The National Gardens Scheme (NGS) is delighted to announce the appointment of Mary Berry as the new President.
Mary took over from Joe Swift, NGS President of six years, on Thursday, 17th March.
George Plumptre, Chief Executive of the NGS, says: “We are delighted that Mary has agreed to become our President. Having supported us by opening her garden for well over twenty years, it would be hard to imagine anyone more suitable.”
Speaking ahead of the announcement, Mary Berry remarked: “We have opened our garden now for over twenty years for the NGS. I know it gives such pleasure to so many. I am very honoured to be the new President”.
The NGS was founded by the Queen’s Nursing Institute in 1927 to raise money to support district nurses in England and Wales by private gardens opening to the public, which successfully continues to this day.
The NGS is the biggest ever funder of both Macmillan Cancer Support and Marie Curie, having donated £15.75m and £7.8m to each, as well as being the biggest single donor to the Carers’ Trust and Hospice UK.