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Join the growing list of suppliers benefitting from Affiliated Business Partnership

 

We recognise that collaboration is at the heart of a successful garden, with a wide range of experts working alongside garden designers to create a finished scheme.

Working with complementary disciplines and collaborating with professional suppliers allows our members to specify, create, maintain and promote the best possible gardens and landscapes, using responsible techniques and practices.

Affiliated Business Partnership allows us to showcase the best of the landscape industry, whether that is the contractors and engineers who help build the garden, the network of specialist suppliers who provide the materials, or the filmmakers, photographers and journalists who record and share the creation of the garden.

Over the next decade the Green Economy is forecast to contribute £42 billion to the UK economy*. Becoming an SGLD Affiliated Business Partner (ABP) means you will join the only professional association for garden designers in the UK, with a membership of over 1,800 potential specifiers both in the UK and abroad.

Join us in our mission to promote good design, construction and materials; to build sustainable, environmentally responsible gardens and to foster and encourage the next generation of garden and landscape professionals.

*Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group, report Sept. 2021

Benefits

  • A listing in our online Affiliated Business Directory where our members search for new suppliers or manufacturers
  • Reach to our membership, including:
    • A welcome and launch across all the SGLD social media platforms
    • The opportunity for inclusion in the quarterly ABP newsletter to membership where you can highlight new products, services or a case study
    • Within each calendar year of membership each ABP can either meet with one of our regional cluster groups anywhere in the UK or arrange a webinar
  • Priority booking and special partner rates for trade stands at our Symposiums - 10 days ahead of non-Affiliated businesses and at a 5% discount
  • Access to Society-provided CPD for all staff
  • Use of the Affiliated Business Partner logo
  • Digital access to the Garden Design Journal

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Who Can Apply?

The Society welcomes professional organisations and sole traders from across the garden and landscape industry to apply to become an Affiliated Business Partner.

Applicants will need to provide evidence of professional accreditation (e.g. BALI, APL, RIBA, AA, RICS, GMG, HTA) and be in possession of appropriate insurance. We also require applicants to accept the SGLD Code of Conduct for Affiliated Business Partners, our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy, our Policy Statement on Sustainability and the SGLD website terms and conditions.

A Design and Build or Landscaping Company offering design services may join as Affiliate but they must have a Pre-registered or Registered Member on staff.

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Who May Not Apply?

The Affiliated Business Partner category is not open to garden or landscape designers or Members of the LI operating as landscape architects. For the avoidance of doubt, the definition of garden or landscape designer is:

  • Members of the Landscape Institute operating as landscape architects
  • Individuals whose company / business / trading name includes “Garden Design” or a derivation thereof
  • Institutions offering garden design courses - schools or colleges should look into Educator Status

Pricing

Affiliate membership is annual, from July-June annually. All initial invoices are pro-rated to the day you are approved.
The annual fees are as follows (inclusive of VAT):

  • 1 Employee Or Individual/Sole Trader £240
  • 2 - 10 Employees £500
  • 11- 49 Employees £800
  • 50 + Employees £1,200

Please note that initial payments will take you to PayPal, as this is the Society’s payment platform – it is not mandatory to have a PayPal account to make payments, as there is a button beneath the login to pay by debit or credit card.

If you would like to join us as an ABP, you can click the button below to fill out the application form. If you have any questions, please contact us on affiliates@sgld.org.uk

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What Our Partners Say

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We have found the Affiliate Business Partnership scheme an excellent way to get our name out there across the industry, build relationships and generate new opportunities.

Charles Blumlein – Managing Director of Location Landscapes

 

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Landesigns became an Affiliated Business Partner as Society members are important to us and our business. We have seen opportunities arise in several forms, from meeting new designers, speaking to other affiliated suppliers, and creating collaborations with people who are as passionate as we are, this in my view is what being an Affiliate is all about. 

Ben Wiggins, Director, Landesigns Ltd

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Elveden Instant Hedges are proud of our Affiliate Business Partner status and have been enjoying the benefits of being able to showcase our products to the UK’s finest garden designers. It is a huge asset to Elveden Instant Hedge and we thoroughly recommend that other suppliers of quality landscaping plants and materials consider joining this worthy organisation.

Kevin Harden – Commercial Sales Manager, Elveden Instant Hedges