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Gardener Beth Chatto leaning forward in a garden surrounded by flowers.
17 Jun

Right Plant, Right Place: Beth Chatto – Susie Brookes Talk

  • Talk
  • Learning

Please join Susie Brookes for a talk about the life and work of celebrated plantswoman and author Beth Chatto.

Beth was one of the most influential British plantswomen of the past hundred years. Beth’s theories are so relevant to our current climate related gardening practices. Beth wrote a host of gardening classics and probably best known for her book ‘The Gravel Garden”.

A light lunch is included.

Hours

Date Times
Wed 17 Jun
  • 12pm - 2pm 12:00pm - 2:00pm

Location

Mueller Hall - Entry via Oak Lawn Gate
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens
Melbourne
Victoria 3004

Open in maps location for Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens

Price and bookings

From $50 to $60

Adult / general $60
Book online for Right Plant, Right Place: Beth Chatto – Susie Brookes Talk

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  • telephone number: 03 9650 6398
  • email address: friends@frbgmelb.org.au
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Until 27 Aug

Winter Special Meditation Class

Weekly meditation class with complementary snacks this winter until the end of August.

  • Talk
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A brightly lit stage with a curtain as a backdrop, with three people in a panel discussion seated facing an audience; there is large yellow circle superimposed over the orange coloured image.
17 Jul

Q-Lit Festival: Panel Queer Media

Explore how queer media uplifts, warns, and unites the queer community

  • Talk
  • Learning
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17 Jul

Q-Lit Festival: Panel Unearthing the Sapphic Archive

A talk on Australian women who lived and loved.

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  • Learning
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Until 30 Aug

Forest Therapy

Unwind with forest therapy (shinrin-yoku) and immerse your senses in nature.

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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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