Whither historic gardens in this new era of climate change?

摘要

Historic gardens had a lowly spot in Australian heritage awareness at the time of the publication of the Report of the National Estate in 1974, in which only some botanic gardens and urban parks were mentioned. The new Australian Heritage Commission was charged with compiling an inventory of the National Estate and funded a series of regional surveys of historic gardens in 1978-79. These surveys built on work already undertaken by the Victorian branch of the National Trust where Peter Watts was the field officer for the historic buildings committee which was then inspecting a suite of historic Western District properties and their gardens.