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• Run gardening workshops for FOBS and members of the public.
• Organise guided tours of the Gardens.

• Publicise the Gardens locally and nationally.
• Collaborate with other organisations with similar aims.
• Promote the educational aspects of horticulture, particularly to schools.

• Raise money and finance projects for the Gardens directly and for the Sheffield Botanical Gardens Trust (SBGT) Reg. Charity No. 1057845.
• Assist in the management of the National Collections of Weigela and Diervilla and local collections of ornamental grasses and hardy geraniums.
• Organise volunteer groups to carry out improvements and maintenance work in the Gardens.