Greenfingers are calling in any remaining monies raised from Garden Re-Leaf Day earlier this year so the final tally can be calculated.

With more events and activities than ever before taking place in and around Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day 2015, which this year fell on Friday 27 March, the charity is hoping to announce that this year has been the best yet.

The ‘call for cash’ comes as it is revealed that the ‘Glovies’ campaign, which took social media by storm at the time, went all the way to No. 10. Even Prime Minister David Cameron couldn’t resist donning a pair of gardening gloves in the name of Garden Re-Leaf Day!

David Cameron was in the last few days of campaigning ahead of this year’s general election when he visited Squire’s Garden Centre in Twickenham with local candidate Tania Mathias. Julie Leatherdale, the manager, took the opportunity to tell the PM about Greenfingers and ask him to have a ‘glovie’ snap taken. He donned a pair and duly obliged!

Linda Petrons, head of fundraising for Greenfingers, said: ‘We are so grateful to everyone who took part in Garden Re-Leaf Day activities this year and made it the best yet – it’s amazing that even the Prime Minster got caught up in the Glovie craze! Now we just need you to send in your donations – without the money we can’t begin creating new gardens at the children’s hospices who are on our waiting list, so please do take the time to send in your funds as soon as you can.”

Send your outstanding Garden Re-Leaf donations (cheques, payable to Greenfingers Charity – Garden Re-Leaf) to: Sarah Lioveri, Greenfingers, 23 Gregories Road, Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 1HH. Sarah can be reached on 01494 674749 or by email (sarah@greenfingerscharity.org.uk)

The final figure raised will be announced at the GIMA Awards on Thursday 16th July which are held at the Celtic Manor Hotel in South Wales.



As the next part of The Greatest Awards On Tour 2015, there will also be an award presented at the GIMA's for The Greatest Garden Re-Leaf Day Fundraising Retail Team.  All of the information and fundraising amounts sent into the Greenfingers office have been collated and over the next week GTN's Greatest Awards team of experts will be making their decisions as to the winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards to be presented on July 16th.

Tickets are still available for the GIMA Awards, follow the link to the story below for details.  See you there!