Australian Garden History Society

Queensland Branch: trip to Coochiemudlo Island

Program: 10 am parking at Victoria Point, then depart from Victoria Point ferry terminal on passenger ferry for 10 min ride to the island. Tickets purchased on board. If you want coffee, purchase at Curlew Café straight up from the […]

Northern NSW branch: A day with camellias – Dr Stephen Utick

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 […]

Tasmania Branch: Walk & Talk with Trisha Hodge

Come join us for a morning with Trish as she shares her insights wandering along the Waterworks tracks. Trisha has been developing a compendium of Tasmanian plants and their traditional uses for food, medicine and craft. She has more than […]

ACT Monaro Riverina Branch: Talk – The Archaeology of Water

This talk continues the long-standing tradition of a joint annual event between the ACT Monaro Riverina Branch of AGHS and the Friends of the National Library of Australia. Speaker: Dr Chris Carter Water is essential for human survival. We need […]

Victoria branch: Self-drive and bushwalk Harbury

Photo by Trevor Pitkin Rescheduled to Thursday 2 October Harbury was gifted to Trust for Nature in the late 1970s by Diana Craig (nee Mann, daughter of Sir Frederick Mann from Goronga), to ensure the preservation of the flora and […]

2025 Annual National Conference

The Barn 747 Glenelg River Road, Mount Gambier (Ob Flat), South Australia, Australia

Mount Gambier Conference 2025 Beyond the Garden Fence The 45th AGHS Annual National Conference 2025 will be held at The Barn, Mount Gambier from Friday 31st October to Sunday 2nd November.  Early registration will be available on Thursday 30th October […]

Victorian Branch: Self-drive walk & talk – Coolart Homestead

Coolart Homestead, Wetlands and Reserve (photo by Lindy Buckley. Source: Wikimedia Commons)   Join us to explore Coolart Homestead, grounds and wetlands located on the Mornington Peninsula at Somers. The house is early Victorian dating from 1895 with formal gardens […]