South Australia, 1867, colour lithograph, National Gallery of Victoria Have you booked to attend AGHS’s 45th annual conference in Mount Gambier? If not, the full program of speakers and excursions is now […]
Image: London – Kew Gardens – Palm House Parterre 1848 by William Andrews Nesfield, Wikimedia William Andrews Nesfield (1793–1881) was an English soldier, landscape architect and artist. A five-part online series about Nesfield is being presented by the UK Gardens […]
Photo, Anoma Pieris This abridged version of an article by Anoma Pieris, Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean Research at the Melbourne School of Design first appeared in Pearls and Irritations on 16 August 2025. The most significant allied memorial […]
Cultural landscapes, which in the field of heritage studies and practice relates to caring for and safeguarding heritage areas, is a concept embedded in contemporary conservation. The concept came to global attention in 1992 following its adoption as a category […]
Have you booked yet for the winter webinar? Go to Is The Pen Mightier Than The Trowel In Garden History? Tickets | TryBooking Australia
Stuart Read reviews a sculpture exhibition at Eden Gardens & Garden Centre, 307 Lane Cove Road (cnr. Fontenoy Road), Macquarie Park, Sydney until April 2022 or @ Eden Unearthed – Eden Gardens I have visited this outdoor sculpture exhibition curated by […]
With a title such as that, surely an exhibition for our times. The April issue of Australian Garden History contained an advertisement for the current exhibition at Adelaide’s David Roche Foundation House Museum, Flowers. Passion. Pain. Nation. although, sadly, carrying […]
