Garden Village Walking Tour
Top of Bowen Rd, South-Western Cnr of Lutana Woodlands
Sunday, Nov 08
Booking required
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Tour Lead: David Parham, Archaeologist and Heritage Officer, City of Glenorchy
The Garden Village Ideal
What can a suburban neighbourhood tell us about the way people once thought about work, community and everyday life?
Join archaeologist and heritage officer David Parham for a guided walk through the former Electrolytic Zinc (EZ) Company workers’ estate, a remarkable example of the garden village ideal in Tasmania.
Wander through the streets and avenues and look closely at the houses, gardens and layout of the neighbourhood. Designed by architect Walter Richmond Butler in the Arts and Crafts style, the homes and their setting reflect a very different approach to suburban development, one shaped by ideas about community, workers’ welfare and the relationship between people and place.
The estate was part of a broader system of welfare capitalism, where employers provided housing and other amenities as part of working life. Discover how the EZ Company’s ambitions, together with the economic and social conditions of the time, helped shape not only this neighbourhood but the wider northern suburbs of Hobart.
Come and have a look, hear the stories behind the streets and discover why this remarkable neighbourhood has been described as one of Australia’s finest expressions of the British garden village ideal.
Tour: Sun 8 Nov, 3.00pm (bookings required)
Location
Lutana
Features
Event
Guided Tour
Walking Tour
Accessibilities
Level Changes
Street Parking
See. Snap. Share. Win.
Share your pics of your favourite places and the stories that go with them on Instagram or Facebook, using the hashtags #oh_hobart and #oh_southernmidlands to enter this year’s photo competition. Stay tuned for a host of prizes.
![Open House Hobart and the Emerging Architects and Graduates Network (EmAGN) Tasmania @emagn_tas would like to thank everyone who kindly bid in this year's annual Sheltered [Ground] Silent Auction.
We watched the last-minute bidding war on some items (looking at your chair, @other_furniture_) with absolute glee; because, together, you helped raise over $8000 for the Hobart Women's Shelter @hobartwomensshelter. Legends. THANK YOU!!
If you missed out on an item, but you'd still like to support HWS, please head to the link in bio to make a donation. Your financial help plays a critical role in supporting service delivery and therapeutic programs, and fund strategic projects such as building long-term homes. Such programs provide opportunities for women and children to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
Finally, congratulations to those who outbid everyone else – enjoy your beautiful pieces, knowing there's a string of jealous individuals who missed out. Don't worry! We'll do it all again next year.
Image: Isabel and Elsie, prototype houses for Hobart Women's Shelter, by Christopher Clinton Architect @christopher__clinton with Core Collective Architects @core_collective | Photographer: Nina Hamilton @nina.hamilton.photo](https://openhousehobart.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)