Interview Recording Interview Transcript Ann Cripps interviewed on 25 August 2023 by Jean Elder Synopsis In 1981 the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Garden History (AGHS) was formed. Hobart born author and garden history consultant Ann Cripps has played […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Lynda Skipper interviewed on 10 May 2024 by Liz Chappell and Lynne Walker Synopsis Lynda Skipper and her late husband Bill came to live at Ollera Station, west of Guyra, Northern NSW, in 1984. […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Tim Hughes and Sal Molesworth interviewed on 12 May 2024 by Liz Chappell and Lynne Walker Synopsis Tim Hughes and Sal Molesworth moved to Lilburn, originally an outstation for Rangers Valley Station, near Glen […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Christine Swan interview on 14 June 2017 by Liz Chappell Synopsis Christine Swan came to live at Byron Station in Northern NSW when she married Bill in 1964. She grew up in the Inverell […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Bill Swan interviewed on 14 June 2017 by Liz Chappell Synopsis Bill Swan grew up at Byron Station, Inverell in Northern NSW where he lived at the time of the interview. His grandparents purchased Byron […]
Interview Recording Part one – 19 Oct 2023 Part two – 19 Oct 2023 Part three – 1 Feb 2024 Part four – 1 Feb 2024 Interview Transcript Greg I Johnson interviewed on 19 October 2023 by Roslyn Burge […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Will Todd interviewed on 11 March 2020 by Liz Chappell Synopsis One of the best-preserved early town gardens is Bona Vista on the southern outskirts of Armidale. The two-storey home in local blue brick […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Bob Cherry interviewed on 11 Sep 2023 by Jean Elder Synopsis Childhood memories of the people and places associated with gardens are frequently mentioned in recalling life stories. Bob Cherry is no exception. From a […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Jocelyn Mitchell interviewed on 26 May 2003 by Jane Holth Synopsis Jocelyn Mitchell discusses how she became involved as a gardener and member of the Australian Garden History Society through moving to and living at […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Carolyn Robinson interviewed on 25 June 2019 by Liz Chappell Synopsis Carolyn Robinson has created two significant gardens at her homes, Glenrock and Eagle’s Bluff, near Tenterfield in Northern NSW, since 1992. She has designed […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Bob and Kerrie Crothers interviewed on 8 December 2017 by Liz Chappell with Jenny Sloman Synopsis For over fifty years, Bob and Kerrie Crothers have promoted the joy of gardening and the importance of […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Vicki, Jonathan and Michael Taylor interviewed on 16 May 2018 by Marilyn Pidgeon with Lynne Walker Synopsis This interview records the tree restoration work of the Taylor family at ‘Terrible Vale’, Kentucky, NSW. Since the […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Will Fletcher interviewed on 28 March 2023 by Jean Elder Synopsis Will Fletcher arrived in Tasmania in 1976 at the age of 22 after spending several years studying Natural Resources at the University of […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Mark Geeves interviewed on 3 May 2023 by Jean Elder Synopsis Mark Geeves was born into a long-established family of gardeners and orchardists in the picturesque Huon Valley, Southern Tasmania. His mother Kay Geeves […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Linda Green interviewed on 1 October 2021 and 17 February 2023 by Patsy Vizents (with appendix) Synopsis Linda Green was a member of the West Australian branch of the Australian Garden History Society […]
Interview Recordings Interview 12 November 2019 Part 1 – 1 hour 22 minutes Interview 12 November 2019 Part 2 – 12 minutes Interview 3 July 2020 Part 1 – 1 hour 22 minutes Interview 3 July 2020 Part 2 – […]
Digging into the past – above and below the Limestone Hill 43rd annual conference: Ipswich ― 29 September to 1 October 2023 The City of Ipswich (Tulmur in the Yagara language) is in sub-tropical south-east Queensland about 40 km inland […]
Landscape on the Edge: Challenge and Opportunity 42nd national conference, Hobart, November 2022 The conference lectures took a broad perspective on our environmental, landscape and garden history, delving back into the big history of geology and Tasmania’s Gondwana connection; Tasmanian […]
Readers of John Dwyer’s anthology, Weeding between the lines, wishing to delve further into the scholarship of weeds, can access fully referenced papers from which some of the essays are drawn here: Weeds as a botanical category, paper delivered at […]
The Australian Garden History Society is pleased to provide you with the AGHS Annual Report 2022-23 and the Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2023.
The Australian Garden History Society financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2023 are now available to download.
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Catherine Shields interviewed on 12 September 2022 by Jean Elder Synopsis Catherine Shields is one of Tasmania’s most popular landscape designers, whose creative work ranges from ever changing styles in contemporary outdoor garden spaces […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Peter Valder interviewed on 13 March 2007 by Roslyn Burge Synopsis Long-time Australian Garden History Society member and author, Dr Peter Valder grew up in isolation at Nooroo, at Mount Wilson in NSW’s Blue […]
We learn about gardens and garden history through our own horticultural efforts, attending talks and exhibitions, going on garden visits, tours and attending open gardens. We also learn through reading. A select list of publications about Australian gardens and their […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Carol Mansfield interviewed on 29 July 2020 by Patsy Vizents Synopsis After a brief introduction to her early life and involvement with gardening as a child in the UK, Carol described how she met […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Lindsay Campbell interviewed on 22 June 2022 by Jean Elder Synopsis Bushwalking has been a lifelong pursuit for landscape designer, teacher and horticulturist Lindsay Campbell. His initial interest in native plants originated through regular […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript David Yencken interview on 20 March 2003 by Jane Holth Synopsis David Yencken was a gallery owner, property developer and administrator in Melbourne, introducing the discipline of landscape architecture in to the urban housing […]
Interview Recording Interview Transcript Carmel O’Halloran interviewed on 22 September 2022 by Patsy Vizents Synopsis Carmel was born in Narrogin in WA’s wheat belt area and spent a lot of time during her school holidays on family […]
