D907 - Friends of Ness Gardens - 1965-2007
Minute books and Newsletters of the Friends of Ness Gardens.
| Archive level description: | Fonds |
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| Physical Description: | 3 series |
| Languages: | English |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | Minute books and Newsletters of the Friends of Ness Gardens. |
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| Date: | 1965-2007 |
| Reference Number: | D907 |
| Accruals: | It is anticipated that there will be regular accruals. |
| Access Conditions: | Access is open to bona fide researchers. |
| Arrangement: | Arranged into three sections:
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| Custodial History: | Previously in the possession of Dr. Ray Buss. |
| Finding Aids: | A finding aid is available for consultation in the reading room. |
| Related Material: | In the Archive of the University of Liverpool: Records of Benefactors and Members of Council are D761 The Bulley Family, Ness Gardens, and Bees Ltd: Personal and Business RecordsIn the Archive of the University of Liverpool: Records of the Council of the University of Liverpool are Minute Books of the Ness Gardens Management Committee |
| Access Restrictions: | Reproduction and licensing rules available on request. |
| Bibliography: | [Book] Ness Gardens: Bulley's beginning to the present day. |
| Biographical/Administrative Information: | The Friends of Ness Gardens originated in the early 1960s on an informal basis; a surviving Income and Expenditure Account for 1963-64 indicates that a bank account was opened on 1 December 1963. The inaugural meeting of the Society of the Friends of Ness Gardens was held on 23 June 1965. The original objects of the Friends were established as 'to supply equipment, plants, shrubs and other features and general amenities in the University of Liverpool's Botanic Gardens at Ness, Wirral, in the County of Chester of direct value to the public, [and] to do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects.' The objects and rules of the Friends provided for officers and a committee and the receipt by members of a Newsletter several times a year. Though the Friends had been originally established to provide plants and amenities of a type not expected to be provided by the University, eventually the Friends became an agency through which the Visitor Centre was built (at a total cost approximating £85,000), being opened in 1981. The Friends continued in later years to raise substantial sums in support of the further development of the Gardens. |