Last days to see Cultivating Modernism: reading the modern garden 1917-71.

Exploring modernism from the perspective of the Australian garden, this exhibition charts garden making from World War One until the dawn of environmentalism in the 1960s and 1970s. This exhibition will be an inspiration to all with an interest gardens, books, and the recent past.

The University of South Australia’s Architecture Museum will host a complementary exhibition, Cultivating modernism: French garden style of the 1920s and 1930s

Drawing on rare art deco prints and publication of French exhibitions, this showing will provide a rich coverage of Cubist and other decorative approaches to garden design.

Visit the recently launched Cultivating modernism website for more insights into this fascinating period of garden design.

This exhibition is an Australian Garden History Society touring exhibition, co-presented by the Hawke Centre and the Architecture Museum, at the University of South Australia.

Free at the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery, until 31 March