Position | Name |
Patron | Lady Marlesford |
Chairman | Edward Martin |
Vice Chairman & Treasurer | Stephen Beaumont |
Membership Secretary | Dr Joanna Martin |
Bursaries | Judith Gowland |
Council Member | Julie Cooke |
Council Member | Dr Judith Gowland |
Council Member | Loesje Houghton |
Council Member | Haidee Stephens |
Edward Martin
Chairman
Edward Lives at Sudbourne. Retired archaeologist and landscape historian (formerly with Suffolk County Council), SGT founder member and Chairman, 2004-2008.
Stephen Beaumont
Vice-Chairman and Treasurer
Stephen lives at Theberton. He was chairman of SGT between 2013-2017.
Dr Joanna Martin
Membership Secretary
Joanna lives at Sudbourne. She is a Historian, author and former history journal editor. She is a SGT founder member.
Julia Plumb
Julia lives at Chattisham. She is a vet with a smallholding with sheep, hens, fruit trees and a range of interesting ornamentals.
Julie Cooke
Julie lives at Brent Eleigh. She is a children’s book illustrator, a graduate of Otley College gardening courses, and has worked in gardening for 21 years.
Dr Judith Gowland
Bursaries and Grants Officer
Judith lives at Braiseworth. She is a Conservator/restorer of art on paper and a tutor of City & Guilds at London Art School. She is a returned SGT Council member.
Loesje Houghton
Loesje lives in Woodbridge. She set up a Theatrical Agency for Creatives in the 1990’s. This has now been sold, but she is still involved in the arts. She has led the work on creating a new SGT website.
Haidee Stephens
Haidee lives at Sudbury. Garden designer (Pickard School of Garden Design). Also runs a volunteer gardening project for ActivLives in Sudbury. Formerly Norfolk County Council’s biodiversity manager, Wild Anglia’s operations manager, and estuaries officer for Coast and Heaths AONB.