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Weston Park Nursery Heritage Tour
This one-hour tour is a unique garden history and heritage excursion through Canberra’s most significant environment heritage site, at the English Garden, Weston Park Yarralumla ACT. It explains the legacy of Thomas Charles George (1866-1935) who transformed the landscape of the National Capital and Region. The tour showcases the remarkable trees and shrubs within the English Garden site, together with their botanical background and cultural histories. Some global environmental issues are also noted from a Rotary perspective. Suitable for schools and colleges as well as the general public
Itinerary highlights
Appreciating the changing landscape of the Weston Park site since the 1820s.
Appreciating the changing landscape through a series of historical plantings particularly those supervised by Charles Weston and later garden managers. This is a unique cultural approach linking horticulture/aboriculture to history.
Tour details
- On demand
Features
Service facilities
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Operation information
Rotary Club of Canberra
The Rotary Club of Canberra offers tours of the English Garden in Weston Park annually, mainly during the Spring months.
The Rotary Club of Canberra is a volunteer organisation under the umbrella of Rotary International. One of its projects is to provide weeding and revegetation of the historic English Garden in Weston Park Yarralumla ACT, and to promote public awareness of this historic environmental site.
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