Appeal on behalf of the Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution, by Fred Streeter
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to Fred Streeter , Esq., The Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution, [address removed]
The Gardeners' Royal Benevolent Institution was founded in 1839 to help aged and disabled gardeners, market gardeners, nurserymen, and seedsmen, by means of pensions and grants, and to give similar assistance to their widows. At the present time there are 235 pensioners or widows on the pension list.
In 1952 a country home was opened at Horton in Buckinghamshire, where after retirement gardeners and their wives, single gardeners, and widows of gardeners may spend the remainder of their lives in security. The home also has a hospital annexe.
Funds are urgently needed to enable the work to be continued and expanded.