Sometimes, you really feel like treating yourself to something.    And if you’re wanting to do more garden activities – or connect to a garden membership – you could take a look at the RHS.  As a national gardening charity, it helps people and plants to grow and aims to make the UK a greener place.

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 230 partner gardens!

The RHS membership is really good value, with…

• Unlimited entry to the five RHS gardens (Hyde Hall, Rosemoor, Harlow Carr, Wisley and Birdgwater) for the member and a family guest or two children (4 children if you’re taking out a joint membership)
• Free entry to over 230 Partner gardens for the member (or the main member in a joint membership at selected times
• Reduced tickets to the RHS Flower Shows, gardening workshops, family friendly events – there’s lots to do and see all year!
• The Garden magazine, which is a monthly, full of advice and news and worth £81 (available digitally or as a paper version)
• Gardening advice from the RHS experts
• RHSTheGarden app with easy access to tips and advice, the member handbook and the monthly magazine
  
  

RHS Glow is back at the end of the year!

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!

Go on - treat yourself and join today!  Enjoy a year of days out & gardening inspiration with the RHS Sizzling Summer Saving!   

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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.

ITB15FORME

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!

There are Garden Workshops and Floristry Courses,
including The Raymond Blanc Gardening School: The Edible Garden
where you can view the beautiful gardens and orchards at Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons, Oxfordshire.

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 

The Royal Geographical Society has a Gift Membership that could be just the thing for keen geographers and travellers in your life!

They are a registered charity in the UK (no 208791) and the UK’s “learned society and professional body for geography”.   

Founded back in 1830 to advance geographical science, it welcomes everyone who loves geography, travel and exploration.  You can connect with like-minded people and there opportunities for lifelong learning.  It’s also a chance to discover more about the world and contribute to the work the Society does – you can help support the next generation of geographers!

Find out more about the Royal Geographical Society

You can go to Monday night lectures or watch them livestream or recordings of them online.  There’s Geographical magazine, and talks, exhibitions and events across the UK.   You can receive regular Society Updates and use the Members' Room and the Foyle Reading Room, as well as the RGS library of maps, books and guides, and have access to the historic Collections

Gift Membership is from £179.00 a year and there are different categories to choose from:  Membership and Student Membership.

Find out more here

If you're looking for something for people who love chocolate and who love to try something that's a bit different, you could take a look at the Chocolate Trading Company.

The Chocolate Trading Company specialises in chocolates from all over the world, so they offer chocolate lovers a great chance to try chocolates such as Zotter, Bonnat, Chocolat Madagascar, Valrhona, Pralus, Amedei, Booja Booja, Callebaut, Chocolarder, Charbonnel et Walker, and the Chocolate Tree.

They've got chocolate boxes, chocolate bars, chocolate gift hampers, novelty chocolates and even the chance to create your own gift hamper!   

The code covers gift hampers from the Chocolate Trading Company as well! 

Indulge in a special chocolatey offer!

And great news!  They've got a special offer for you - 10% off until the 30th June 2025!  The code is site wide, too (it does exclude Sale or Trade/Bulk items).   Just use the code 

CHOCO10Q225

This offer is site wide, so it includes chocolate gift hampers!  Chocolate and champagne (what a combination!), chocolate and prosecco (wonderful!), or you could choose chocolates and red wine, chocolates and white wine,  and some of the hampers have dark chocolate, or white chocolate or milk chocolate - there's plenty to choose from!

Visit the Chocolate Trading Co here.

Please note that you need to keep chocolate goodies away from dogs - please don't put chocolate decorations where they can reach them (or have a good go at reaching them).  If you want to get your dog chocolate goodies, get chocolate made for dogs, not people.  You could look at Lily's Kitchen or Viovet who have Forthglade Christmas Turkey & Cranberry Natural Soft Bites Dog Treats.