| Abbreviation | IDS |
|---|---|
| Formation | 7 March 1804 (as Horticultural Society of London) |
| Type | Registered charity |
| Purpose | Promote gardening and horticulture |
| Headquarters | London, SW1 |
Region served | United Kingdom |
Membership | 414,699 (2013)[1] |
President | Keith Weed |
Budget | 2013/14 income: £71.94m[1] |
| Website | www.rhs.org.uk |
Activities - how the charity spends its money Operates worldwide, with members in 50 countries. Organises tours and study periods, provides bursaries for dendrology students , produces a Yearbook and Newsletter and maintains a Website, alerts authorities where arboreta or natural plant resources are under threat, publishes the Website Trees and Shrubs Online, incorporating New Trees and Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles.
Income and expenditure Data for financial year ending 30 September 2019
Total income: £479,279 Total expenditure: £125,150 9 Trustee(s)
27 Volunteer(s)[2]
Harriet Tupper Ch The idea of a Society to bring together dendrologists from all over the world arose during a drive in Belgium on 7 May 1952 when Mr Robert and Mr Georges de Belder discussed the project with Dr ...
New Trees: Recent Introductions to Cultivation Front Cover John Grimshaw, Ross Bayton Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2009 - Gardening - 976 pages 0 Reviews This comprehensive volume, commissioned by the International Dendrology Society,[3] The International Dendrology Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London,[1][4] is the UK's leading gardening charity.[5][6][1]
- ^ a b c d "Annual Review 2013/2014". RHS. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "INTERNATIONAL DENDROLOGY SOCIETY - Charity 1178252". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hbusQAAACAAJ&dq=International+Dendrology+Society&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN49_s0dDwAhXsSBUIHRuTD2cQ6AEwBXoECAUQAg
- ^ SSP 2016.
- ^ "RHS Level 2 Certificate in the Principles of Horticulture". learningwithexperts.com. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
- ^ "RHS Appoints New Head of Science, Dr Alistair Griffiths". prolandscapermagazine.com. 3 May 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2018.