The Guild hosts meetings throughout the year, in all areas of the country. These include visits to members gardens, and to gardens not generally open to the public. Gardens visited in recent years include Eaton Park in Cheshire, Thorpe Lubenham Hall in Leicestershire, Kylemore Abbey in Co. Galway, Bodnant Gardens in North Wales, and Broughton House in Dumfries and Galloway.

Previous meetings have included Mount Edgcumbe in Cornwall, Gresgarth Hall and Abeystead in Lancashire, Culzean Castle in Ayrshire, the Exotic Garden in Norwich and Glenarm Castle, Co. Antrim. Other recent events have included barbeques, plant sales, visits to machinery manufacturers and nurseries, lectures, meals and pub quizes. Meetings are open to all members and their guests, they are informal affairs, where members can exchange news, ideas and information – the ideal forum to discuss horticultural problems and to make new friends.

Every two years the PGG organises a conference focusing on an area of gardening of particular interest and relevance to its members. Previous topics have included Sustainability, Career Challenges for the Professional Working Gardener and Garden Management – managing your staff, managing your future.

Conference venues have included Ventnor Botanic Gardens, RHS Gardens Rosemoor, Scottish Agricultural College Auchincruive, and Pershore Horticultural College in Worcestershire.

Study tours are great way to learn how people garden in other parts of the British Isles, mainland Europe and overseas. Previous Study Tours have included destinations such as China, Japan, Devon and Cornwall, Madeira, South Africa, South of France and Tuscany. Tours are organised and led by PGG members.

Study Tours are generally between one and two weeks long; in the past, members have been able to apply for bursaries to help with the costs inolved.