£50 to sponsor a square metre of the garden
We’ll be in touch to ask you to choose the spot you want to sponsor. Once you’ve chosen you'll receive a special certificate with your name and message.
Help us safeguard nature’s future
You are invited to make your mark in the Museum like never before.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a lasting impact on the Museum.
Your donation could help us inspire the next generation to love and care for urban wildlife or support our scientists in their fight to end biodiversity decline.
The Urban Nature Project opens the door for young people to fall in love with the nature on their doorsteps and develop a lifelong concern for the world's wild places.
Nature isn't just nice to have, it's the linchpin of our very existence, and ventures like the Urban Nature Project help the next generation develop the strong connection with nature that is needed to protect it.
Sir David Attenborough
Donation options
£250 to engrave a name on the jetty railings
Have your name, or that of a loved one, engraved on brass strips set into the jetty railings in the wildlife garden. The jetty will jut out over the gorgeous pond, which will be a beautiful spot to see wildlife and admire the Waterhouse building.
£500 to engrave a name with a symbol of nature
Have your chosen name engraved next to a wildlife illustration on the brass railings that will run around the lookout platform. You can choose from lots of different species, from a peregrine falcon to a fox.
£1,000 to support a tree species
Support one of the tree species in our new gardens, with the option of receiving a matching limited edition print, recreated from postcards that we originally sold in the 1920s and 1930s.
£5,000 to engrave a name on a long bench
Have your name, or that of a loved one, engraved on a brass plaque alongside others on one of our long timber benches. Each bench offers views across the wildlife garden, through the prehistoric planting of our evolution gardens, or over tranquil meadows towards the Waterhouse building.
£10,000 to have an engraving on a beautifully restored bench
Have your personal engraving on a brass plaque on one of our historic benches in the Cromwell Road entrance crescent. It’s the perfect place for reflecting in the beauty of the stunning architecture of the Waterhouse building.
The Urban Nature Project opens the door for young people to fall in love with the nature on their doorsteps and develop a lifelong concern for the world's wild places.
Nature isn't just nice to have, it's the linchpin of our very existence, and ventures like the Urban Nature Project help the next generation develop the strong connection with nature that is needed to protect it.
Sir David Attenborough
Works in the gardens started in autumn 2022. The gardens are now open for visitors.
All designs are subject to change.
Please see the Acknowledgement Terms for all engravings.
Got a question about supporting the Urban Nature Project?
Contact us by email on supporter@nhm.ac.uk.
Or call 020 7942 5792 (Monday to Friday, 10.00 to 17.00).
