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  • Wednesday, October 12, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – Unforgettable Gardens: Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens, Online

    Richard Barley joined the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew in 2013, relocating from Victoria, Australia. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer of Open Gardens Australia, and before that a Director within the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, where he worked for 30 years. Richard has extensive experience of balancing the needs of a world-class horticultural site and visitor attraction, while maintaining and developing important scientific living collections. In his current role he has overall responsibility for the living collections and landscapes of the Kew and Wakehurst sites, and also for Kew’s School of Horticulture, Learning and Participation programmes, Interpretation and Safeguarding, together with a selection of capital building programmes. Richard holds a degree in Applied Science (Horticulture), from Burnley College (University of Melbourne) and in addition to being a Council member of the CIH, he is a Trustee of the Castle Howard Arboretum Trust, the National Garden Scheme, and the Kew Guild; and is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners.

    On October 12 at 2 pm Eastern time, Richard will speak about the continuing evolution of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, from its inception and first planting in 1846 (in Melbourne’s infancy), through the phase of development of a ‘scientific botanic garden’ under German botanist and explorer Ferdinand Mueller, the remodeling with subtropical influences under William Guilfoyle’s direction, to the contemporary improvements as the climate warms and water sustainability becomes one of the most significant challenges. This Gardens Trust lecture is part of a four part series organized by The Gardens Trust.

    This ticket for this individual session costs £5, and you may purchase tickets for other individual sessions, or you may purchase a ticket for the entire course of 4 sessions at a cost of £16 via the link here. (Subscribers to Historic Gardens Review will be able to purchase a series ticket for £8.) Attendees will be sent a Zoom link 2 days prior to the start of the talk, and again a few hours before the talk. A link to the recorded session (available for 1 week) will be sent shortly afterwards.

  • Tuesday, November 4 – Saturday, November 15 – Australia: Springtime Down Under

    Join the Pacific Horticulture Society for a special opportunity to visit gardens in Australia when it’s springtime down under.

    Our tour starts in the vibrant city of Sydney and continues on through the Blue Mountains and scenic highlands of New South Wales to the capital city of Canberra. Continuing to the state of Victoria, we’ll visit charming townships like Daylesford, Dunkeld, and Sorrento, and Grampians National Park. The tour will end in the cultural city of Melbourne. Tour attendees may want to add a few days to their trip and take in the Melbourne Garden DesignFest, taking place the following weekend, before heading home or continuing their travels in Australia or beyond.

    Throughout our tour you’ll take in a wide variety of interesting and enjoyable public and private gardens often using indigenous plants. You’ll see wildflowers and visit specialty nurseries like Lambley Nursery as well as gardens designed by leading landscape architects including Paul Bangay and Sam Cox. We’ll take in country estates, historic gardens, small urban gardens, wineries, galleries with sculpture parks, and important botanic gardens such as Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne. All carefully chosen to show you the best that Australia has to offer.

    Most importantly, our tour emphasizes fun, quality experiences, and good food. You’ll meet the locals, be entertained in their homes, and leave Australia knowing what a dinkum Aussie is!

    PHS board member Andrea Testa-Vought will escort this tour. For complete information, costs, and a detailed itinerary visit Sterling Tours at http://www.sterlingtoursltd.com/Australia2014.html.