IF you like traditional gardens with rows of vegetables, hidden enclaves of herbs and flowerbeds of roses, come along to the opening of the New England Garden History Photographic exhibition tomorrow night.
Presented by the Armidale and District Historical Society, the exhibition will also feature a scale model of Armidale as the town appeared 150 years ago, in line with the city’s sesquicentenary celebrations.
Judy Grieve and a team of model-making enthusiasts have been toiling away for months to recreate a replica of the town in its infancy.
The model is based on the plans of pioneer surveyor John James Galloway who imposed a stiff lattice of thoroughfares over the rough and tumble village.
His grid of streets unfortunately ran through the public houses, thus alarming the local citizens.
They petitioned Governor Fitzroy who ordered Galloway to modify his plan. This he did by simply rotating the north-south axis of the grid about eight degrees to the east. The citizens were mollified.
The historical society invites the public to the opening of the exhibition and unveiling of the model, which will be from 5.30pm tomorrow at the Armidale Folk Museum, corner of Rusden and Faulkner Streets.
