Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society

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

Entrance to the society's York Gate Garden

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

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

References
  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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