Armidale Events

This is the first of two in the series of Australian Garden History Society Northern NSW Branch winter speakers, expected to be fascinating to those in our communities interested in the importance of gardens in our history and futures. Professor Tim Entwisle's presentation will focus on his career life in botanic gardens and his new book. Tim Entwisle has been director of Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney and NSW Government Botanist, a director at Kew, London and recently retired chief executive […]

This is the second Australian Garden History Society Northern NSW Branch speaker event featuring Wanderriby garden and guest expert speaker Dr Stephen Utick. Stephen is a renowned camellia expert and co-founder of Camellia Ark which aims to conserve Australia’s rarest Camellias. Meet at Hoskins Centre (The Armidale School, enter via Chapel Street) to travel by bus to Wollomombi and the magnificent garden of Wanderriby with stunning trees, perennials and flowering shrubs including over 200 camellias with blooms of splendid size […]