The RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) was founded back in 1804, and it has lots for everyone!  

There are five beautiful RHS gardens to explore, such as Hyde Hall in Essex
and 240 partner gardens!

Gift Membership is fantastic value, with:

• Unlimited entry to all 5 RHS Gardens for the member and a family guest or 2 children
• A copy of The Garden magazine
• Unlimited, personalised RHS Gardening advice
• Regular emails with exclusive member content
• Free entry to over 230 Partner Gardens for the member
• Reduced rate on tickets to RHS Shows

So you get a lot for your membership throughout the year.

But there’s more!   The nice thing about the RHS is that they run quite a few campaigns such as National Gardening Week, Wild About Gardens and School Gardens (their campaign has lots of free teaching resources and online training course and awards).  They also have a Planet-Friendly Gardening campaign which has 10 ways for us all to be more sustainable in our gardens. 

And of course, the RHS brings gardening to the neighbourhood, with Britain in Bloom, the RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood and affiliated societies. 

The RHS has over 600,000 members, and membership contributions help to support the work the RHS does, be it undertaking horticultural science or supporting community gardening groups.

Find out about the RHS Grow, the gardening app
The app gives you access to 200 years of knowledge
from botanists, scientists, fruit and veg experts and RHS specialist advisors!

Enjoy a year of days out & gardening inspiration with the RHS!   

RHS Gift Membership Special Offer!

From Monday, 16^th February 2026 to Monday, 16^{th of} March, 2026, save 25% on an RHS Gift Membership this Mother’s Day! 

Mother’s Day in the UK is on Sunday, 15^th March this year (2026) so this is a great chance to treat Mum’s who enjoy gardens and discovering all about gardens a membership to the oldest horticultural charity in the UK!

A quick word about the RHS Flower Shows in 2026!

This year, the RHS has exciting new shows:  RHS Badminton Flower Show is in the South Gloucestershire countryside (that’s the 8^th to 12^th July 2026);  and RHS Sandringham Flower Show is to be held in the grounds of the Norfolk estate – royal family-owned – from the 22^nd to 26^th July 2026.

And there’s also the RHS Malvern Spring Festival, Worcester, from the 7^th to 10^th May 2026, the big one, RHS Chelsea Flower Show from the 19^th to 23^rd May 2026, the RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show at the Saatchi Gallery, London from the 19^th June to the 2nd August 2026, and the Malvern Autumn Show from the 25^th to 27^th September 2026.  I love the sound of the Malvern Autumn Show, as it’s celebrates country living!  There are vintage vehicles and fashions, harvest competitions, rural crafts and local, artisan food and drink markets.  Can’t wait!

Save 25% on a year of RHS Flower Shows and beautiful garden moments together

I love the Wildlife Trusts.  They are a grassroots movement of people from all sorts of backgrounds and they are on a mission:  to restore a third of the UK’s land and seas for nature by 2030.  I'm a member of three Wildlife Trusts and I love to hear all their news and what they are up to.  Even more, I love supporting them in their work to help wildlife. 

Each Wildlife Trust is an independent charity.  Those involved (in whatever way) want to make a difference to wildlife, to nature, to our climate. 

There are now 46 Trusts throughout the UK, from Alderney Wildlife Trust in the Channel Islands to the Scottish Wildlife Trust, from South and West Wales to Suffolk, from Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to Northumberland.  So wherever you are, or wherever the nature lover in your life is, there should be a Wildlife Trust in their area you can tap into and get involved with.

The Wildlife Trusts together have over 944,000 members, over 33,000 volunteers, 4,100 staff and 600 trustees.  They manage over 2,600 nature reserves for nature and for people. (January 2026 from the Wildlife Trust's About Us page.)

Members are helping their Trust to look after wildlife and the natural places in their area, and they receive a welcome back, regular magazines and lots of information. It’s the sort of thing where you can get as involved as you want; if you are really manic with life, you can at least know that your membership is helping your Trust continue with its vital work.   

Membership benefits

Because each Trust is an independent charity, the memberships will vary on cost (most are about £3 a month) but generally they include a welcome pack of goodies, regular magazines full of news and features, access to beautiful nature reserves, talks, walks and events – these are a great way to meet fellow wildlife lovers who care about the natural world – and chances to campaign for wildlife.

Many Wildlife Trusts have half price membership offers (or similar) in January 2026, (most to new members only)!

So this could be a great opportunity to treat yourself or a loved one to a reduced price membership, be it half price or anything else for that matter, and to support wildlife at the same time!

