Membership Benefits

Benefits of Membership

There are numerous benefits of becoming a member of the Guild. These include the following.

Access to a wide range of like-minded creatives and the wider gardening industry.

We have a very active WhatsApp community who readily share their advice and experience on a wide range of topics.

Free visits and behind-the-scenes tours of leading gardens, companies and organisations. In the past, these have included Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, Denmans Garden, Hever Castle, Ryton Organic Gardens and The Garden House.

Our quarterly magazine, GMG News, and regular E-Bulletin newsletters, both full of useful information, to ensure you are kept up-to-date with events, new books, publishing, photography and general gardening news.

Free entry for submissions to the annual GMG Awards and subsidised tickets for the Awards Lunch.

10% discount on business insurance.

Exclusive discounts and offers from numerous companies and suppliers.

Attending events, briefing days and workshops specifically organised for, and designed to benefit, members.

Free entertaining and educational talks via Zoom. Our recent speakers have included broadcasters James Alexander-Sinclair, Matt Biggs and Mark Lane, magazine editor Clare Foggett, flower farmer Georgie Newbery, No-Dig guru Charles Dowding, nursery owner Sue Beesley and award-winning photographer Joe Wainwright.

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