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Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society

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Entrance to the society's York Gate Garden

Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society is a large national charity in the United Kingdom. It currently operates under the working name Perennial.

Founded in 1839, Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society is based in Leatherhead, Surrey, and is a registered charity under English and Scottish law.[1][2]

Its activities include support for people in the horticultural trade, education in horticulture and preservation of gardens.

Gardens

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Perennial maintains two gardens open to the public. York Gate Garden is at Adel near Leeds. The garden was given to the society by Sybil Spencer in 1994.[3] The other garden is Fullers Mill Garden which is at West Stow near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk[4]

In 2015 Sir Roy Strong announced that he would bequeath The Laskett Gardens in Herefordshire to the Society.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society, registered charity no. 1155156". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  2. ^ "Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society, Registered Charity no. SC040180". Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
  3. ^ York Gate Garden, accessed 4 April 2021
  4. ^ Fullers Mill Garden, accessed 21 October 2016
  5. ^ "Sir Roy Strong bequeaths The Laskett Gardens to Perennial, safeguarding them for the next generation". Archived from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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