Give a gift membership to a Wildlife Trust here

Take Action and Support your Local Wildlife Trust

Take a look at your local Wildlife Trust, you can find yours here – and sign up.  It’s a great way to show your support for nature and to help Wildlife Trusts reach the 30x30 target - that's 30% of land and sea protected by 2030. 

The Wildlife Trusts are aiming to put nature in recovery, making more space for it and connecting habitats on a large scale so that wildlife can pass safely through to new territories.  The Trusts want to restore nature so that ecosystems can function again - the UK natural world is very much depleted now.   

The Trusts are also hoping to inspire us all to act for nature and rewild our neighbourhoods, working with our communities.  I am a member of a couple of Wildlife Trusts and love to receive news of how I can get involved and make a difference - and also to see success stories.  Together we can all drive change and actually help nature help us - nature is vital for our wellbeing. 

So give a gift membership to a Wildlife Trust and you'll be giving a gift that helps nature, wildlife and people and is a win-win for nature lovers all round!

You could also donate to an appeal.   There's a HUGE appeal for the Rothbury Estate - the Trust has until September 2026 to raise £30 million (no, I didn't type that wrongly) to secure 3,800 hectares.   You can discover all about it here.

How about a plant subscription for someone who loves plants? 

Now, Flying Flowers are based in Jersey, in the Channel Islands (the island famous for Gerald Durrell, the conservationist) and the beautiful, gentle Jersey milking cow), and they've been delivering flowers for over 40 years.   

So how did it start? Back in 1981, some holidaymakers in Jersey stopped sending postcards home and they began to send carnations instead.  They were a great and colourful way to send love to family and friends back home and to let them know that they were being thought of! 

And if you're looking for a gift for whom flowers would be just the thing, you could take a look at their flower subscriptions.  You can choose from  3, 6 or 12 months - and there's a choice in the subscriptions of seasonal flowers or a flower subscription.  

The seasonal flowers depend on what Mother Nature has in stock.   And Flying Flowers support British growers, so they say they ensure British stems are included in each box, year round. 

This is a lovely gift idea to give someone a surprise for however many months you choose to have your subscription run - just imagine their faces when they open the door!  And plants arrive in a co-ordinating container, so the recipient doesn't have to go rummaging for pots and so on - they can just decide where to put them and sit back and enjoy them!

Fly away to see the subscription gifts here.

At the moment, they've got special offers on flower subscription gifts, too - I'm not sure how long that will last, so make the most of it! 

Keep the love flowing month after month!

Gift experience company Into the Blue have lots of experiences to choose from!   

The company began by selling flying experiences out of Biggin Hill in Kent, and they've been making memories since 1996.   Founder and Managing Director Jim Maitland went to Biggin Hill as a child with his father, who opened up Biggin Hill as a civilian airfield back in 1958.  Jim spent many happy hours there and joined his father to help him run the Biggin Hill Air Fair.  Realising lots of people who were at the shows would love to have a go themselves, he worked with his contacts and so Into the Blue was born!   Needless to say, they have lots of flying experiences - including flight simulators - and also adventure, creative, water, sports, food and drink, breaks, days out and at home experiences.  So there's lots to choose from!

What's more, they've got a special offer for you!

Enjoy 15% off*
The code below is valid on experiences up to £250.00
Some products are excluded.

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How about a Flight Simulator Experience - perhaps a Vulcan Bomber?
Take a look at the Flight Simulator Experiences here.

How about a Champagne & Sparkling wine experience?  Choose between a 
Champagne & Wine Tasting Evening or a Champagne & Fizz with Lunch from £49.00

There are Chocolate Making Experiences too! 
Perfect for anyone who loves chocolate!

The Animal Experiences include a Sheepdog Experience in Yorkshire - 
just imagine a day with border collies, as you learn how to handle and train them
and shepherd a small flock of sheep! 

There are lots of Gourmet Gifts and Subscriptions as well, 
just the thing for lovers of gin, rum, wine, spices, brownies, sweets,
charcuterie, and cocktails.  


They've got lots of Afternoon Tea options, too,
including Afternoon Tea for Two at Fishmore Hall in Shropshire.
View the Afternoon Tea products here and tuck in!

Subscription and membership gifts include one for knitters.
See the subscription and membership gifts here.

Use ITB15FORME for 15% off* experiences up to £250.00

(*Some products are excluded from this offer.)

Head over to Into the Blue