Examples of good applications

The parterre at Castle Bromwich Historic Garden had been devastated by Box Tree Moth and the Garden's Trust applied to the Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust for a grant to buy Yews to replace the Box.

Download Castle Bromwich application, as pdf file

Fulham Palace also had problems with their box knot garden and applied for a grant to buy two cultivars of Podocarpus to replace the box.

Download Fulham Palace Trust, as pdf file

Liverpool Cathedral is host to one of the largest city centre green spaces. However, the Cathedral wanted to expand on this to increase biodiversity through a partnership with the National Wildflower Centre to create new wildflower meadows. To achieve this they successfully applied for a grant from the Stanley Smith (UK) horticultural Trust.

Download Liverpool Cathedral Word version, as pdf file

The Horatio’s Garden at the Princess Royal Spinal Cord Injuries Centre in Sheffield applied for a grant to purchase plants for their new garden which supports the mental and physical rehabilitation of everyone affected by spinal injury in the region.

Download SS UK HT Application form June 2021 v4 combined, as pdf file

Staff at the University of Reading applied for a grant to support research into the phylogeny and speciation of the genus Autonoe (formerly Scilla) in the Macronesian region.

Download Autonoe Scilla taxonomic revision, as pdf file

Winterbourne House and Garden wanted to improve an area of the garden that has suffered neglect due to waterlogged conditions. The project they applied for was to create a wetland meadow to harness benefits of the existing conditions and improve the biodiversity of the site.

Download Winterbourne Project v3, as pdf file