Surrey Gardens Trust works to champion Surrey's rich heritage of historic parks, gardens and designed landscapes

Follow the links below to read about our extensive events programme of lectures and visits, the work we do in the community and how you can get involved.

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Newsletter No. 73 October 2025
Newsletter No. 73 October 2025

As we look forward to crisp and gloriously colourful autumnal days in the newsletter we look back at our busy summer of garden visits and the trustees and volunteers share a glimpse of their work. We are also delighted to announce the AGM, a date in the diary for us all to look forward to.

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AGM, Lunch & Talk


sat 6 dec

Join us for our Annual General Meeting, Christmas lunch and talk with Tim Richardson. Tim will discussing his latest book, The English Landscape Garden: Dreaming of Arcadia. Read more here.

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Winter Lecture Programme for 2026 Announced
Winter Lecture Programme for 2026 Announced

Announcing our exciting programme of winter talks covering the history of cottage gardens, features of a good garden and the story of the rose. In-person and online tickets available now.

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We have an active Research and Recording Group investigating important sites and researching their history.

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Surrey has a wealth of historic gardens both of national and local importance.

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We organise a year-round programme of events including lectures, study days and guided garden visits. 

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Our researchers often publish their work on historic sites in Surrey.

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We provide annual awards to primary and infant schools to help fund garden projects and other gardening activities. 

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Our Gateway project gives disadvantaged adults access to beautiful gardens. 

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For more stories, photos and news follow us on @surreygardenstrust

Enjoying glorious autumn colour at High Beeches this week 🍁 On a very autumnal October day, SGT visited the gardens at High Beeches in West Sussex. The gardens include rare, exotic and unusual plants collected by the renowned horticulturalist Colon
We’re very pleased to support @thehortonepsom through our SGT Small Grants Scheme! This community heritage venue in Epsom was once a Victorian asylum and is in the process of creating a new garden to provide greater engagement with people. Ou
🌿 Announcing Surrey Gardens Trust Winter Lectures 2026 Join us for another exciting series of Saturday talks at Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall, starting this January! From the charm of cottage gardens to the secret history of the rose, our programme w
Looking back on a fantastic visit to Gatton Park's restored Japanese Garden with Leatherhead Mencap last month 🌿 This beautiful garden was originally created in 1909, and thanks to restoration efforts that began in 1999, the serene garden, complete

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