Articles and resources to help tell our story

With one hundred years of history, the National Garden Scheme has a rich thread of storytelling. From the foundation of the charity in 1927 and the key characters involved in its launch to the continuing success of its funding for nursing and health charities, you will find articles, facts and insights on this page to help tell our story.

Timeline

You can find a brief timeline of our history here

Media pitch

For an internal document with an overview of 2027 and info for media pitches click here Media-Pitch-Internal-Doc

About Us articles

For a generic article about our charitable impact for use in press and publicity work click here Our Charitable Impact

In the beginning – Elsie Wagg’s legacy

For more information on Clare Water’s dissertation on the founding
of the charity click here

For more about Elsie Wagg and her importance to the National Garden Scheme
see Elsie Wagg March 2026

For images of the Singer Sargent portrait of Elsie Wagg that must be credited to Doug Eng Images click here Elsie Wagg by John Singer Sargent CREDIT Doug Eng Images

Powerpoint – Origins of the National Garden Scheme (1927)
To add to your presentations

The Origins of National Garden Scheme presentation

Image Gallery 

For an archive of images 1932-1967 taken from the original handbooks of the time click here Archive handbook images 1932-1967