RECONNECT WITH YOUR GARDENS FOUNDATION & FRIENDS MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES A WIDE RANGE OF GENEROUS BENEFITS THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE GARDENS
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s a thank you for your ongoing support of Foundation & Friends during this critical time, we’d like to remind you of your member benefits and keep you abreast of changes to your discounts, benefits and privileges. As a valued member, your interaction and involvement with the Botanic Gardens is vital. We invite you to re-engage with the Gardens and enjoy some of the many opportunities and activities that are still available to you. As you will agree, green spaces are of the utmost importance, especially in times of distress, to calm the mind and reconnect with nature. Your three Botanic Gardens are not only places of great horticultural and scientific significance, they are also home to vast Living Collections, including spectacular native flora and species from around the world. We invite you to stretch your legs and take a deep, relaxing breath in the spring sun, and refresh your love of the Botanic Gardens and what it means to be an important member of our community.
“Green spa ces a re of the ut most i mporta nce in ti mes of distress” 20 THE GARDENS SPRING 2020
YOUR MEMBER BENEFITS There are many wonderful benefits available to Foundation & Friends members, including those specific to each of the three Botanic Gardens. Subscription to four issues of The Gardens magazine per year, which is available online to read, download and print at rbgsyd.nsw. gov.au/thegardensmagazine Benefits and privileges advertised in each issue of The Gardens Monthly special offers, advertised in your member e-newsletter Discounts on most Foundation & Friends activities, and selected events in the three Botanic Gardens, including education programs and children’s activities.
Free participation in our Helping Hands gardening program, which is returning this spring 20% off plants from Growing Friends Plant Sales across the three Botanic Gardens 20% off merchandise sold by Foundation & Friends, including greeting cards, publications, plant bags and so much more Volunteer opportunities across a number of programs, including events and exhibitions, catering, Growing Friends, information booth, Speaker’s Bureau and office support Access to bespoke national and international tours, when travel is permitted, designed specifically with members’ interests at heart.
