Professional Gardeners Guild Visit Website  About Formed in 1977, The Professional Gardeners' Guild was originally a society for Head Gardeners and Garden Managers. Over the years, it has evolved to include assistant gardeners, single-handed gardeners, students, self-employed gardeners, in fact anyone who makes their living through professional gardening. It will be primarily of interest to those working in the private and heritage sectors. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GUILD ARE: * To promote and encourage professional contact, communication and co-operation between gardeners. * To promote better management and maintenance of gardens and designed landscapes, especially those of historic, horticultural and botanic value. * To promote and encourage the exchange of ideas and information on all aspects of professional gardening, including the use of both new technology and traditional skills, by means such as meetings, conferences and publications.
* To promote training of an appropriate kind in schools, colleges and the work place, in order to provide the horticultural industry with skilled gardeners and garden managers. * To promote gardening as a profession and to assist in the placement of professional gardeners in private employment. * To promote and maintain close links with related organisations.
Publications The PGG produces a quarterly journal, The Professional Gardener, with articles produced almost entirely by members of the Guild.
Events The PGG organises national and regional meetings throughout the year, in all parts of the country, for members and their guests. Meetings are informal gatherings of between 20 and 100 members; the object of the day is not only to look round the garden or gardens hosting the meeting but also to meet other members, to exchange views, ideas, information and plants.
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