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 […]
Registration Deadline is Monday 4 November Ray Bradley has organised a 3-day tour to many beautiful locations in the Hunter Valley. On the drive up to the Hunter region we will visit the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens which has been preserved as […]
Eleanor and John Dartnall are opening their gorgeous garden called Tavistock for our Christmas celebration. The garden is amazing and there will be small tables of 4 to accommodate all who would like to sit and enjoy the later summer […]
This is a fundraiser to assist with advocacy activities in the Southern Highlands. $28.00 plus either a choctop or a bottle of water. In the heat of summer there is nothing like going to the movies and sitting in lovely air […]
This will be an amazing tour of two independent properties with guides at each location and lunch is included! Arthur and Yvonne Boyd were instantly enchanted by the Bundanon Homestead and landscape. In 1979 the Boyds purchased the Homestead, building […]
This tour promises to be spectacular! There are many gardens to visit most with exotic trees which should be in full autumn colour. Places to be visited include The Secret Garden at Richmond, Windyridge Garden and Nooroo at Mount Wilson, Gory'u Japanese […]
Bookings are now open for this fantastic event. Located in the rolling hills of the Camden area, Brownlow Hill is a rare, substantially intact colonial farming estate, set amongst an idyllic country landscape where many of the early colonial structures […]
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 […]
Chair of the AGHS Sydney Branch, Stuart Read is a landscape and garden historian, horticulturist, heritage bureaucrat, tour leader and educator. His interests include environmental history, economic botany, landscape design history, dendrology, plant movement and public parks. Stuart will give […]
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 […]
The AGM is a great opportunity to refresh everyone's minds about our many events and advocacy achievements during the past 12 months. As you may recall we have a very active committee who works hard to bring you these events and […]
Leaving the Mittagong RSL we bus to Goulburn. Following a toilet stop and morning tea at the CWA Rooms near Belmore Park we head across the railway line to discover the vibrant harmony of ecology and community at Goulburn Wetlands, […]
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 […]
The Shrubbery, Exeter – a garden paradise in the Highlands. In just three years, a bare paddock has been transformed into a stunning 2.4-hectare estate. Explore sweeping gardens, a tranquil lake, and beautiful trees, all surrounding a grand lodge-style home. […]
As we come to the end of 2025 — a year in which we celebrated the beauty and importance of trees — it feels wonderfully fitting that our final event brings us to one of the Highlands’ most remarkable private […]
Byways is a 19th-century Victorian era homestead in Bowral now prized as a heritage property and a fine example of early Southern Highlands architecture. It’s located close to the town centre and exemplifies the type of gentleman’s residence built soon […]
Enjoy a relaxed BYO picnic in the gardens of Harper's Mansion, Berrima, where history, horticulture and companionship come together in a truly special setting. The two-acre gardens reflect the practical and ornamental traditions of early colonial gardening, combining productive plantings […]
You are warmly invited to join us for a day bus trip to Kiama, where coastal history and garden interest sit side by side. Our visit will include a briefing and tour of the restored Pilot’s Cottage Museum at Blowhole […]
As part of our Winter Solstice gathering, we are delighted to welcome two distinguished speakers offering complementary perspectives on heritage, landscape and cultural history. Alexander Dowthwaite from The King's Foundation will speak about the Hillview project and the practical work […]
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 […]