Membership

Surrey Garden Design Group is open to anyone with an interest in design, landscapes and beautiful gardens.  Our membership stands at around 80. We’re a friendly bunch of those interested both professionally and personally.

You can see our programme of events HERE  We arrange a mix of talks and presentations from designers, plantspeople, technical specialists and business experts. Past speakers have included Charlotte Rowe, Kate Gould, Patricia Fox, Butter Wakefield, Andrew Wilson, Ann Marie-Powell, Mark Gregory, Matt Keightley and Helen Elks-Smith.

We also arrange visits as part of our programme to gardens and other places of interest. Recent highlights include a trip to the Serge Hill project and Tom Stuart-Smith’s barn garden, the Knepp wildlife reserve and an exclusive visit to a garden designed by Acres Wild.

We have a Professional Development Group set up by members to provide peer support for those working in the industry, allowing them to share challenges and ideas on good practice.  This has become a lifeline for our many members who work on their own. Recently we have created a separate group for CAD support.

Membership of the Group is held at £40 for 2025 and renewals are every January.  As a member you can access:

• All talks which are for free to members and opened up to visitors if there is space
• Visits and social events (there may be additional costs involved)
• Copies of Groundcover Magazine – our bi-monthly newsletter covering industry news, write ups of talks and more.
• A private ‘Members area’ on our website where we share resources from events including recordings of most of our past zoom events. It’s a treasure-trove!
• Whatsapp group for lively discussions and information sharing
• Professional Development and CAD support groups by zoom