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RHS Membership
Become a member of the RHS and we’ll give you a host of year-round gardening benefits that keep growing! Whether you’re looking for inspiration for your own garden, or simply want to take pleasure in the beauty of stunning, outdoor spaces, you’re guaranteed to be spoilt for choice with RHS membership! Enjoy days out with a family guest at one of the four inspirational RHS gardens. Make the most of exclusive members’ days and rates at our shows and special events. Plus, receive our member’s monthly magazine The Garden (worth £51 a year) and personal gardening advice from our crop of experts. 


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"Having been an RHS member for six years, visiting the gardens in particular has given me so much enjoyment…it costs nothing for my husband and I to visit the gardens… - it’s a great day out." 

P Whitcomb, Essex 

The benefits of RHS membership 







Unlimited entry to RHS gardens: free entry with a family guest to all RHS gardens 364 days a year - RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire, Hyde Hall in Essex and Rosemoor in Devon..

Access more than 140 RHS Recommended Gardens, which have been hand-picked by us for their diverse garden design and planting, either throughout their opening season or at selected periods. 

The Garden monthly magazine (worth £51 a year) full of handy gardening tips, ideas and superb photography so you’ll have the latest gardening issues to hand. 

RHS Gardening advice: our experts are ready to give you personal advice on any gardening matter through all seasons. The Advisory Service is a free member-only service delivered by post, telephone, email, or face-to-face at RHS Garden Wisley. 

Privileged entry and discounted tickets to RHS shows: RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, RHS Show Cardiff and the RHS Show Tatton Park. Free entry to RHS London and Wisley Flower Shows.



And of course, we have a suite of membership types designed to meet your needs from Individual through to Joint and Life Membership. Please click on the quick links above.







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Water for birds Grow it! Garden planning 
Cress 
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Micro greens Eat it! Courgette frittata 
Carrot and orange muffins 
Apple crumble 
Mash potato fishcake 
Pumpkin soup Plants to grow with kids Antirrhinum 
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Coping with snow in your garden 
Worried about snow in your garden? The RHS Advisory Service has put together this advice about dealing with heavy snow and ice in gardens.

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Prune apples and pears 
Apples and pears should be pruned every winter to ensure a good crop of fruit. It seems a daunting job, but not if you follow our advice.

Advice on pruning apples and pears
Winter jobs to do now 
The weather may not be great at the moment, but there are still jobs you can do to prepare for the gardening year ahead.

Jobs to do in winter
What do you grow? 

We want to know more about the fruit and vegetables you grow at home. Take part in our short survey and you could win a copy of the new RHS Allotment Handbook.

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Photo competition winners

The winners of the 2009 RHS Photographic Competition have been announced. Congratulations to Linda Wride who has been named the RHS Photographer of the Year.

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Olympic Park contract awarded 
Parakeet protection lifted 
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Webbs to take on Garden Organic retail bus... 
Get the winter glow 
Thanksgiving service for Bonham Bazeley 
Yorkshire garden wins tourism award 
Agatha Christie novels inspire unusual gar... 
10,000th school signs up to RHS Campaign f... 
Gardeners awarded People's Millions 
Tree planters wanted 
Princess Greta Sturdza 
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa to star at Wisley 
Top RHS awards for students 
Planting woods for hospitals 
Scottish primrose in decline 
Paperbark maple under threat 
New trainee for RHS Recommended Garden 
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Cordyline Pink Passion: sparkling new container pl... 
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Anyone doing Mod G in Feb? 
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Hedging!?? 
Is my Brugmansia okay? 
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Sculpture at Rosemoor

Until 28 Feb:
Look for 50 pieces of sculpture by West Country artists throughout the garden
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Sign up to our online community of gardeners. You don't need to be an RHS member. This is our former MyGarden area.

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Campaign for School Gardening

The Campaign provides resources to help teachers set up and make the most of their school garden.

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RHS Online Directory
For all your gardening needs; covering plants, tools, landscaping, machinery, irrigation, holidays and everything else conceivably horticultural.

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Featured plants
Lily collection

Lilies are loved for their beautiful, showy flowers. Buy nine bulbs and save £10.

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Potting station

Prepare for seed sowing with this potting station. £24.99.

