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Gardening means business

Did you know that gardening is the nation’s favourite pastime?

• 70% of the UK adult population claim to have an interest in gardening, with 21% describing themselves as ‘keen’ gardeners
• 17.5 million households have a garden (representing 85% of households in the UK) and a further 6% have either a patio or balcony

We're dedicated to inspiring people to garden and giving them the skills to do it

• 360,000 members with millions more reached through the media
• 16 shows right across the country, attracting more than 650,000 annual visitors
• In excess of 1.5 million visits to RHS gardens each year
• 600,000 visits each month to the RHS website
• More than 60,000 gardening questions answered each year by the RHS advice team

We're supporting communities and helping children to develop a love of gardening

• 2,000 communities and 10,000 volunteers involved in RHS community growing programmes
• 10,000 schools and more than two million children reached through the RHS Campaign for School Gardening
• 24,000 visits by children to our dedicated learning centres in our gardens

We look forward to working with you