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Donors – Sheffield Botanical Gardens HomeInformationOpening TimesHow To Find UsGarden EtiquetteFlorilegiumGarden ContactsFriends of Botanical GardensCurator’s Restaurant & Tea RoomsAccessibilityInformation Point & the Dorothy Fox Education CentrePhotographyThe GardensGardensHistoryPlant HeritageMap Of The GardensWhat’s OnListingsMusic In The GardensArt in the GardensOpen Air TheatreGuided ToursWeddingsSupport UsDonorsSheffield Botanical Gardens TrustPatronsTrusteesSheffield Town TrustThe Dorothy Fox Education CentreVolunteeringDonations and LegaciesEducationOut of School Activities For ChildrenEducation CentreContact Donors admin 2018-07-05T15:39:55+00:00 Honour List for Sheffield Botanical Gardens The Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust and the Friends of the Botanical Gardens (FOBS) would like to thank the many hundreds of individuals and organisations who have made donations, bequests, wilt supporters, sponsored plants, benches, panes of glass in the pavilions or given their time working in the gardens and through fundraising. Without your support, we could not have completed the huge task of raising over £1.7 million to restore these historic gardens and make them some the finest in South Yorkshire, giving pleasure to thousands of visitors. The Dorothy Fox Education Centre, opened in March 2017, has been built solely through fundraising and generous bequests. We find there are simply too many donors to list everyone individually but we wish to place on record our thanks and appreciation to all of our supporters. Each of you has made a difference – thank you so much. We very much hope you like the results, so far, of your generosity. We protract to raise funds to embellish and modernize these wonderful gardens for the enjoyment of every visitor. Look through this website for increasingly information on how you can help to protract our mission to make these gardens very special for everyone. MAJOR FUNDERS Without their early transferral and substantial generosity, the sums required for the restoration of the Gardens would not have been achievable. Matched funding: The Heritage Lottery Restoration Grant The Friends of the Botanical Gardens, Sheffield (FOBS) The Freshgate Trust Foundation The Garfield Weston Foundation The J G Graves Charitable Trust Parkwood Group/Enventure Ltd R M C Environment Fund The Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust The Sheffield Church Burgesses Trust The Sheffield Town Trust The Wolfson Foundation BEQUESTS Legacies to the Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust are of enormous importance, enabling the Trust to alimony the Gardens in the finest state and to support new initiatives. We wish to record our gratitude to the pursuit individuals who remembered the Trust in their wills: Mr J de Bartolome Dr Burns Eileen Brightmore Joan Chibnall Francis L Eastwood Mrs Dorothy Fox Stanley Greaves Herbert A Harrison Barbara Holland Eileen M Ryan Miss Mildred Rushby Mrs Irene Sugden Please consider remembering the Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust in your will. DONORS – in glut of £1,000 CHARITABLE TRUSTS AND ORGANISATIONS The Annals of Botany Arnold Laver & Co Ltd Art in the Gardens Assay Office (Sheffield) Aviva Plc Barber Harrison & Platt Barclays Bank Plc Barfil Charitable Trust Benson Clegg The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths Charitable Trust H L Brown & Son Ltd Henry Boot Plc Botanical Catering Ltd Bury & Walkers Caledonian Society of Sheffield The H and L Cantor Trust Charnwood House Ltd Coke Trust Corus Plc The 10th Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust The Earl Fitzwilliam Charitable Trust Evergreen Disabled Gardening Club Stanley Greaves Trust Groundwork UK The Hamamelis Trust Hopkins Boden HSBC Bank Plc The Idlewild Trust John Lewis Partnership Sheffield The John Spedan Lewis Foundation Lloyds TSB Foundation for England & Wales The James Neill Trust Fund The Normanby Charitable Trust Sir John Osborne Charity Trust The Palaeontological Association Pricewaterhouse Coopers The Ronald and Kathleen Pryor Charity Rotary Club of Sheffield Charitable Trust Fund The Royal Horticulture Society St. Mark’s Parochial Church Council The Scotts Company Sheffield Floral Club The South Yorkshire Forest Environment Trust Ltd Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust Wake Smith The Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation Hyman Winstone Foundation The Diana and Gerard Young Trust We are enormously grateful to the numerous organisations, businesses and trusts that moreover made donations although, as with individuals, they are too numerous to list here. The Heritage Lottery Fund had not experienced matched funding from the public on this scale for any similar project. This is a testament to the fundraising effort by so many people, and the public’s generosity for this important restoration project. SPECIFIC DONATIONS Many specific areas of the Botanical Gardens were restored through donations for particular purposes. We wish to express our gratitude for these specific gifts. The Gatehouse, The Sheffield Town Trust The Pavilions: The Wolfson Foundation R M C Fund The Idlewild Trust Pavilion Clock, H L Brown & Son Ltd Fountain, Sheffield Assay Office Pan Statue, Wake Smith Turnstile Gate, The Worshipful Company of Blacksmiths Wrought Iron Fence, Corus Plc South Lodge, The South Yorkshire Forest Environment Trust Ltd Pavilion Planting, The H and L Cantor Trust Garden Signage, The John Spedan Lewis Foundation Landscape & Planting: Gatehouse areas, John Lewis Partners, Sheffield Evolution Garden, The Palaeontological Association Marnock Garden, Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust Award of Garden Merit Garden, The Royal Horticultural Society Birch Hill, Charnwood House Ltd Mediterranean Climate Garden, Anonymous throwback Prairie Garden & Woodland Garden, Department of Landscape, The University of Sheffield Copyright 2014 | All Rights Reserved | Designed by Grapefuit Creative | Crocodile Web Group FlickrEmail