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Writers Live - Richard Aitken introduces Planting Dreams
8th Sep '16 @ Berkelouw Mona Vale


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You are invited to meet Richard Aitken when he introduces Planting Dreams - Shaping Australian Gardens.

Waratah or wattle? Chrysanthemum or rose? Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and imagination that have shaped Australian gardens.

Garden historian Richard Aitken explores the environmental and social influences that have helped produce our unique gardening culture - from Indigneous land management and the earliest European garden at Farm Cove, to the potted plants and besser block screens of mid-twentieth century modernist design and beyond.

Drawing on the unparalleled collections of the State Library of New South Wales, Planting Dreams showcases Australian garden making in all its richness and diversity using a stunning and intriguing mix of paintings, sketches, photographs and prints, from popular culture to high art. 

Publication coincides with a major exhibition at the State Library of NSW and the bicentenary of Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens.

Join us when Richard Aitken is our guest at 6.30pm on Thursday September 8th, 2016.

Bookings are essential and can be made online by following this link (fees apply) or by phone on 9979 2112.

Cost is $ 12.00, $ 5.00 of which will be credited against any purchases made on the evening.

About the author:

Richard Aitken is recognised internationally for his expertise in the field of garden history. He has been a long-time editor of Australian Garden History, the quarterly journal of the Australian Garden History Society, and his books include The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens (2002), Botanical Riches (2006), The Garden of Ideas (2010), and Cultivating Modernism (2013). He has curated several major exhibitions and undertaken numerous conservation plans for significant gardens throughout Australia, including government house gardens in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart; botanic gardens in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and regional Victoria; and many other private and public gardens.

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Where: 12-14 Park Street, Mona Vale, 2103, Sydney, AU
When: Thu, 8th Sep
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

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