Student Membership
Applying for Student Membership and the evidence required
o You must currently be attending, or be about to start, a garden design or landscape architecture course of at least five hours of structured study / learning per week and of at least six months duration.
o Evidence from your college showing the following must be sent with your application:
o the title of the course you are registered on
o the start date
o the anticipated finish date
o and be signed by the college
o If it is a correspondence course then the anticipated finish date needs to be stated.
The SGD will support your development with:
Subsidised membership
Continuing Professional Development
· Personal educational needs checklist & CPD advice on website
· ‘Registration Starts Here’ (a workshop for 6 people to explore the standards required to gain Registered Membership) at members’ special rate
· Regional Designer Development Days (preferential student rate)
Information Support
· Guidance on designer fees
· Recommended Terms of Engagement
· Jobs and vacancies on SGD website under the “Market Place”
Networking
· Local cluster groups
· Access to the Members’ online forum
· Local and national networking opportunities
SGD Literature & Magazine
· Welcome pack
· Monthly Garden Design Journal
· Quarterly Vitis (internal SGD newsletter)
Events
· Spring and autumn conferences (preferential student rate)
· SGD Annual General Meeting
SGD Brand Association
· Use of title ‘Student Member of the Society of Garden Designers’
· SGD brand and PR strategy to raise awareness of SGD
· Opportunity to appear on the public part of SGD website
Opportunities
· SGD Student competitions
· Involvement in SGD initiatives
· Discounted or free entry to any events and trade shows supported by the Society.
· Invitations to special events run by suppliers and supporters of the Society for Members
Coming Soon…..benefits we are working on
Standard documents under development:
· Consultancy agreement for a home owner/occupier appointing a consultant to provide consultancy services in relation to landscape work
· Landscape contract for a home owner/occupier who has appointed a consultant to oversee the work
· Heather’s Model Specification for Landscape and Garden Construction
For details of the full range of membership levels click here
