Australian Garden History Society – Victorian Branch
Out of the Woods – Trees on Trial and the Evolution of Arboreta by Max Bourke AM
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldWednesday 25th November | 6pm Bookings open 10th November, close 24th November BOOKINGS ONLINE: https://www.trybooking.com/BMGAF AGHS VIC BRANCH AGHS members $5 Friends RBG $5 Non-members $10 Further Information Contact: Wendy Dwyer - aghsvicbranch2@gmail.com Max will cover how arboreta were conceived in the 19th century, the part they played in tree science and their new role in conservation
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ONE DAY BUS TRIP – WALKING THE WONDERS OF THE WEST
Australian Garden History SocietyJoin us for a trip to walk around three different historic landscapes in the west of Melbourne. HV McKay Memorial Gardens, Sunshine – Robin McKay Hunt, great grandson of HV McKay and AGHS member, together with the Friends of McKay Gardens will inform us and lead a walk to unfold the Sunshine Harvester story and
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Impressionists in their Gardens – living light and colour
ZOOM Join from anywhere in the worldThis lecture explores gardens through the senses of the Impressionists from three continents – Europe, North America and Australia - enjoying the essentially similar pleasures of the garden but engaging with the light from their skies in order to create very different sensations. French Impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, Berthe Morisot and Caillebotte, and the
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