2023 Annual National Conference
AGHS Conference 2023 - 29 Sep to 1 Oct 2023 - Ipswich, QLD - Digging into the past – above and below the Limestone Hills
20 events found.
South Australia
Events
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Ipswich Civic Centre 50 Nicholas Street, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
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The National Botanic Gardens, Kilmacurragh: The Evolution of an 18th Century Irish Garden
Presented by Seamus O'Brien, Head Gardener National Botanic Gardens of Ireland. Kilmacurragh is a 17th century estate in East County Wicklow and for several centuries was seat of the Acton family. This talk traces the evolution of the estate and […]
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SA Branch: November lunch on the lawns at Government House
Join us at Government House for Lunch on the Lawns on Friday 3rd November, 12 noon - 2 pm. Free Entry. Live Music. AGHS members plan to meet at noon inside the Main Gate (corner of North Terrace and King […]
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SA Branch: December End-of-Year Party
Join us for afternoon drinks on Sunday 10th December. Venue to be confirmed. Please save the date.
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South Australia Branch: Temple of Flora exhibition
Meet for coffee at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and visit the Museum of Economic Botany to view Dr Thorton’s Temple of Flora exhibition. Please let Richard Heathcote know you will be there, so that he can watch out for you […]
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South Australia Branch: Visit to Belair State Flora Nursery & Old Government House garden
Visit to Belair State Flora Nursery & Old Government House garden, hopefully with afternoon tea. Old Government House is open on the 1st & 3rd Sundays of the month for pre-booked teas & tours. State Flora is open 9am-5pm weekdays, […]
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Zoom lecture: Big Hearted Gardens
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 […]
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Zoom lecture: Gardens and land management in Western Victoria
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: […]
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Victoria Branch: Zoom Lecture: Nature and Culture: Eugene von Guérard by Dr Ruth Pullin
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 […]
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ACT Monaro Riverina Branch: talk – Clever Country: an Aboriginal Perspective on Landscape (also available on Zoom)
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 […]
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SA Branch: Hidden Gardens of SA
Visit four spectacular private hidden gardens of SA open for one day only! This is a unique opportunity not to be missed as these awe-inspiring, large private hills gardens have never been open to the public before. Book via: the […]
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2024 Annual National Conference
FeaturedBunbury Regional Entertainment Centre 2 Blair Street, Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia44th 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 […]
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SA Branch: Christmas gathering
SA Branch Chairman, Jeff Jenkinson and his wife Gillian, will host the annual Christmas gathering at their beautiful property, St Vigeans, at 17 Laurel Road, Stirling. We hope many of you can be there. RSVP is not necessary, but if […]
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SA Branch: The “Old Mole” Collection and the Australian Museum of Gardening project
Branch members (and other Society members visiting Adelaide at the time) are invited to a talk by Susan McCormack, Carrick Hill Director, on the collection of gardening tools and related ephemera donated to Carrick Hill by Richard Bird in 2013, […]
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Vic Branch: Zoom lecture – Medieval gardens – fit for use or delight
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 […]
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Online talk: Wild country plants and garden design
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 […]
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2025 Annual National Conference
The Barn 747 Glenelg River Road, Mount Gambier (Ob Flat), South Australia, AustraliaMount 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 […]
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Zoom lecture: “Plant Hunters” by Dr David Marsh, UK
Please join The AGHS Victoria Branch for this most interesting presentation about the plant hunters over the ages. New plants were brought back on expeditions and travels, which became popular for use in home and botanical gardens. Many of the […]
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Zoom Lecture: ‘Politics, Plants and Gardens: Empress Maria Feodovna and Pavlosk Park’ by Dr Ekaterina Heath
What do you do when you have political ambitions but no formal power? If you are Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, daughter-in-law to Catherine the Great, wife of the volatile Paul I, mother of two future tsars, you build a […]
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2026 Annual National Conference in Orange, NSW
Orange Civic Theatre 135 Byng Street, Orange, NSW, AustraliaFruits of Orange, Exploring Central Western NSW The registration brochure for the 46th annual conference in Orange from 24–27 September 2026 (optional day, 28 September and pre- and post-tours from Orange to the Blue Mountains) is now available: AGHS Conference […]