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The Organising Team Open Garden Squares Weekend is organised by the London Parks & Gardens Trust. Our part-time office staff are supported by a volunteer organising team, without whom the event would not be possible.
Area Coordinators and Organising Team Volunteers Our dedicated team of Area Coordinators are essential to the delivery of Open Garden Squares Weekend. They work throughout the year to find wonderful new gardens across London’s Boroughs and maintain precious relationships with regular participants. We would like to say a huge thank you to our team for everything they do.
Nathan Oley: LPGT Trustee leading on OGSW Suzette Aagaard, Lisa Barr, Marion Blair (also leading on guided walks), Duncan Catterall, Andrea Charman, Daniel Cutter, Lynne Eva, Anne Greig, Marlene Johnson, Adeline Schlumberger, Janne Watson (Secretary), Frank Warnock and Colin Wing (IT manager).
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committees who prepare and open the gardens, to all those who help to organise and run activities over the weekend, and to the huge army of volunteers who so enthusiastically welcome visitors to the gardens, sell tickets and much more.
The London Parks & Gardens Trust is very grateful to everyone who contributes to making the weekend a success, year on year. We look forward to seeing you again in 2020.
President: Todd Longstaffe-Gowan Chair of Trustees: Ruth Holmes Vice Chair of Trustees: Richard Martin Treasurer: Lisa Watson Secretary: Maureen Nolan Sponsorship and fundraising Trustees: Caroline Ames and Celia Mead
With more than 130 gardens and green spaces opening across London for Open Garden Squares Weekend, the London Parks & Gardens Trust is proud to state our commitment to reducing our environmental impact and creating a greener and more sustainable event. The London Trust aims to cultivate, celebrate and champion London’s green spaces, and one of the most important ways in which we can achieve these three goals is by ensuring that we tread carefully through our natural environment, and leave it richer than when we came.
Initiatives in place for 2019 include: • a switch to recycled paper and recyclable plastics in our print materials; • guidance for gardens to recycle materials and to use biodegradable tableware for refreshments;
If you are interested in volunteering as part of our team of Area Coordinators, we would love to hear from you. Please email: office@londongardenstrust.org
• and introduction of walk routes to encourage visitors to enjoy the weekend on foot wherever possible.
London Parks and Gardens Trust staff
Helen Monger: Director
For the first time, this guidebook is printed on 100% recycled, uncoated paper, using vegetable-based inks. Our guidebook print contractor, Belmont Press, is EMS-certified under ISO-14001 and has recently implemented solar energy systems, as well as redirecting heat produced by printing presses, reusing waste water, and increasing the efficiency of lighting systems.
Toni Assirati: Volunteer Coordinator Polly Freeman: Operations Rachel Huckvale and Joe Norman: Publishing, Digital Communications and Marketing
Supporting Contractors
The outdoor banners that you will see outside many gardens are printed on 100% recyclable HDPE (the substance used to make plastic milk bottles). In contrast to standard non-recyclable banner material – PVC – HDPE is environmentally stable and gives off no harmful fumes. It can be recycled kerbside or by return to our banner print contractor, Greenhouse Graphics (GHG), which is also EMS-certified under ISO-14001 and was the first UK commercial printer to install solar panels, introduce hazardous waste-free colour printing and offer a carbon calculator for printed products.
Sarah Harrison: Press and PR Anna White: OGSW Programme Manager The Brown Studio: Design and Copyediting Matt Wickings and Leon Clarkson: Eventcube ticketing
Garden representatives and weekend volunteers It takes more than 1,000 dedicated volunteers to make Open Garden Squares Weekend happen. We would like to say a huge thank you to all the garden representatives and
Our environmental commitment
Both our print contractors are located in south-east England, reducing the carbon footprint of our printing in terms of delivery miles. The Golden Baggers © Anna Barclay
Bramham Gardens © Janne Watson