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==Charities supported==
Originally the admission fees raised money for [[district nurse]]s, although the creation of the [[National Health Service (England)|National Health Service]] in 1948 changed the nature of the support required.
In 1980, the National Garden Scheme Charitable Trust was launched as an independent charity with [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother]] as patron. The current patron is [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Charles, the former Prince of Wales]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary officers |url=https://ngs.org.uk/who-we-are/our-people/honorary-officers/ |access-date=2023-07-05 |website=National Garden Scheme |language=en-GB}}</ref>  
The [[Queen's Nursing Institute]] is still one of the charities supported, along with [[Marie Curie (charity)|Marie Curie]], [[Macmillan Cancer Support]], [https://www.hospiceuk.org/ Hospice UK], [[Parkinson's UK]], [[Carers Trust]], [[Maggie's Centres|Maggie's]], [https://www.horatiosgarden.org.uk/ Horatio's Garden], [https://perennial.org.uk/ Perennial], and others that support gardening as therapy, community gardens and horticultural trainees. The National Garden Scheme runs a [https://ngs.org.uk/who-we-are/community-garden-grants/ Community Gardens Grant] programme to support health and well-being in communities around the country. 

You can read about the charity's impact in their [https://ngs.org.uk/who-we-are/reports/ annual Impact Reports here.]