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Help us make the UK a greener and more beautiful place

Why take action?

Benefits for your community

  • Pride of place: public spaces improved by the people that use them allows a sense of ownership and shared learning – for lasting benefit
  • Greener surrounds: more gardens means a cleaner and greener place to live and visit (91.5% of recently surveyed Britain in Bloom and RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood groups listed this as a key benefit to taking part)
  • A healthier environment: attracting wildlife with plants could help to boost local biodiversity and tackle air pollution

  • Transformation: community gardens can regenerate run-down areas and boost the local economy
  • Safer streets: cleaner, greener environments have been linked to lower crime rates and reduced anti-social behaviour
  • Healthier communities: local food growing can help people make better eating choices, while green exercise is linked to better mental and physical health

Benefits for you

  • Less stress: ‘green exercise’ like gardening can help reduce anxiety levels and improve mental wellbeing 
  • Get moving: gardening is a great form of aerobic exercise and could help boost your strength, stamina and flexibility
  • Better connections: by growing with others you could meet new people and form stronger local networks
  • New skills: gain new knowledge, such as how to grow fresh tasty food, how to support wildlife, how to improve the local environment and more
  • Discover: take the chance to explore new areas of your community and improve them while you’re at it

Volunteer

Volunteer at an RHS Garden

Take up a volunteering opportunity at one of our RHS Gardens

Volunteer at an RHS Flower Show

Support and meet visitors at one of our world-famous RHS Flower Shows

Volunteer in your community

Clean and green up your local spaces

Grow in your community

Community gardening

Get growing in your community to create a greener place to call home

Bath wins Britain in Bloom

The winners of Britain in Bloom 2024 competition have been revealed

Britain in Bloom highlights

Discover some of the stand-out entrants and achievements from the 2024 competition

School gardening

Wellbeing benefits of gardening for children

Find out how children and young people can benefit from nature’s restorative powers

School gardening

Inspire the next generation of gardeners with our free resources, projects and guidance

National Education Nature Park

A national project which maps biodiversity and wildlife on school premises

Get growing support

RHS Grow With It

Sign up to get year-round growing support

Wild About Gardens

Wild About Lawns – bring your garden to life and help provide a habitat for wildlife

Campaign for School Gardening

We’re encouraging all schools to sign up for free to RHS Campaign for School Gardening

Community projects

Designing a new garden in Salford

Winner of the 2024 Growing Together Award revealed

Nottinghamshire prison wins gardening award

Designing a new garden in Salford

Winner of the 2024 Growing Together Award revealed

Nottinghamshire prison wins gardening award

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Find out more about our community projects

NHS wellbeing gardens

A partnership between the RHS and the NHS

Discover the wellbeing gardens being built around England for staff, patients and the local community

A partnership between the RHS and the NHS

Learn

Courses and workshops

Courses and workshops

Nurture your creativity with our 2024 horticultural and craft workshops

Courses and workshops
Study and learn

Study and learn

Find the right learning experience for you

Study and learn
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The Royal Horticultural Society is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.