Eskbank House Museum and Lithgow City Council are collaborating with Kim Bagot-Hillier, an artist, printmaker and storyteller, to celebrate the National Trust’s Australian Heritage Festival in 2026 with the theme ‘Çhange’.
‘Each year, the National Trust works in partnership with event organisers from all across New South Wales to offer unmatched access to hundreds of free and ticketed events designed for the young and young at heart.’ https://australianheritagefestival.org.au/events/nsw
Join us for Kim Bagot-Hilliers storytelling session – Gum Nuts, Rose Beds and Garden Plots – How did gardeners of a bygone era know what to plant in their gardens? Where did the plants come from? And how did gardens change over time? Come as the door the garden shed is opened, we explore the history of gardens through the art and print and the influence that is seen through the gardens of today.
RSVP preferred for catering purposes
https://events.humanitix.com/gum-nuts-rose-beds-and-garden-plots/tickets
I am a passionate creative, artist, printmaker based in Bathurst NSW. I have been practicing for 18 years with the past 12 year I have embracing heritage aspects of artistic practice on printmaking and illustration as well as the storytelling of historical events, and people. As an artist my practice gives me the opportunity to become a storyteller, communicator, and a teacher through the worlds of plants and now history and heritage. My practice has evolved through my interests in Botany, and scientific interpretation of plants to storytelling of heritage and history through plants and flowers. (Kim Bagot-Hillier)