The objectives of the Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust are:

o To promote horticulture.
o To promote the conservation of the physical and natural environment by promoting biological diversity;
o To promote the creation, development, preservation and maintenance of gardens accessible to the public, and
o The advancement of horticultural education.

The Trust achieves its objectives by making grants to organisations, institutions and individuals carrying out projects of significance to:

o Horticulture.
o Gardening, and
o Botany, with a strong horticultural element.

Please note the Trust does not maintain a UK website (although it has a website for its work in the USA). Further information is, however, available on the Charity Commission website.

The Trust operates two application deadlines each year, on 15 February and 15 August.

The next application deadline is therefore Sunday 15 August 2021.

For details about how to apply for a UK grant, write to the Trust at:

Dr David Rae
Director of Horticulture and Learning
The Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust
Royal Botanic Garden
20 Inverleith Row
Edinburgh
EH3 5LR
Tel: 0131 248 2844
Email: d.rae(at)rbge.org.uk