Jane MOORE - National Gardens Scheme

The   speaker on Tuesday 6^th September was Jane Moore who was introduced to the members ,family and friends by Margaret Trevette Her topic was the National Garden Scheme.

The National Gardens Scheme was founded in 1926 The organisation decided to raise a special fund in memory of their patron, Queen Alexandra, who had recently died. The fund would pay for training and would also support nurses who were retiring, and came up with the idea of raising money for charity through the nation’s obsession with gardening, by asking people to open their gardens to visitors and charging a modest entry fee that would be donated. In the first year 609 gardens raised over £8,000.

Since its foundation, to date ,the National Gardens Scheme has donated over £45 million to its beneficiary charities, of which nearly £23 million has been donated within the last ten years. The National Gardens Scheme’s commitment to nursing and caring remains constant, and the charity continues to grow and flourish main recipients  in 2015 were Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Cure Cancer Care and Hospice UK who each received £500,000

The vote of thanks was given by Ian Trevette . Magaret’s and Ian’s garden had been recently open for charity.