GGLT Officers
Officers
Margie Hoffnung
Margie Hoffnung, the Chair of GGLT, completed a 4 year Horticulture Degree at Writtle College, after working at Westonbirt Arboretum. Her sandwich placement was with Rosemary Verey, the well-known plantswoman, author and garden designer, with whom she continued to work for over a decade until Rosemary’s death.
Officers
Sue Bradley Jones
I have just joined the committee of the GGLT, with a particular interest in developing an educational role, as it hasn’t had one before. My past horticultural experience and interests include some years as a garden designer and many years as a guide at Westonbirt House and Arboretum. I have helped arrange talks and walks at the Arboretum . My contact with the educational world now is as a school governor.
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Marion Mako
Marion trained as a garden designer and garden historian. She has been leading garden tours for over sixteen years in England and Europe, sharing her passion for plants, the stories behind the gardens and especially the Arts and Crafts era. Marion has presented for television and lectures at The London College of Garden Design as well as garden groups in England and America.
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Elise Forbes
I have been a member of GGLT for ten years or so. I have been the Lectures Secretary for several years and am always on the look out for interesting speakers. As a member of the Events Group, I also help to organise our private garden visits during the summer. The GGLT library of around fifty garden history books, which are available for members to borrow at any time, has found a home in my house for the past few years.
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Thoss Shearer
Thoss Shearer is involved in GGLT’s research and coordinates the Gloucestershire Gentlemen Clothiers project (jointly sponsored by GGLT and Stroudwater Textile Trust). He is a former senior civil servant, having worked in the Business Department, the Foreign Office, the Cabinet Secretariat and the Government Office for the South West. His lifelong interest in architecture and architectural history led him into a complementary interest in landscape design and garden history. He lives in Uley.
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Lucy Abel Smith FSA
Lucy Abel Smith FSA is an art historian and has spent any spare time researching the patronage of the 17th-century Duke and Duchess of Beaufort. The Duchess as a plant collector was the subject of a talk to the Trust.