AIDS Memorial Garden Walk

Ticket holders:

• Please arrive 10 minutes early.
• Meet at the Gatehouse of Melbourne Polytechnic College, 101 Yarra Bend Rd, Fairfield.
• Attendees who drive have permission to park on campus grounds in the Student Car Park.
• Please wear sun protection - bottled water will be available.
• Call Thorne Harbour on 98656700 if you have any accessibility requirements.

Join us for this FREE event as we return to the AIDS Memorial Garden to reflect, remember, and respect this special place which stands as a testament of the community response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Originally established by Victorian AIDS Council volunteers over 30 years ago, the AIDS Memorial Garden remains a treasured resource and place of quiet reflection. The Garden is located on the grounds of the old Fairfield Hospital which was responsible for the care of the majority of HIV/AIDS patients in Victoria.

In 2004, after the site was acquired by Melbourne Polytechnic, the Garden was transformed into a valuable learning space for Horticulture and Landscape students. Interest in the old hospital grounds was rekindled in recent years with the release of the 2015 movie Holding The Man.

This walking tour provides a rare opportunity to have a guided tour by community members who helped to establish the Memorial Garden and had a close relationship with the Fairfield Hospital, including friends and family of those who were cared for at the hospital.