SOCIETY OF GARDEN DESIGNERS

The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) is the only professional association for garden designers in the UK and is dedicated to supporting, promoting and maintaining the highest quality of standards within the membership.

Through accreditation procedures, conferences, journals, regionally based training events and local networking groups, the Society of Garden Designers addresses current issues, engages with the wider industry and broadens the understanding and knowledge of all aspects of garden design.

About the Society of Garden Designers

The Society of Garden Designers was founded in 1981.

It operates as a Company limited by guarantee, governed by Memorandum and Articles of Association and managed by a Board of Directors.

There are nine voluntary Members voted onto Council for a term of approximately three years and each Council Member is assigned a role with committees to oversee. A salaried administrative group deals with day to day operations.

Membership is international, but predominantly based in the UK.

Approximately eleven Members are appointed as voluntary Regional Co-ordinators to liaise with all Members, Council and Committees. They also organise workshops, seminars and local level network groups which address a variety of needs and issues.

All members are required to abide by the Code of Professional Conduct and Good Practice. There are currently 1700 members of which nearly 200 are Registered Members and Fellows.
 
Registered Members: MSGD are professionaly qualified garden designers assessed and approved by the SGD

Fellows: FSGD are Registered Members who have made a significant contribution to the SGD

Association of Professional Landscapers

At deakinlock we want your garden to be built to the highest standards and the process to be an efficient and enjoyable one; we therefore recommend the use of contractors who are members of the Association of Professional Landscapers.

The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL), founded in 1995 as a specialist group within the Horticultural Trades Association ( HTA), and is the national trade association for landscapers. The APL provides advice, education, research, public relations, benchmarking indexes and representation services to its members. APL is the only landscaping scheme operator of TrustMark, a government endorsed scheme promoting professional trades people to consumers.

This comprehensive support from the APL enables members to grow their sales, reduce their costs and operate more effectively, thereby increasing profits. We are dedicated to helping our members provide the consumer with well designed and constructed gardens.