The Friends provide vital support to the Garden and Arboretum and also offer a wide range of benefits and opportunities.

Benefits

All Friends enjoy

• Free entry to the

• Free entry to the

• A newsletter published three

• A programme of exclusive

• Priority booking for the

• Monthly coffee mornings and

• Annual seed collection

• A 10% discount at

• A regular electronic bulletin

 

The Bobarts Group

This level of membership is an opportunity to provide extra support to the Garden. Extra benefits include small group visits to gardens and collections.

Support Provided

Friends' Support 2007-8

• Purchase of Palmers Leys,

• Salary for a garden

• Plants for the herbaceous

• Propagation facilities

• Biofuel tank and fuel

Friends' Support 2008-9

• Repair of culverts at

• Plants for Mediterranean and

• Secondary schools education programme

• Salary of a trainee

• Plant labelling

• Photographic equipment

Proposed Support 2009-10

• A substantial contribution towards

Friends Support has previously included

• Permanent endowment of an

• An all weather path

• Conversion of the Arboretum

• A tractor and trailer

• Urns and seats around

• Landscaping around the Arboretum