Join
To join the Oxfordshire Gardens Trust, please complete our Membership Application Form by clicking the links below. This will download a PDF file for you to print out.
Please return this to us, with a cheque payable to the "Oxfordshire Gardens Trust" and a completed standing order form.
Applications should be sent to:
The Membership Secretary Oxfordshire Gardens Trust, c/o 30 West Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5ER
Any queries about joining can be sent by email to: membership@ogt.org.uk.
The membership subscription rate is £15 and can be paid by standing order, using the form above. The date for annual renewal of subscriptions is 1st April. New members joining after 1st October can make their initial payment at half the annual rate.
Membership is on an individual basis. Partners and guests of members are most welcome at all of our events.
The OGT is keen to protect both registered and non-registered sites of interest, and submits comments on planning applications affecting both urban and rural sites. We keep in touch with the latest government initiatives and give updates on relevant changes to legislation affecting gardens. The OGT has commented on numerous planning applications and proposals including those concerning the Oxford Greenbelt, on Minerals and Waste Sites proposed for Oxfordshire and on proposals affecting individual sites. We remain concerned and vigilant about "garden grabbing" and the replacement of front gardens with hard surfacing for parking spaces and would urge all members to let the Committee know of further threats you are concerned about.
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| Research We have an active research group, which is collating material on sites in the County. The archive is available to members by contacting: secretary@ogt.org.uk. We carry out on-site recording as well as desk-based research. In August 2009, volunteers from the Trust took part in a two-week archaeological dig at Ascott Park. |  |
| Exhibition The Trust is preparing an exhibition on Oxfordshire's parks and gardens, tracing the evolution of historic landscapes from earliest times to the present day. Subject to obtaining funding, this will be taken to venues around the county in 2010. |  |
| Schools The Trust is committed to helping schools to introduce children to growing fruit and vegetables. We can help primary schools by providing information on funding and resources for school gardens. We are looking for Trust members to volunteer their own particular skills for our schools programme. For further information contact: schools@ogt.org.uk |  |
| Conferences and courses OGT members regularly lecture to a variety of organisations as well as running courses on gardens and garden history often in association with University of Oxford Department of Continuing Education. There are plans to hold the annual conference of the Association of Gardens Trust in Oxford in 2011. |  |
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Company registered address 30 West Street, Chipping Norton, Oxon OX7 5ER
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