To replace the cancelled Symposium “Women in Horticulture” which was to be held in conjunction with Friends of Burnley Gardens and the Herb Society of Victoria, Australian Garden History Society (AGHS) is offering the two planned lectures online instead. FOBG will be organising a launch of the book “Burnley Gardens: their design and the people who loved them” by Michèle Adler, at a later date.

Monday 28 March – The first lecture, “Burnley Gardens and the people who loved them” by former Burnley lecturer Michèle Adler, will be about Hilda Kirkhope, who was a staff member at Burnley in the 1930s and one of the few women who designed a section of the Burnley Gardens.

Thursday 19 May – The second lecture, “Ina Higgins and her contribution to women’s horticultural education” from well-known horticulturist, Sandi Pullman, is about Ina Higgins, a significant Burnley trailblazer in the early 1900s who promoted women in horticulture and was an important landscape gardener.

Dates: Monday 28 March, Thursday 19 May

Time: 6pm, connect from 5.45pm

Location: Online via ZOOM

A Zoom link will be provided by email 24 hr before each session.

Cost per session: $10 members, $15 non-members

Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/BXAVC