The Australian Museum of Gardening is currently being established at Carrick Hill. Exploring the influences that have shaped our interest as a nation in gardens and gardening, we are committed to building the museum for enjoyment and study as a permanent feature.
This currently comprises over a thousand objects including a major donation of Old Mole’s Tool collection. Brought together over two decades by Richard Bird (Old Mole of Armidale, NSW), this unique collection contains seven hundred and sixty objects from around Australia and the United Kingdom.
Each year the museum holds special exhibitions presenting different stories that define our Australian gardening history. Our mission is to preserve and present our gardening history and to promote it in close collaboration with the Australian Garden History Society, our national history and heritage partner.
Other categories will be added to the Museum of Gardening under the acquisitions policy that the Carrick Hill Trust has in place; for instance two collections of gardening books have been donated that will form the gardening research & resource centre within the museum.
