In August Tara Graham-Cochrane is running two one day workshops on therapeutic landscape design looking at designing gardens for dementia sufferers and also for children. The workshops have been organised by Horticultural Therapy South Australia and are open to all with an interest in garden design, care of dementia suffers […]
Join members of HMA Victoria on August 16 from 10am as they enjoy a guided tour of historic Beleura House & Gardens on the Mornington Peninsula and hold their AGM. Beleura is only open by appointment and, as there is no parking at the property or in the nearby streets, […]
HMA NSW launched National Gardening week in October with an event at Eden Gardens that was a great success. Representatives of HMA, Hortigroup and the general public gathered together to mark the launch. With special thanks to Gil Teague from Florilegium who spoke to the group and introduced some new and […]
Originally started in 2012 in the nearby city of Ipswich, the event will now be moving to Brisbane’s iconic Doomben Racecourse on 16 – 17 March 2018. Too big for Ipswich, the event organisers Paul Plant (HMAQ member) and Ruth O’Dowd have taken two years to select the new Brisbane […]
Gardening to improve your health and wellbeing is becoming increasingly popular. This was demonstrated by the large number of speakers showcasing their therapeutic gardening programs at the Australian Therapeutic Landscapes Conference 2017 held in Adelaide on 13 October 2017. Research was sited in presentations to validate the idea that gardening […]
Design with Nature: reconnecting people and place from 23-27 March 2018 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. Conference organisers have gathered a fabulous collection of speakers – for the first time 12 presentations by key international speakers and two Australians. Delegates can visit the Melbourne International Flower & Garden […]
The Noosa Botanic Gardens Plant Fair is held each year on Father’s Day – this year, Sunday 3rd September. HMAQ member and Chair of the Friends of Noosa Botanic Gardens, Paul Plant, said this free event attracted well over 2500 people from the various areas of South East Queensland. Supported […]
Brisbane EKKA historical showcase highlights the advancement of horticulture in Queensland for the education and enjoyment of the passing 2017 crowds In the 1800s, Queensland was the centre of tropical and sub-tropical horticultural research in Australia. The introduction of plant species into Australia and also export to other countries was […]
The first issue of HMA News was published by the Victorian HMA in May 1997 as a slim magazine of just 12 pages – eight in black & white with just the four cover pages in colour. Those were the days when full four colour process was just too expensive […]