Plotlines: Jo Reitze exhibition
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Exhibition
An exhibition of paintings of Cloudehill Gardens in Olinda by Jo Reitze, opens at the Hive Gallery (1/41 Smithton Grove, Ocean Grove) on Saturday. The exhibition, which includes a selection of Willie Wildlife garden sculptures, runs until May 30. Saturday’s opening, from 2pm to 4pm, will include a Q&A with Judy Vanrenen, founder of Botanica Tours, who will discuss Cloudehill and the Chelsea Flower Show.
Lecture
Author Richard Allen and photographer Kimbal Baker will discuss their latest book,
The Garden State: Inside Victoria’s Private Gardens, in a lecture on Wednesday, May 5, for the Australian Garden History Society. The lecture is at 11am, Mueller Hall, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, $25/$20 members. It can also be viewed online, $10. Go to trybooking.com/BPUUG to make a booking.
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In early 2019, Neville Walsh, a botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, was sifting through clippings, seed pods and blurry botanical photos sent by mail from a plant enthusiast at Cobungra, in the Victorian high country, when he spotted a few âgenuinely rare speciesâ.
He decided to visit the property, owned by octogenarians Anne and Jim UâRen, and found himself scrambling down a steep gully to the banks of a silvered creek where he noticed a curious wattle. âI thought, âBloody hell, whatâs this?ââ he recalls.
Tim Entwisle and Neville Walsh at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.Â
Regarded as a leader in Melbourne’s Modern Architecture movement, Robin Boyd designed the house for his own family in 1957 on Walsh Street, a stone’s throw from Melbourne Gardens. Now the home of the Robin Boyd Foundation, the house, which is considered an exemplar of modernist Australian architecture, continues to influence architectural thinking.
Plotlines: whatâs on this week
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Around The World in 80 Trees.
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Lecture
English writer Jonathan Drori tells stories that weave together the botanical and the cultural and in his new book,
Around The World in 80 Plants, Drori discusses some of the more quirky aspects of everything from weeds and foods to rare ornamentals. âFor me plant science is fascinating, but enlivened when it is entwined with human history and culture,â he writes in the introduction of the new book. âMost of the stories in this book reveal as much about people as they do about plants.â The book, which follows his 2018
Plotlines: Open gardens
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Open Gardens
Almost a year since its last events, Open Gardens Victoria has announced it will begin opening gardens again next month – albeit with some changes. Tickets must be pre-booked and prepaid online, all visitors will be required to sign in at the entrance of each garden and masks will be required to be carried, and worn if social distancing can’t be maintained. Go to opengardensvictoria.org.au for more information.
Birthday celebrations
The Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne will this year mark its 175th anniversary with a string of events including a series of “garden gatherings”. The first of these is on Saturday, February 20, in the gardens’ arid and drylands precinct. It runs from 10am to 3pm and will include curator talks, guided tours, workshops and self-guided activities around Guilfoyle’s Volcano, the Eucalypt Lawn and the new Arid Garden. Go to rbg.vic.gov.au for bookings and more i