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 |
Council Member | Lynette Fawkes |
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.
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.
Lynette Fawkes
Lynette lives at Thurston. She has worked as a conservation professional in the public sector for 14 years and spending 3 enjoyable years at Historic England. She currently works at Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Council as Principal Conservation Officer.