About the team

  • Jonathan Lovie is the Principal Conservation Officer and Policy Advisor to the Society, and deals with casework in the Midlands and the South East, as well as major cases in London.

The Society has three additional part-time conservation officers who handle casework and advice in England.

  • John Clark is the officer responsible for the South West, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
  • Linden Groves covers the Eastern counties and London.
  • Alison Hampshire handles casework in the Northern counties.

The Garden History Society in Scotland has its own conservation officer, Alison Allighan.
At present the Society does not have a conservation officer working in Wales.
The work of the Conservation Department is co-ordinated by the Principal Conservation Officer, and by the Conservation Casework Manager, who report to the Conservation Committee chaired by Richard Wheeler. The Conservation Committee in turn reports to the Society’s Council of Trustees.

Contacting the Conservation Department, in England:
Enquiries for conservation officers, and statutory consultations (see below), should be sent to The Garden History Society’s London office, marked for the attention of the Conservation Casework Manager:
Conservation Casework Manager
The Garden History Society
70 Cowcross Street
London, EC1M 6EJ

Alternatively, the Department can be contacted by email:
conservation@gardenhistorysociety.org

To contact us about sites in Scotland:
Alison Allighan
Conservation Officer
The Garden History Society in Scotland
Glasite Meeting House
33 Barony Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6NX

Tel/Fax: 0131 557 5717

scotland@gardenhistorysociety.org

We would ask you to note that all of the Society’s conservation officers are employed on a part-time basis, and while every effort will be made to respond to your enquiry within a reasonable time, we are sure that you will understand that in these circumstances, priority must be given to statutory consultations and to major cases.
Conservation officers attend many of the Society’s events, and particularly the Conference and AGM where an illustrated report on the year’s work in England and Scotland is given. These are good opportunities to meet the team in more informal circumstances.