Get Involved

Membership, volunteering, or just a donation.

There's no single “right” way to support us. Pick whichever of the three fits your life.

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Membership

Three tiers, all month-to-month.

Individual

€9 / month

Three members-only mornings a year before the gates open, the quarterly print journal, and full access to the online archive.

Join as an individual
Family

€16 / month

Everything in Individual, for up to five people at one address, with children welcome on Garden Saturdays.

Join as a family
Patron

€40 / month

Everything in Individual, your name (or anonymity, if you'd rather) in the annual report, and an invitation to the yearly patrons' dinner in the Orangerie.

Become a patron
Volunteer your time

No membership required for any of these.

Hands-on

Garden Saturdays

One Saturday a month, weeding and maintaining the sections of parterre that don't make it into the brochure. No experience needed; gloves provided.

Behind the scenes

Archive & Research

Helping catalogue historical documents and photographs for our journal and public talks. Useful if you're the type who reads footnotes for fun.

Public-facing

Programme Support

Helping run our public talks and members' mornings: setting up, the welcome desk and answering visitors' questions.

Prefer to just give

One-time support works too.

A single donation of any size goes into the same fund as membership dues — mostly garden upkeep and apprenticeships, and keeping the public talks free. €180 covers about a week of one apprentice's stipend; anything less still helps.

Make a one-time gift

How giving would work

In a real association you could give by bank transfer or cheque, and we would send you a tax receipt: in France, gifts to associations of general interest reduce income tax by 66% of the amount given, up to 20% of taxable income. This site takes no payments and issues no receipts: the form below only records your offer.

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