Proxy Voting at the Annual General Meeting
Your vote is important to us!
GT Members will have received their copies of the Notice of the Annual General Meeting 2020 and Annual Report 2019, and seen that in light of current COVID-19 measures, the ban on large gatherings, and in accordance with special legislation relating to AGMs in this period, regrettably this year’s AGM will run as a closed meeting with Board members only.
Instead of attending the AGM, members are encouraged to exercise their votes by appointing the Chairman to act as their proxy and vote on their behalf.
Please use your vote. It’s important to us and will help ensure a quorum at the meeting. All details are on the Proxy Voting Form, which you can return to the GT’s Honorary Secretary by post or email.
Votes will be accepted up to noon on Tuesday 1st September 2020.
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Online courses and lectures
Great 20th Century Gardeners
Our latest online lecture series will take place every Tuesday morning from 1st – 29th September and will celebrate some of the great names in twentieth century gardening: Percy Thrower, John Brookes, Rosemary Verey, Percy Cane and Beth Chatto. Their achievements will be brought to life in fascinating detail by some of our very best garden historians and presenters. Further details and booking here.
In the meantime, there are still a few places left on the two final lectures in Michael Holland’s ‘Tales from the Fruit Bowl’ series. To discover the history, folklore and botany behind some of our most popular kitchen staples, see our website.
The Evolution and Origins of Plants with Dr Mark Spencer
If you have ever been curious about where the plants in your garden originally came from and how they evolved, Mark Spencer’s course on The Evolution and Origins of Plants is for you. Starting on Wednesday 9 th September, it runs for twelve weeks and is an excellent opportunity to learn from an internationally respected botanist. Tickets are selling fast, so don’t delay in booking your place.
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Conserve
We are concerned about the effect of a series of incremental changes on the Capability Brown landscape at Shortgrove in Essex (Grade II). There have been 28 planning applications affecting the estate since 2002, ten of which since March 2020 alone. The cumulative effect is eroding the significance of the park. We are supporting Essex GT who are looking at whether conservation area designation is needed to protect the historic estate. Read more |
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Research
Join us online for the first in a series of training webinars from our Historic Landscape Project on 21 September.
The GT’s Conservation Officer, Margie Hoffnung, will describe the many and varied threats that historic designed landscapes face and what you can do to help: booking will be available here shortly.
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Campaign
Historic England have launched a campaign called Your Story - Everyday Acts of Heritage. They are appealing for people and communities all over England to join them in creating a plan to take more action to support the historic environment. See their website for the many exciting ways to get involved.
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London GT and GT Online Winter Lecture Series
We are delighted to announce that we have teamed up with the London Gardens Trust to develop a fabulous programme of lectures that will start on the evening of Monday 5 October and will run fortnightly through to March 2021. The series will cover a diverse range of subjects, such as George London and the Brompton Park Nursery, Joseph Banks and his global botanical projects, a history of the trees in Hyde Park, the rocky creations of the renowned Pulham family (above, in St James's Park) and twentieth-century London landscapes. Details are currently being finalised, so watch our events page for more information!
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Landscape Institute Campus
Gardens Trust members can now access a wide range of educational videos and live webinars, at the Landscape Institute’s new online LI Campus. The Landscape Institute is generously offering GT members a 50% discount on the annual subscription. Please email Saskia Little to enrol.
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The Land of the Fanns Training Programme
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The Land of the Fanns Landscape Partnership Scheme is organising an online training programme offering small charities and voluntary groups with an environmental or heritage focus the skills needed to take ownership of their green spaces and local heritage. |
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Camden Arts Centre Exhibition
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For an alternative take on botany, trees and vegetal life, the Camden Arts Centre is currently putting on an exhibition, The Botanical Mind Online, which investigates the significance of the plant kingdom to human life, consciousness and spirituality across cultures and through time. |
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