The Gardens Trust (formerly the Garden History Society) is a national membership organisation in the United Kingdom established to study the

history of gardening The early history of gardening is largely entangled with the history of agriculture, with gardens that were mainly ornamental generally the preserve of the elite until quite recent times. Smaller gardens generally had being a kitchen garden as th ...

and to protect historic

garden A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the cultivation, display, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The single feature identifying even the wildest wild garden is ''control''. The garden can incorporate both ...

s. It is a

registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a ch ...

with headquarters in London. The Trust, previously the Society, has published a quarterly journal, ''Garden History'' since 1970.

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. Membership was around 1,500 prior to its merger in 2015. Presidents included

Mavis Batey Mavis Lilian Batey, MBE (née Lever; 5 May 1921 – 12 November 2013), was a British code-breaker during World War II. She was one of the leading female codebreakers at Bletchley Park. She later became a historian of gardening who campaign ...

and

Sir Roy Strong Sir Roy Colin Strong, (born 23 August 1935) is an English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer. He has served as director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. ...

. The final Chairman was landscape architect Dominic Cole.

Statutory role

From 1995 the Garden History Society was a statutory consultee in relation to planning proposals which affect historic designed landscapes identified by

English Heritage English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses. The charity states that i ...

as being of national significance, and which are included on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. Thus when a planning authority received a planning application which affected a site on the Register, or the setting of such a site, the planning authority had to consult the Society.

Editors of ''Garden History''

the editor of ''Garden History'' was Dr Barbara Simms. Before Barbara Simms, previous editors of ''Garden History'' were:"Journal"
The Gardens Trust website] :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)

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* {{Authority control Charities based in England Gardening in the United Kingdom 1966 establishments in the United Kingdom Horticultural organisations based in the United Kingdom Garden design history of England

Garden History Society

Statutory role

Editors of ''Garden History''

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