The Gardens Trust
Formation | 24 July 2015 |
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Legal status | Registered Charity |
Purpose | "To promote the study of garden history and protection and conservation of historic gardens" |
Headquarters | London, England |
Location |
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Region served | England |
Membership | 1,215 (2022) |
Leader | President: Dominic Cole |
Main organ | Board of trustees |
Website | thegardenstrust |
Formerly called | Garden History Society |
The Gardens Trust (formerly the Garden History Society) is a national membership organisation in the United Kingdom established to study the history of gardening and to protect historic gardens.[1]
It is a registered charity[2] with headquarters in London.
The Trust, previously the Society, has published a quarterly journal, Garden History since 1970.[3]
Garden History Society
It was founded in 1966 as the Garden History Society and in 2015 it was renamed The Gardens Trust, after a merger with the Association of Gardens Trusts.[4]
Membership was around 1,500 prior to its merger in 2015.
Presidents included Mavis Batey and Sir Roy Strong. The final Chairman was landscape architect Dominic Cole.[5]
Statutory role
From 1995 the Garden History Society was a statutory consultee in relation to planning proposals which affect historic designed landscapes identified by
Editors of Garden History
As of 2022[update] the editor of Garden History was Dr Barbara Simms.[7] Before Barbara Simms, previous editors of Garden History were:[8]
- Christopher Thacker (1970–80)
- John Anthony (1980)
- W.A Brogden (1981–3)
- Brent Elliott (1984–8 and 1989)
- Robert Oresko (1988)
- Jane Crawley and Elisabeth Whittle (1989–97)
- Jan Woudstra (1998–2004)
- Andrew Eburne (2004–06)
See also
- Australian Garden History Society
- Garden Museum
- National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens
- Royal Horticultural Society
- Historic garden conservation
References
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "THE GARDENS TRUST, registered charity no. 1053446". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- ^ Garden History ISSN 0307-1243
- ^ The Gardens Trust
- ^ "Garden History Officers". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Statutory consultations". Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ "Journal", The Gardens Trust website]
- ^ "Journal", The Gardens Trust website]