Remember your loved one with an in-memory gift

Celebrate the life of someone close with a gift to the RHS that honours their memory and their love of gardening or favourite RHS Garden

Celebrating life and gardens

Many families and friends choose to give in memory of a loved one to celebrate their life, their passion for gardening or their love of a favourite RHS Garden. These gifts support the RHS in continuing to inspire those that visit the gardens. All in-memory gifts can be acknowledged in the Book of Remembrance, which is kept at each RHS Garden.

Donations can be directed to a specific RHS Garden, where they will be used to plant and maintain the garden’s collections. Alternatively, contributions to the RHS Remembrance Fund help maintain all the gardens for the future. As a charity, the RHS relies on donations to support the gardens and wider charitable work.

RHS Remembrance Fund

Gifts to the RHS Remembrance Fund help to keep all RHS Gardens beautiful for everyone to enjoy:

RHS Harlow Carr Remembrance Fund

Keep woodland, meadows and the Streamside Garden thriving in memory of someone special

RHS Hyde Hall Remembrance Fund

Support the sweeping dry gardens, Hilltop and winter walks with a gift that lives on

RHS Wisley Remembrance Fund

Help care for the borders, Glasshouse treasures and historic trees with your lasting tribute

RHS Rosemoor Remembrance Fund

Nurture fragrant roses, meadows and orchards through a heartfelt gift in remembrance

RHS Bridgewater Remembrance Fund

See plants and landscapes flourish in memory of someone special for generations to come

RHS Remembrance Fund

Gifts help care for all RHS Gardens, keeping plants and landscapes beautiful for everyone

In-memory benches

Dedicating a bench at an RHS Garden is a special way to celebrate or remember a loved one:

A bench at the RHS Gardens
In-memory bench at the RHS Gardens surrounded by spring planting

A place to remember

At RHS Gardens, it is sometimes possible to accommodate requests to fund in-memory benches. Availability is limited, and benches can only be offered when included in the existing garden plans. For bench enquiries, please contact:

  • RHS Harlow Carr: Call 01423 565 418
  • RHS Hyde Hall: Call 01245 400 256
  • RHS Wisley: Email [email protected]
  • RHS Rosemoor: Call 01805 624 067

RHS Garden Mobility Fund

Giving everyone should have the chance to experience the beauty and inspiration of the RHS Gardens:

Opening up the gardens to everyone

The ability to move around and enjoy the RHS Gardens is important. Where possible, mobility scooters and manual wheelchairs are provided at each garden, free of charge. A gift to the RHS Mobility Fund helps to buy and maintain these scooters and wheelchairs, enabling more visitors to enjoy the gardens at their own pace.

For donations to the RHS Mobility Fund, please choose the relevant RHS Garden below.

Mobility Scooter
Visitor using mobility scooter in the Wellbeing Garden at RHS Wisley

Donate to the RHS Wisley Mobility Fund

Donate to the RHS Harlow Carr Mobility Fund

Donate to the RHS Hyde Hall Mobility Fund

Donate to the RHS Wisley Mobility Fund

Donate to the RHS Harlow Carr Mobility Fund

Donate to the RHS Hyde Hall Mobility Fund

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Other areas you can support

Helping to make a lasting impact beyond the gardens and strengthen the work of the RHS:

RHS Students
RHS Apprentices taking time out from working in the garden

Making a difference across RHS

If you would prefer to support another area of RHS work, the team can discuss how a gift may help. This could include supporting gardening in schools, training new horticulturists or preserving science and library collections.

Family and friends may choose to remember a loved one by giving to an RHS Garden or to another area of RHS work, instead of sending cut flowers. If you would like to organise a funeral collection please get in touch.

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Get in touch

To find out more about the charitable work of the RHS, or contribute directly to the RHS Remembrance Fund or in-memory gift, please contact the Development team by phone or email.
 

Call: 020 7821 3125
Email: [email protected]

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