Australian Garden History Society

Victoria Branch – Beaumaris Modern Walking Tour

About Led by Beaumaris Modern group founder, Fiona Austin, this walking tour takes in the Eastern part of Beaumaris and features houses designed by mid-century modern architects, Chancellor & Patrick, Eric Lyon, John Baird and Kevin Knight. The tour also […]

Victoria branch: Two winter lectures with a special afternoon tea

  Lecture 1: Ecstatic about seaweed: eighteenth-century women tourists & scientific collecting ‘The Miss Beauforts were ecstatic about the seaweed’, wrote Jane Austen in her unfinished novel, Sandition. For the sisters, seaweed collecting was not just a scientific activity, but also […]

Victoria branch: Self-drive and bushwalk Harbury

Photo by Trevor Pitkin 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 fauna of this beautiful forest. […]

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 […]