Hestercombe Gardens Trust was established in 1996 to oversee the restoration of the historic gardens at Hestercombe and to protect them for the future. The Trust’s charitable objective is: to reclaim, restore, preserve, enhance and develop for the education and benefit of the public, the landscape, gardens and buildings of heritage, horticultural or architectural interest associated with Hestercombe and in support of this objective, to undertake educational work and preserve and maintain archives and collections.