Gardening in Australia
Gardening in Australia reflects the different styles of Australian art, including influences from Roman, Islamic, Italian, French, and English gardens. Modern Australian gardening emphasize gardens and their surroundings, focusing heavily on both urban horticulture and landscape architecture.
There are many historical parks and gardens in Australia.
The first botanical gardens in Australia were founded early in the 19th century. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 1816; the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, 1818; the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, 1845; Adelaide Botanic Gardens, 1854; and Brisbane Botanic Gardens, 1855. These were established essentially as colonial gardens of economic botany and acclimatisation.[1] The Auburn Botanical Gardens, 1977, located in Sydney's western suburbs, are one of the popular and diverse botanical gardens in the Greater Western Sydney area.[2]
In 1942, Australia's prime minister John Curtin launched a "Dig for Victory" campaign as rationing, drought, and a shortage of agricultural workers began to affect food supplies. This encouraged homeowners all over Australia to grow crops to help the war effort. The campaign was well received by the media as well as the large populace, as many Australians were already self-sufficient in growing their own fruits and vegetables. The YWCA created "Garden Army Week" to advertise the newly created "Garden Army" which exclusively supported agriculture and crop production. The situation began to ease in 1943 as fear of invasion lessened; however, home gardens continued throughout the war.[3]
Australian garden design
[edit]Early colonial gardens were normal Australian native gardening are popular now.[clarification needed][4][5][6][7][8]
Common plants
[edit]Some common plants are:[9]
Trees
[edit]Plants
[edit]Rare trees
[edit]Events
[edit]Floriade is the largest flower festival in the Southern Hemisphere, with over 400,000 visitors each year Almond Blossom Festival, Carnival of Flowers, Kings Park Festival, Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and Tesselaar Tulip Festival are some others.
Organizations
[edit]- Australian Garden History Society
- Australian Native Plants Society
- Australian Organic Farming and Gardening Society
- National Rose Society of Western Australia
- Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia
- The Seed Savers' Network
- Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture
- Village Community Co-operative
- Wildflower Society of Western Australia
Media coverage
[edit]A range of books, magazines[11][12] and television programmes[13] are dedicated to the topic in Australia.
Printed works
[edit]- Australian House & Garden
- Better Homes and Gardens
- Gardening Australia
- NZ Gardener
- South Australian Vigneron and Gardeners' Manual
Television
[edit]- Australia's Best Backyards
- Backyard Blitz
- Better Homes and Gardens (TV program)
- Burke's Backyard
- Costa's Garden Odyssey
- Domestic Blitz
- The Garden Gurus
- Gardening Australia
- Guerrilla Gardeners
- The Outdoor Room
- Vasili's Garden
See also
[edit]
- Agriculture in Australia
- Heritage gardens in Australia
- Parks and gardens of Adelaide
- Parks and gardens of Brisbane
- Parks and gardens of Melbourne
- Parks and gardens of Sydney
- List of botanical gardens in Australia
- List of national parks of Australia
- List of parks and gardens in rural South Australia
- Category:Gardening by country
References
[edit]- ^ Looker in Aitken & Looker 2002, p. 98
- ^ "Plan of Management for Auburn Botanic Gardens Precinct" (PDF). Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ "Victory gardens, Second World War". Australian War Memorial.
- ^ Jo Hambrett (28 July 2004). "Rise of the Australian Plant Garden" (PDF). Australian Native Plants Society.
- ^ "Creating a Contemporary Australian Garden". 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Features of Contemporary Australian Garden Design".
- ^ "Does an Australian garden style exist? |".
- ^ "Garden Style & Design Ideas: Native Australian Gardens". 18 July 2022.
- ^ "Australia's native plants - Tourism Australia". 23 May 2023.
- ^ "Scientists rush to save Australia's loneliest tree from extinction". ABC News. 30 September 2023.
- ^ https://www.isubscribe.com.au/magazines/home-&-garden/gardening/
- ^ https://www.magshop.com.au/Products/CategoryCenter/MAMGHM!GAR/Gardening-Magazine-Subscription
- ^ "Plant it and they will come: Why are gardening shows so popular?". 6 December 2021.
Sources
[edit]- Aitken, Richard & Looker, Michael (2002). The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-553644-7.
