Upcoming Events

  Therapeutic Horticulture Australia is running a two-day conference alongside Australian Institute of Horticulture. Dates are September 19th and 20th and THA and AIH will share the same venue, Aloft Hotel in Belmont. This is worth bearing in mind when making your plans. The concept behind running both conferences sequentially is to allow delegates to cross over and take in talks and workshops at either conference.   Therapeutic Landscapes National Conference coming up this September Therapeutic Horticulture Australia in association…

  The very picturesque township of Mt Pleasant will be the backdrop to 4th annual SA Spring Garden Festival which will take place on Saturday 21 September 2019. Gates open at 8am and close at 3pm.   The combination of the Spring weather, the exceptionally broad variety of plant and garden wares, informative guest speakers, the charming venue, the diverse range of stallholders, workshops, along with the specially programmed events for the day, food and entertainment will see the township…

  The Maitland Garden Ramble exhibits eight fantastic gardens in the Maitland Council Area. Be inspired by the beautiful gardens on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 of September, opening daily from 10.00am to 4.00pm.   2019 marks the event's 36th year and will showcase eight gardens across the city on this weekend across five locations at Bolwarra, East Maitland, Largs, Windella and Anambah.   Anambah House will play host to a cafe and market stall this year and a new…

  9am - 4pm Sunday to Friday 9am -  5pm Saturdays   Tulips are the stars of spring. Experience a kaleidoscope of tulips carpeting public gardens and premier private gardens during Tulip Time in the Southern Highlands. The 75,000 mass-planted tulips nestled among blossoming mature trees in Corbett Gardens are the centrepiece of the Tulip Time Festival where there is daily live musical entertainment, an array of market stalls and lots of photo opportunities.   Bowral is where the idea…

  The world’s urban population surpassed the rural population for the first time in 2007, reflecting a global shift from agriculture to manufacturing, services, and finance. The urbanisation process is so intense that by 2050 two-thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. The growth of tropical cities is a key component in this shift. Indeed, tropical urbanisation grew from 31% in 1980 to 45% in 2010. In Southeast Asia alone, urban dwellers increased from 110 million to 360…

  The 2019 International Festival of Landscape Architecture adopts the typologies of the Square and the Park to explore how we conceive, design, fund, construct and manage urban open space in our contemporary context.   This focus is particularly relevant to a Festival held in Melbourne – a city which at various times has had problematic relationships to the Square and the Park. For example, colonial Melbourne emerged from a speculative grid conceived without a civic square, ringed by a…

  Gardens Open: 10am-4pm Saturday & Sunday Spring Expo in the Town Hall: Saturday 9am-5pm & Sunday 9am-4pm   The Burra District opens colourful and quirky regional gardens to the public over two days. The only Combined Open Gardens and Expo event in S.A.   Meet ABC's Angela Smallacombe and gardening presenter Karen Montgomery at the official opening. Dr Lucy Sutherland, Director of Adelaide Botanic Gardens, will open the event and talk on Therapeutic Gardening.   Everyone at the opening…

  Demonstrations See some great demonstrations of rose pruning, orchid repotting, bulb division.   Talks Hear talks by top growers on perennials, succulents, berries, edibles.   Interact Meet specialists in garden design, irrigation, landscaping, permaculture.   Special Guests: Jane Edmanson & Phillip Johnson.   Plants Fantastic variety on display! Over 5,000 varieties of plants will be available on site. There will be collections of orchids, species roses, chillis, tomatoes, exotic herbs, salvias, rare perennials, the largest collection of named succulents,…