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Postcard set

32 limited edition postcards from the collections of the RHS Lindley Library

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Royal Horticultural Society | More 
text size LARGER / SMALLER MEMBERS | Login / Join now Search the RHS website Skip navigation Home Gardening Gardeners' calendar 
Help & advice Advice search 
RHS Advisory Service How to send samples for ide.. 
Fruit identification 
RHS Soil Analysis Service Garden chemicals and pestic.. Withdrawn chemicals 
Changes in pesticide legisl.. Garden design A simple guide to garden pl.. 
Plants and planting schemes 
Garden design for small spa.. 
RHS Encyclopedia of Garden .. Grow your own Grow Your Own Fruit Fruit calendar 
Fruit advice 
Fruit A to Z 
Videos Grow Your Own Veg Veg calendar 
Veg advice 
Veg A to Z 
Videos Events & gardens The RHS 3x3m plots 
Eating & cooking Recipes 
The art of preserving 
The principles of taste and.. 
Vegetables & health Nigel Slater Articles 
Recipes 
Videos Books & links Community gardening Britain in Bloom 
Group visits Groups at RHS Flower Shows 
RHS Affiliated Societies Dig Together Day 
Sustainable gardening Gardening in a changing cli.. Advice 
Current Situation 
Weather Conservation and environmen.. Gardening science Plants Featured plants Plant of the month 
Plant science National Plant Collections .. The National Plant Collecti.. 
The National Plant Collecti.. 
The National Plant Collecti.. 
The National Plant Collecti.. Plant registration 
RHS Herbarium Collections in the RHS Herb.. 
Nomenclatural standards and.. 
Specimen database 
History of the RHS Herbariu.. 
What is a herbarium? 
Herbarium techniques RHS Horticultural Database Orchid Search 
Daffodil Register Specialist plant groups RHS Fruit Group 
Plant trials and awards Plant awards AGM plants 
Award of Garden Merit (AGM) 
RHS AGM Search Plant trials 2009 trials 
Trials conference 2011 
Plant trials search RHS publications Journals The Garden 
The Plantsman 
The Orchid Review 
Hanburyana Orchid hybrid lists 
Plant bulletins 
Plant registers Clematis 
Conifers 
Daffodils 
Dahlia 
Delphinium 
Dianthus 
Lily 
Orchid 
Rhododendron RHS Register of Judges 
RHS Register of Speakers 
RHS colour charts RHS Plant Finder RHS Nursery Finder 
RHS Plant Selector 
Advice search 
Growing Heritage Plant conservation in actio.. 
Gardens Harlow Carr About Harlow Carr Learning Centre 
The Alpine Zone 
Library 
History 
Plant of the month 
Special interest groups 
Support us Plan your visit Getting here 
Family events 
Group visits Accessibility What's on Winter activities 
Shopping & Eating Gift shop 
Plant centre 
Refreshments Learning 
Contact us Hyde Hall About Hyde Hall Developments at Hyde Hall 
Library 
Looking good 
Our partners 
History 
Plant of the month 
Visitor Centre Plan your visit Getting here 
Family events 
Group visits 
Accessibility What's on 
Shopping & eating Gift shop 
Plant centre 
Refreshments Learning 
Contact us Rosemoor About Rosemoor Learning Centre 
Library 
History 
Looking good 
Plant of the month Plan your visit Getting here 
Family events 
Group visits 
Accessibility What's on 
Shopping & eating Gift shop 
Plant centre 
Restaurants Venue hire Accommodation 
Weddings Learning 
Contact us Wisley About Wisley History 
Looking good 
Plant of the month Plan your visit Getting here 
Family events 
Group visits 
Accessibility What's on Butterflies in the Glasshou.. 
Wisley Music Festival 
Wisley Flower Show Shopping & eating Gift shop 
Plant centre 
Refreshments The Glasshouse Inside the Glasshouse 
Outside the Glasshouse 
Learning 
Events 
Plants 
Virtual tour Learning 
Venue hire Virtual Garden Tours 
RHS Garden Finder 
Group visits Shows & Events RHS Show Cardiff 
RHS Show Chelsea 
Hampton Court Palace Flower.. 
RHS Show Tatton Park 
RHS London Flower Shows 
Malvern Spring Gardening Sh.. 
BBC Gardener's World Live 
Malvern Autumn Show 
RHS Event Finder 
Group visits 
Growing for Success talks Children For families Activities Make fun plant labels 
Make salt dough 
What’s in bird seed? 
Water for birds Grow it! Garden planning 
Cress 
Herb container 
Micro greens Eat it! Courgette frittata 
Carrot and orange muffins 
Apple crumble 
Mash potato fishcake 
Pumpkin soup Plants to grow with kids Antirrhinum 
Sweet peas Things to spot 
Gardening calendar January 
December 
November 
October Family fun at RHS gardens 
Get Your Grown-ups Growing 
Safety tips For kids Mostest plants 
Fascinating facts 
Colouring pages 
Story-writing competition For schools School visits to RHS garden.. Harlow Carr 
Hyde Hall 
Rosemoor 
Wisley Campaign for School Gardeni.. Courses Qualifications Past papers 
Case studies Case study: Benjamin Jarret.. 
Case study: Jeremy Stamp 
Case study: Jenny Windsor 
Case study: Liz Beardsall 
Case study: Sue Beesley 
Case study: Martin Perry Qualifications: FAQs 
RHS qualification policies 
Become an RHS examiner 
Become an approved centre Leisure learning RHS Garden Harlow Carr Courses and workshops 
Garden design RHS Garden Hyde Hall 
RHS Garden Rosemoor 
RHS Garden Wisley Horticultural training Courses at RHS Garden Wisle.. 
Courses at RHS Garden Hyde .. 
Courses at RHS Garden Harlo.. 
Courses at RHS Garden Rosem.. 
Accommodation, facilities a.. Bursaries Applying for bursaries Conditions of application 
Criteria The RHS McLaren Horticultur.. 
Other grants 
Newsletters 
Bursaries: FAQs Careers RHS profiles 
Continuing Professional Dev.. Voluntary internships About us Who we are History 
Mission statement, strategy.. 
Trustees reports and accoun.. 
Governance and decision mak.. Charitable purpose 
Charter and bye-laws 
Annual General Meeting Council and decision-making.. RHS awards 
RHS Council and Directors 
Committees and sub-committe.. 
Officers of the RHS 
RHS Elections Advisory committees Plant committees 
Administrative committees Trustees 
Staff What we do Shows 
Gardens 
Learning 
Community 
Library, archives and other.. 
RHS shops, plant centres an.. 
Science and advice Support our work Support our campaigns & app.. Hyde Hall Wild Wood Appeal 
Campaign for School Gardeni.. Donate money Making a regular donation 
Gift aid Remember a loved one Gifts for Wisley 
Gifts for Harlow Carr 
Gifts for Hyde Hall 
Gifts for Rosemoor 
Gifts for all RHS gardens Legacies Legacy information 
Legacy events 
Making a will 
Suggested wording 
FAQs 
Contact us Past appeals 
Trusts and partnerships 
Volunteering for the RHS Becoming a volunteer 
Volunteer's journey 
Working with volunteers Business opportunities Sponsorship opportunities Campaigns 
Events & Gardens 
Shows Marketing 
Advertising 
Licensing For the garden 
For the home 
For gifts 
Insurance Services 
RHS Travel Collection Hospitality 
Venue hire Carphone Warehouse 
InterClimate Network Latest business news RHS Lindley Library Using the library Join the library 
Library services News Visiting the library Lindley Library, London 
Lindley Library, Wisley 
Garden libraries at Harlow .. Collections Art collections 
Books and Reading lists 
Journals 
Photographic collections 
Special collections 
Electronic resources Projects Nursery catalogues 
Contact us Jobs Our mission 
Our people People living our values 
Our roles 
Benefits 
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Who we are 
The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK's leading gardening charity dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening.

