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  • Re: Broader, but shallower?

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    Hi, was`interested in VP's comment that membership is expensive! The Garden itself is worth £51 a year- more than the membership fee and that is before taking into account the free entry to RHS gardens and the Recommended gardens access across the UK. I think this makes it value for money. Read more..

  • Re: Gift Aid

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    We are actively engaged in working out how to do this. The current membership package does not allow us to ask for Gift Aid, so we are looking to protect the membership benefits but set up new arrangements which will let us move ahead with this. Entrance fees are simpler, but part of the overall aproach beong worked up. Read more..

  • Re: Broader, but shallower?

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    Hi, yes The Garden is available to newsagents via the distributor, Seymour. About 8,000 copies a year are circulated this way. Read more..

  • Re: Gift Aid

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    Fulfilment of the Gift Aid rules. Read more..

  • Re: Planting seeds

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    I really sympathise with you on this! Seed propogation was for me the hardest part of starting up my last garden.Plants and cuttings are so much easier. Thing is we'd need to see the seeds to help you with this,because there isn't a rule of thumb. There are seed growing workshops available at Wisley if you can get there ? Read more..

  • Re: Broader, but shallower?

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    Thanks Sue, you put it really well! Also thank you VP for the link to your blog site. We were aware of what you did and appreciated the debate it stimulated. Read more..

  • Re: Gift Aid

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    I absolutely agree with you! Thanks for the encouragement- we shall keep plugging away and hope to get it going over this next year. Read more..

  • Re: London Shows

    Forum post by Sarah Buxton on 20 Jan 2009

    The RHS is not just for members, it is a charity with charitable responsibilities. All charities are required to be more professional and so are we. In some areas we have been behind and we are addressing this now. Total headcount is circa 800 and we have over 1,000 volunteers. Historically we had one post of Director of Horticulture, but the size and the remit of the role was too great for one person to be effective with the growth in charitable activity.We split the role in two and have a Director Read more..