Establishment of Friends of Botanic Garden

• Reference:GB 254 MS 320/1
• Dates of Creation:1981 - 1983
• Name of Creator:
  Friends of Dundee University Botanic Garden
• Physical Description:
  1 folder

• Scope and Content

  Contains letters concerning setting up the society 11 November 1981 - 22 August 1983, minutes of the meetings 8 March - 9 August 1982, the first issue of the Friends' Newsletter Botanic Garden, News and copies of articles on the Garden. c early 1980s, member list and drafts of the Constitution.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Friends of Dundee University Botanic Garden was established in 1982 as a voluntary society with charitable status. In March 1982 a Steering Committee was set up to draft the constitution. Its members were D.P. Thomson, L. Bisset, J.C. Hadden, H. Ingram, F. Millar and R. Seaton. The public inaugural meeting of the Society took place in June 1982. The Earl of Dalhousie became the Honorary President of the Friends. The first chairman of the Society was Dr. D.P. Thomson, succeeded by George L. Grant, David Hogarth, Andrew Morrison and Hugh Ingram.
  The objectives were to support the development of the Garden, promote its activity as well as finance projects which could not be funded by the University. The Society's members organized regular events which included guided visits to the Garden, excursions, series' of talks on horticulture and plant sales. The Friends also published newsletters with articles on the Garden. In 2007 and 2008 the Society led the successful campaign against the planned closure of the Botanic Garden.
  The Friends 'support and promote the development of the Garden, and assist in fund raising for projects that cannot properly be funded from University resources, especially projects related to the public use and enjoyment of the Garden'
  Source: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/botanic/friends/ Accessed 2/9/2022

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• Note

  The Friends of Dundee University Botanic Garden was established in 1982 as a voluntary society with charitable status. In March 1982 a Steering Committee was set up to draft the constitution. Its members were D.P. Thomson, L. Bisset, J.C. Hadden, H. Ingram, F. Millar and R. Seaton. The public inaugural meeting of the Society took place in June 1982. The Earl of Dalhousie became the Honorary President of the Friends. The first chairman of the Society was Dr. D.P. Thomson, succeeded by George L. Grant, David Hogarth, Andrew Morrison and Hugh Ingram.
  The objectives were to support the development of the Garden, promote its activity as well as finance projects which could not be funded by the University. The Society's members organized regular events which included guided visits to the Garden, excursions, series' of talks on horticulture and plant sales. The Friends also published newsletters with articles on the Garden. In 2007 and 2008 the Society led the successful campaign against the planned closure of the Botanic Garden.
  The Friends 'support and promote the development of the Garden, and assist in fund raising for projects that cannot properly be funded from University resources, especially projects related to the public use and enjoyment of the Garden'
  Source: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/botanic/friends/ Accessed 2/9/2022

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Paper

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Agata Bogucka, February 2011.

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