Linden Groves to run the 2025 London Marathon for the Gardens Trust
Head of Operations and Strategy, Linden Groves, will be running the 2025 London Marathon to raise funds and gather more support for the Gardens Trust. Here she tells us about her motivation, training plan and the opportunity to raise awareness of our important work. Why are you running the London Marathon? I decided to run […]
Suffolk Volunteers win Heritage Champion Award
Volunteers working on the Suffolk’s Unforgettable Garden Story project are the proud recipients of a Heritage Champion Award from the Suffolk Preservation Society. Now in its second year, the Heritage Champion Awards aims to recognise the work of local people and communities who are dedicated to looking after Suffolk’s historic places and buildings. Thanks to […]
Nominations now open for Volunteer Award 2024
We are now accepting nominations for the Gardens Trust Volunteer Award 2024. The winner will be announced at our Volunteer Celebration on Monday 15th July at Sheffield Botanical Gardens. The Volunteer Award is intended to celebrate volunteers and recognise the value of volunteering, showcase the contribution they make and encourage volunteering through a variety of […]
Results from Our Survey of Green Space Friends Groups
Last summer, with support from the National Federation of Parks and Green Spaces, the Gardens Trust launched a nationwide survey of Friends group volunteers, who do invaluable work to care for their local green spaces, from parks to cemeteries, gardens to allotments, and many more. We wanted to find out how Friends groups help to […]