Our goal is to help people share a passion for plants, to encourage excellence in horticulture and inspire all those with an interest in gardening.

Find out more about the RHS and how we work
Support our work 
Horticultural science, plant trials, garden advice, education, improvements to our gardens, flower shows and gardening events are all at the forefront of the Society's charitable remit. But as we receive no government funding and members' subscriptions only provide around a quarter of funds needed for our charitable work, we rely on donations, legacies, sponsorship and volunteers to help continue with our vital work.

Find out how to support us
Latest appeals 
Introducing children to the world of gardening
The RHS has ambitious plans to introduce a whole new generation to the wonders of gardening, as part of our exciting new Campaign for School Gardening.

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Restoring traditional woodland at Hyde Hall
The Wild Wood Appeal will raise funds to help recreate and protect the woodland at Hyde Hall that was once a distinctive feature of the landscape.

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What we do

We promote our commitment to gardeners and gardening through inspirational flower shows and events, gardens, advice, research, learning & education, our role in community horticulture and much more.

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RHS Lindley Library

RHS libraries are part of the Lindley Library, the world's finest horticultural library. The largest and best-known branch is in London, but the library at Wisley and the garden libraries at other RHS gardens form an important part of the RHS Lindley Library.

Find out more about the RHS Lindley Library and its book and picture collections
Business opportunities

The RHS offers a huge range of sponsorship and business opportunities right across the Society, and we are currently working with a diverse range of companies, large and small, in many different ways.

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