‘Love of a crowd, a band, and “a gardens’’’: Music, Recreation, and Gardens at Nineteenth-Century International Exhibitions Winter online lecture by Sarah Kirby International exhibitions were some of the most significant cultural events of the nineteenth century, drawing together displays […]
Outline of Talk A survey of the life and work of perhaps the greatest NSW landscape designer. Unlike Edna Walling, with a monthly plan and column in a popular magazine, Sorensen put little on paper, preferring working in 3D on […]
Winter online lecture by Dr David Marsh, UK What do you know about gnomes? Are they different to dwarves? Or to Elves? Goblins? Pixies? Leprechauns, Boggarts? Or any of the other small folk who live in our imagination and stories…and […]
Overgrowing Canberra Speaker: Julian Raxworthy – Landscape architecture and gardener A core part of the Garden City model is to create a street wide, tree-lined feel by requiring houses to be set well back from the street, visually co-opting residents’ […]
AGHS Conference 2023 - 29 Sep to 1 Oct 2023 - Ipswich, QLD - Digging into the past – above and below the Limestone Hills
A self -drive visit to three magical gardens in and around Glen Innes. Leaving the Tourist Information Centre in Armidale at 8.45am, we'll drive/car pool to Glen Innes and our first garden 'Brandon' where we'll enjoy the garden and hear […]
A self-drive weekend visit to three wonderful Coffs Harbour private gardens, and possibly two Woolgoolga gardens. Arriving on Friday afternoon or evening, we'll make our own accommodation bookings for two nights, most likely at Pacific Bay Resort. This venue also […]
You are invited to our annual Winter webinar and fundraiser for the Nina Crone Writing Fund Big Hearted Gardens: Community and Care at the Melbourne Flower & Garden Show Join landscape architect Emma Sheppard-Simms and go behind the scenes of the Melbourne International Flower and […]
Winter online zoom lecture by Dr Raymond Madden, Senior Lecturer, Anthropologist, in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University James Dawson, (1806-1900), was a prominent pastoralist in the colonial history of western Victoria. In 1881 he published, ' Australian Aborigines: […]
Join our AGHS rose pruning experts for a hands-on workshop. Learn about the history of the Heritage Rose Garden and the rose species it houses A demonstration of pruning techniques for particular rose species will be followed by your opportunity […]
Join our AGHS rose pruning experts for a hands-on workshop. Learn about the history of the Heritage Rose Garden and the rose species it houses A demonstration of pruning techniques for particular rose species will be followed by your opportunity […]
Kim Woods Rabbidge will present 'Mid-Atlantic USA: The art of gardens', sharing the delights of some of America's most awe-inspiring historical, contemporary, public and private gardens. Kim is a keen gardener, tour leader, writer, photographer, and owner and curator of Our Australian […]
Of all the regions of southeastern Australia that Eugene von Guérard (1811-1901) visited none had a more profound impact on him and his career than Victoria’s Western District. His portrayals of its expansive volcanic plains, its landmark scoria cones and […]
Speaker: Adj Professor Margo Ngawa Neale The Joint Annual Lecture of the ACT Monaro Riverina Branch of the AGHS and the Friends of the NLA. Land is viewed as ‘Country’ in Aboriginal Australia. It is a worldview that embodies a […]
44th AGHS Annual Conference Hesperia: Looking West Bunbury, Western Australia Friday 18th, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th October 2024. Optional Day Monday 21st October. Pre-conference Tour Tuesday 15th October to Thursday 17th October Leaves Perth and arrives in Bunbury […]
Special online lecture by renowned UK Garden Historian, Caroline Holmes. Mary in the Paradise Garden with Saints, c1410-20, Master of the Upper Rhine: Every plant is symbolic as is the enclosure A medieval tapestry of plants, people and poetry, medieval […]
The Southern Highlands branch presents an online talk by John Blay – Wild Country Plants and Garden Design John Blay, is a writer and naturalist, who was born at Parramatta in 1944. He has written extensively about the bush and its […]
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 […]
2025 Winter Speaker Program Tim will also outline his forthcoming book on dispelling plant and garden myths The Sceptical Botanist - Separating Fact from Fiction. Tim Entwisle is Patron of the Australian Garden History Society. Tim has been director of […]
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 […]