What’s on
August 2017
Eglantyne – The Play
2pm & 6.30pmEglantyne is a one woman play exploring the extraordinary life of Eglantyne Jebb, a courageous humanitarian, human rights activist and social reformer.
September 2017
Twilight Chamber Music Series
April 9 - September 17For music lovers young and old … a series of six beautiful recitals presented in Rippon Lea’s historic ballroom by The Team of Pianists (Artists in Residence for the National Trust)
December 2017
National Trust Christmas Sale
December 15 - 17Visit us in store at one of our National Trust shops from Friday 15 to Sunday 17 December, for 15% off all purchases!
February 2018
Rippon Lea Ballroom Gala Concert
Friday 23 FebruaryA day and night of music, drinks and canapes awaits
May 2018
Heritage Talk – Australian Garden Designers in the 21st Century
Wednesday 9 MayDr Anne Vale is a garden historian, writer, garden photographer and a public speaker. Her beautifully illustrated talks are primarily garden and garden history related.
The Victorian Kitchen
May 2 - 16Rippon Lea’s kitchen complex is a rare survivor of its kind and offers the visitor a glimpse into a world very different to that enjoyed by the families who lived ‘upstairs’. Come with us on a journey back in time and discover more about the working lives of Rippon Lea’s servants.
Heritage Talk – Heritage Trees linking Past, Present and Future
Wednesday 9 MayDr Greg Moore is Senior Research Associate at the University of Melbourne (Burley Campus). A botanist and ‘plant mechanic’, Greg has a specific interest in arboriculture, centered on understanding how trees cope with their environment and appreciating the benefits trees in urban spaces.
Heritage Talk – Pompey Elliott at War: In His Own Words
Wednesday 9 MayPompey Elliott was Australia’s most famous fighting general in World War I. Now, with Ross McMullin’s new book, Pompey Elliott has also become the creator of Australia’s most riveting personal narrative of that conflict.
Heritage Talk – The Rippon Lea Fernery
Friday 11 MayDiscover the history of the Rippon Lea fernery, one of the only existing Victorian ferneries of its kind found in the Southern Hemisphere. Justin Buckley, Head of Horticulture for The National Trust of Victoria will share the social history of the fernery and its significance in Victorian times
June 2018
Lawrence Leung: Liar
Saturday 30 JuneGreat storytelling often resembles an ingenious puzzle, a magic trick or a con artist’s swindle. When is a yarn too good to be true? How can we tell what’s real? And does it really matter?
Rippon Lea House and Gardens