Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society is a large national charity in the United Kingdom. It currently operates under the working name Perennial. Founded in 1839, Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Society is based in Leatherhead, Surrey, and is a

registered charity A charitable organization or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, Religion, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definitio ...

under English and Scottish law. 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. The other garden is Fullers Mill Garden which is at West Stow near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk In 2015

Sir Roy Strong Sir Roy Colin Strong, (born 23 August 1935) is an English art historian, museum curator, writer, broadcaster and landscape designer. He has served as director of both the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London ...

announced that he would bequeath The Laskett Gardens in Herefordshire to the Society.

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* {{official, http://perennial.org.uk 1839 establishments in England Charities based in England Gardening in the United Kingdom Horticultural organisations based in the United Kingdom Organisations based in Surrey

Gardens

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