Hertfordshire Gardens Trust

Registered Charity 1010093

Celebrating Twenty Years

"The Hertfordshire Gardens Trust's twentieth year is very much worth celebrating and I believe that we should all be proud of what has been achieved so far. I trust that you will find this year's programme of events and activities interesting and enjoyable and new members may be encouraged to join

An outline Calendar of Events is shown under our Events page and to download the full programme with details of how to book every event, please click here."

Christopher Melluish,
Chairman.

Researching into the county’s historic parks and gardens to build
comprehensive records for use at county and national level

Working with schools to develop and sustain their grounds for
enjoyment and as a resource for the curriculum

Working with English Heritage and the Garden History Society to protect and preserve Hertfordshire's landscape heritage

Providing an annual programme of events, lectures and
visits for Gardens Trust members and their friends

Hertfordshire Gardens Trust is an organisation making a difference to the protection and conservation of the county’s historic environment and helping more of our schools to garden. Our achievements include:-

research and survey of historic parks and gardens in the east, west and mid-Hertfordshire leading to five publications
practical classroom workshops on growing things to eat, a small grants scheme and advice and guidance on developing their grounds to over 300 schools
a professionally trained conservation team, working alongside English Heritage and The Garden History Society, giving relevant and comprehensive advice on the preservation of our historic parks and gardens to owners, developers and local authorities and identifying the national, regional and local significance of sites.