Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria Annual Report 2018-19

Our Supporters
It has been a great honour to serve the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation
Victoria since 2013, initially as a Foundation Board Director and then as
Chair. There are few organisations in this State that are as beloved as the
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, and it is a position of great responsibility
and trust to protect and grow the body of the Foundation from donations
we receive from our supporters.
The past year has seen huge strides made by the staff of the Engagement
and Impact team with whom the Foundation has a close working
relationship. They have developed initiatives and wonderful ideas that
have put the Gardens into the spotlight it deserves. We have seen many
Victorians delight in the burst of programming activities that have catered
for all ages at the Melbourne and Cranbourne sites.
I am immensely proud of what Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria has achieved
in the last 12 months in all facets of the dedicated work. With new talent on
the Foundation Board we are continuing to provide greater support to the
Director and staff by raising much needed funds to grow our corpus and
provide programming support.
My thanks to all our donors and supporters who have actively engaged
with the Foundation this year, your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Gillian Hund, Chair, Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria
“With the Royal Botanic Gardens being one of the
top attractions in Melbourne, how inspiring it is to
have joined the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation
Board! As a proud Melbournian, it doesn’t get much
better than working with a wonderful group of people;
ongoing preservation, digitalisation, and global
knowledge sharing are just some of the activities on the
transformative agenda.”
Alice Sidhu, Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Board Member
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