"Membership of the RHS has given me so much inspiration I felt I wanted to give something in return to help further its aims."
Mrs M J West, RHS member
How your legacy can make a difference
We need the help of passionate gardeners like you to pass on our love of gardening and to future generations. Without your support our gardening heritage could be at risk.
The RHS’s plans for the future can only be realised through additional funding, including legacies. The RHS is a charity and receives no government grants or other support. For every pound we raise from member subscriptions, we need to raise another pound to fund our charitable work.
Leaving a gift in your will to the RHS is a wonderful way to pass on your love of gardening to future generations, by ensuring that the wonder and beauty of the RHS gardens you have enjoyed, will continue for many years to come.
How we spend legacy funds
Your legacy could play a vital role in helping us to preserve and develop our four RHS gardens: Wisley, Hyde Hall, Harlow Carr and Rosemoor, ensuring they continue to bring inspiration and joy to gardeners of all ages.
We want to inspire a whole new generation to pick up a trowel and get digging! Already embraced by over 12,000 schools, through the RHS Campaign for School Gardening we’re introducing children to growing fruit and vegetables, learning about healthy eating and helping to nurture a lifelong passion for gardening. As well as encouraging families and communities to develop their gardening skills and make their local environment a cleaner, greener and more colourful place to live.
Your gift could also help us enormously to fund the vital scientific research that underpins an understanding of plants and the development of horticultural knowledge for gardeners worldwide.