# NSPCC to plant seed of future legacies with Legacy Garden at flower show

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/04/nspcc-plant-seed-future-legacies-legacy-garden-flower-show/
- Published: 2014-06-04T07:00:02+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Children’s charity NSPCC is marking its 130th anniversary this year by exhibiting
a nostalgic garden that promotes legacies at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower
Show.

The NSPCC Legacy Garden, sponsored by [The Garden Centre Group](http://www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk)’
s ‘Gardens for Good’ programme, focuses on the NSPCC’s work throughout the past 
130 years and the legacy that it has created.

## How gifts in wills have helped

The NSPCC Legacy Garden has been designed by multiple RHS Chelsea Gold Medal winners
Adam Woolcott and Jonathan Smith of Woolcott & Smith Garden Design.

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With plants and toys it depicts different eras of childhood and demonstrates how
gifts in supporters’ wills have helped fund the charity’s work. At the centre of
the garden there is a copper beech where messages from supporters and young people
will be displayed.

Alex McDowell, Head of Legacy and Tribute at the NSPCC, said:

> “We’ll be marking our 130th anniversary on 8 July and the [NSPCC Legacy Garden](http://www.nspcc.org.uk/hampton)
> is a fitting way to commemorate this milestone, celebrating the difference we’ve
> been able to make for children and families thanks to our generous supporters,
> and encouraging visitors to reflect on the legacy they wish to leave for the next
> generation.
> “We hope our garden inspires people to consider how they could help to keep more
> children safe and free from cruelty by leaving a gift in their will to the NSPCC,
> after they have taken care of their own loved ones.”

Visitors to the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, which runs from 8-13 July, will
find the NSPCC Legacy Garden at stand E/3 on Ditton Avenue.

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