The importance of garden design
Even those gardens that appear wild have been planned in some way; the best have benefitted from skilled design. The October 2023 issue of Australian… Read More »The importance of garden design
Environment
Celebrating 200 years of camellias in Australia
Announcing the contents of the July 2023 issue of Australian Garden History
From Gondwana to mid-20th century modern
Bringing multi-disciplinary perspectives to the story of gardens is at the heart of my approach to editing Australian Garden History. I am therefore please to… Read More »From Gondwana to mid-20th century modern
Creating a musical language for the Australian landscape
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) is an important character in a new opera to be premiered on that very site in… Read More »Creating a musical language for the Australian landscape
Australian Garden History July 2022: Collating the past
The stories in the July 2022 issue of Australian Garden History underline the importance of record keeping to history and other forms of storytelling. Without… Read More »Australian Garden History July 2022: Collating the past
April issue of Australian Garden History
The luscious cover of the April issue shows a magnified image of a spider orchid (Caladenia caudata). The plant is a threatened species endemic to… Read More »April issue of Australian Garden History
Gardeners surviving 2021: January issue of Australian Garden History
The first issue of Australian Garden History for 2022 reveals how much gardeners have achieved despite the pandemic. The cover images convey the exuberance, serenity… Read More »Gardeners surviving 2021: January issue of Australian Garden History
October issue of Australian Garden History
Editorial pointing to how gardeners can take action on climate change and pointing to the role of Indigenous knowledge in managing the landscape.
July issue of Australian Garden History
In this issue of Australian Garden History, the array of images expands many fold the word limits necessarily imposed on contributors. Photographs of NSW’s sweeping high country and its tell-tale flora reinforce the point made by Warren Foster, a proud Yuin man, that evidence Aboriginal gardens have been around for millennia is right before our eyes.Read More »July issue of Australian Garden History
Australian Garden History April issue
The April issue of Australian Garden History features the exquisite paintings of the Australian bush by Marion Mahony, the wife of Walter Burley Griffin. Mahony… Read More »Australian Garden History April issue