July 31st, 2025Taylor & Sangster Lecture – John Hawker

The Friends of Wombat Hill Botanic Gardens will hold their Taylor & Sangster Lecture with guest lecturer John Hawker in Stanbridge Hall, Daylesford on Thursday, August 7 from 5.30pm.
In 2022, Mr Hawker carried out a Tree Collections Report for the gardens commissioned by Hepburn Shire.

He was part of a group tasked with this job including John Beetham, John Binnion and John Harvey.
Mr Hawker is a horticulturist with over 40 years’ experience working on botanic and historic gardens with qualifications in Agricultural Science, Horticultural Science and Viticulture.
He commenced work at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in December 1982, moved to Urban Design in 1990 and Heritage Victoria in 1995. In 1989, Mr Hawker was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study overseas the conservation and management of botanic and historic gardens.
John worked for 23 years at Heritage Victoria assessing places for the Victorian Heritage Register providing advice on their protection and conservation. He retired in January 2019. John has undertaken numerous garden surveys, and participated in heritage studies and master plans.
Since 1982, he has also been involved in the National Trust’s Register of Significant Trees and contributed to the Trust’s publications on Cemeteries: Our Heritage and Conserving Our Cemeteries. John is a co-author of Elms in Australia.
BYO aperitifs with RSVPs by August 1 to Friends secretary Denise Robinson at lake.dc43@gmail.com