About

'Trees of Melbourne's Domain & Their Stories' Walk & Talk

The King's Domain, adjacent to St Kilda Road, Melbourne, is a parkland landscape developed and shaped by its historic and on-going function as a rare government domain. The parkland's historic features demonstrate in particular the interests of the Victorian era, and its memorials show the on-going influence of the parkland's function as a government domain.
 
As part of the AGHS’s focus on trees this year, this walk and talk through part of the Domain will cover the stories carried by specific trees:  their commemorative and historic as well as botanic value. The event will run for around 90 minutes.

Tour Leader: John Hawker. John began his career working with arborists and gardeners, hands on, until he was offered a position at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in December 1982. During his at the Gardens he worked as a trees officer, and on several major projects, particularly a project on Victorian significant trees in collaboration with the National Trust. John’s interest in maintaining historic landscapes was expanded when he was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1989. This took him to the U.K., where he worked at National Trust sites including Biddulph Grange, Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and Kew Gardens. John was a member of the AGHS Victorian Branch Committee for over ten years and has maintained a strong relationship with the AGHS ever since.

DATE: Sunday 13 September, 2026

TIME: 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Please arrive at 9:45 am so we start the walk on time.

FREE to Members and Friends - Please book  under Free ticket, no payment required

MEETING PLACE: Outside Visitor Centre, Royal Botanical Gardens, Birdwood Avenue 

PARKING: Park along Birdwood Avenue (parking free on a Sunday)

PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Tram Stop 19 - Shrine of Remembrance on St Kilda Road - Trams 3/31, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 and 72, Train Anzac Metro Station - the Cranbourne, Pakenham and Sunbury lines connects to this station. 

ENQUIRIES: Trevor Pitkin – 0414 852 916

Date

Location

Information Centre, Royal Botanical Gardens
RBG Birdwood Av, Melbourne Vic 3004

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