by Keryn | Dec 18, 2019 | Historic Precinct, Home page slider, News, Participation, University of Adelaide
The Sensory Garden is one of a series of thematic gardens in the Urrbrae House Historic Precinct Gardens. Its purpose is to create a special garden that stimulates different senses and is designed to incorporate plants with captivating colours, textures, aromas and...
by Keryn | Dec 5, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News, Participation, University of Adelaide
Love the Waite Arboretum but wish you had more information about the trees found there at your fingertips? There’s an App for that! An arboretum is a place where trees are cultivated for conservation, scientific and educational study, and display. The University...
by Keryn | Nov 18, 2019 | Campus Notices, Historic Precinct
To allow the small team to take annual leave, Urrbrae House will be closed to visitors and for events from Friday, 20 December 2019 and re-open on Monday, 20 January 2020. Thanks for your understanding....
by Keryn | Nov 15, 2019 | Campus Notices, Historic Precinct, News
The Christmas tree is up in the Main Hall and Urrbrae House is continuing its annual “Giving Tree” tradition in support of the Smith Family’s Toy & Book Appeal. During regular opening hours and events at Urrbrae House until Thursday, 5 December...
by Keryn | Nov 13, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News, University of Adelaide
It is with great sadness that we share that Dr Colin Jenner died peacefully on Saturday 09 November. Colin was one of the legends of the Waite, and remained active in research until just a few days before his death. He joined the Waite Agricultural Research Institute...
by Keryn | Nov 5, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News, University of Adelaide, Women of Waite
We have learned that Shirley Jean (Jeanie) Susman, who was the Waite Librarian from 1951 to 1986, has recently passed away. During her tenure, the Waite Library moved from rooms in the Ransom Mortlock Laboratories (Waite Building), to a purpose-built building (now...
by Keryn | Aug 15, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News
Urrbrae House is delighted to host an exhibition by emerging artist, Rebecca Read.This exhibition is part of the South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival and will run until 8 September 2019.The exhibition is in the Main Hall and Drawing Room of Urrbrae House...
by Keryn | Jul 17, 2019 | Campus Notices, Historic Precinct, News, Participation
Urrbrae House is doing a mid-winter Food Drive for Foodbank, which helps Australians facing food insecurity.Hunger affects more than 117,260 South Australians every month, with one third of them being children.So from 15 July until 5 August 2019 Urrbrae House will be...
by Keryn | May 29, 2019 | Historic Precinct, News
Urrbrae House is delighted to host “The Light and Breath of Trees” art exhibition by Jo Davidson.This exhibition features landscape inspired paintings and includes canvases and works on paper that visually articulate an inner archetypal journey, using...
by Keryn | May 14, 2019 | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, CSIRO, Historic Precinct, News, Partners, Students, Women of Waite, WRI
The Waite Research Institute hosted this year’s Peter Waite Day in the Urrbrae House gardens on Friday May 10. Held each year on the Friday closest to Peter Waite’s Birthday (May 9), the afternoon is an opportunity for people from across the campus...
