Student Membership

10th August 2011

Applying for Student Membership and the evidence required:

You must currently be attending, or be about to start, a garden design or landscape architecture course of at least five hours of structured study / learning per week and of at least six months duration.
Evidence from your college showing the following must be sent with your application:

The title of the course you are registered on

The start date

The anticipated finish date

And be signed by the college

If it is a correspondence course then the anticipated finish date needs to be stated

APPLICAITON FORM for Student Membership

COURSES in Garden Design & Landscape Design

The Benefits of Being a Student Member of the SGD

The SGD will support your development with:

Subsidised membership

Continuing Professional Development

Personal educational needs checklist & CPD advice on website
'Registration Starts Here’ (a workshop for 6 people to explore the standards required to gain Registered Membership) at members’ special rate
Regional Designer Development Days (preferential student rate)

Information Support

Guidance on designer fees
Recommended Terms of Engagement
Jobs and vacancies on SGD website under the “Market Place”

Networking

Local cluster groups
Access to the Members’ online forum
Local and national networking opportunities

SGD Literature & Magazine

Welcome pack
Monthly Garden Design Journal
Quarterly Vitis (internal SGD newsletter)

Events

Spring and autumn conferences (preferential student rate)
SGD Annual General Meeting

SGD Brand Association

Use of title ‘Student Member of the Society of Garden Designers’
SGD brand and PR strategy to raise awareness of SGD
Opportunity to appear on the public part of SGD website

Opportunities

SGD Student competitions
Involvement in SGD initiatives
Discounted or free entry to any events and trade shows supported by the Society.
Invitations to special events run by suppliers and supporters of the Society for Members

Standard documents:

Consultancy agreement for a home owner/occupier appointing a garden designer to provide services in relation to design consultancy and landscape work
Landscape contract for a home owner/occupier who has appointed a consultant (the designer) to oversee the work
Heather’s Model Specification for Landscape and Garden Construction

APPLICATION FORM for Student Membership