The Gardens Trust

The Gardens Trust

At a glance

Causes

  • Education
  • Gardens and parks

Other details

Organisation type: 
Charity
Geographical remit: 
National - Britain

Objectives

The Gardens Trust is the only UK national charity dedicated to protecting and conserving our heritage of designed landscapes. We campaign on their behalf, undertake research and conservation work, and encourage public appreciation and involvement. Through the national network of County and Country Garden Trusts, we have access to people and local expertise throughout the country. The Gardens Trust is also a membership organisation which relies on members and donors to support our work.

Activities

The Gardens Trust is a UK national charity dedicated to the research and conservation of designed landscapes and to campaigning on their behalf. As the statutory consultee in England for registered parks and gardens, the Gardens Trust plays a key conservation role, and more widely supports the County and Country Gardens Trusts in protecting and conserving our landscape heritage. 

The charitable objectives of the Gardens Trust are for the public benefit:

  • To promote the study of the history of gardens and gardening, landscape gardening and horticulture in all its aspects
  • To promote the protection and conservation of historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes and to promote and advise on their conservation
  • To promote County and Country Gardens Trusts and through them education, appreciation and involvement of the public in matters connected with the arts and sciences of garden land
  • To encourage the creation of new parks, gardens and designed landscape.

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