The Alnwick Garden is more than a public garden and visitor attraction. It is a transformational cultural project that in a relatively short space of time, and despite it only being two-thirds complete, has become recognised not only for contemporary gardening excellence but also as a project using its resources to provide real, measurable benefit to people.

The Alnwick Garden is managed by an independent registered charity - The Alnwick Garden Trust (Registration No. 1095435). The Trust is responsible for delivering clear charitable objectives, as well as capital fundraising and the development, management and maintenance of the project. It is also the body that holds the capital assets in trust, and, as a charity, is responsible for the Friends. The transformational impact of The Alnwick Garden Trust's objectives and activities are being felt nationally and internationally.

The Trust seeks to dramatically change for the better the cultural environment and help people transform their conceptions, expectations and aspirations and that of their communities through six key strands of activity; learning and skill development, access and activity addressing disability, play, healthy activity and wellbeing, experiences of the arts and economic renaissance.

The Alnwick Garden Trust has, so far, completed Phases One and Two of The Garden's development. You can read about these completed areas in About The Garden. Without Phase Three, The Garden still lacks essential elements in the overall vision that will make it a truly transformational cultural project of world-class standard, delivering real, measurable benefits to people. You can read about the areas still to come in About The Garden. Spurred on by its phenomenal achievements to date, The Trust is moving forward to complete its vision. Once fully complete, The Garden will be a place where visitors can enjoy stunning surroundings while learning more about themselves and their cultural environment. It is vital that we complete The Garden to become financially sustainable and allow the project to be experienced by generations to come.

The Trust has a policy to maximize accessibility to The Garden and therefore entry is kept low and cannot generate sufficient income to complete the development. Therefore to progress to Phase Three, we are completely reliant on fundraising campaigns. Various public sector bodies have committed their support, but this must be matched by private sector funders. We seek funds from the private sector and the charitable sector, including the Lottery, in order to complete a world-class garden that will stimulate, inspire and educate 364 days a year.

If you would like to get involved and be part of The Garden, you can help us in a number of ways:

To make a donation now, download a Supporter Application Form. Print it off, fill it in and send to:

The Alnwick Garden Trust
Chairman
Dr John Bridge, Economist, former Chairman of One NorthEast

Trustees
Her Grace, The Duchess of Northumberland
Sir John Riddell, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
Philip Deakin, Chairman of Alnwick Civic Society and of the North East Federation of Civic Societies
Richard Middleton, Chartered Accountant
Lord John Stevens, former Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police

The Alnwick Garden Trust would like to thank all of those who have made a donation so far, your help is really appreciated.

The Alnwick Garden would like to thank the following for their donations to The Alnwick Garden:

The Duke of Northumberland, ERDF, ONE North East, NSP, Friends of The Alnwick Garden, Joan & Margaret Halbert, Northern Rock Foundation, The Barbour Trust, The PF Charitable Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, The Claire Bell Fund (Cal Comm F), The Shears Foundation, The W A Handley Charitable Trust, The Hobson Charity, Northumberland Group Fund, Arts Council North East, Kellet Fund, Northumbrian Water, Rank Foundation, Sanofi Aventis, Heritage Lottery Fund, Pfizer, Van den Berk, Northumberland College/Centre for Vocational Excellence, Learning & Skills Council, Business Link, The William Leech Charitable Trust, Lord Leverhulme’s Charitable Trust, McCarthy & Stone, PBI Home & Garden Ltd, David Austin Roses, The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust, The Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, The Wellcome Trust, The Banks Foundation, Heart Research UK, Aggregate Industries Plc, Jan Spryt, The Dulverton Trust, Sir James Knott Trust, Capital Research & Management Group, Lloyds TSB, Tolent Construction, George Cadbury Fund, Michael de Carvalho, Dennis Common Company, Arriva, John Deere/Greenlay, Trade Partners UK, Benfield Motors Charitable Trust, The McGrath Family Foundation, The Carr-Ellison Family Trust, The Carron Charitable Trust, The Roland Cookson Charitable Trust, The Vinson Charitable Trust, Hadrian Trust, Northern Electric, Peter Steel, Ernest Cook Trust , Ridley Family Fund, Altonaids Mobility Limited, Newcastle Science City, Jobcentre Plus, W G Edwards Charitable Trust, Warner Brothers, The Mercers’ Company, Electric Mobility Euro Limited, D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, Omega, The Hedley Denton Charitable Trust, The Bruce Wake Charitable Trust, North East Employer Coalition, Stewarts Turf, The Steel Charitable Trust, John Bell Charitable Trust, Holmes Hines Charitable Trust, Alan Evans Charitable Trust, Joseph Strong Frazer Trust, Coral Samuel Charitable Trust.