Australian Garden History Society

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 […]

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: […]

Southern Highlands branch: 3-day coach tour to the Hunter Valley and environs

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 […]

Southern Highlands branch: Christmas celebration

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 […]

Southern Highlands Branch: Film – A Little Chaos

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 […]

Southern Highlands branch: One-day coach tour to Bundanon

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 […]

Southern Highlands Branch: Winter Solstice Talks

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 […]

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 […]

Southern Highlands branch: 2025 AGM and speakers

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 […]

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 […]

Southern Highlands Branch: Afternoon tea at the Shrubbery, Exeter

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. […]

Southern Highlands Branch: Christmas Party

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 […]