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The RHS vision is to enrich everyone's life through plants

and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.

We have undertaken scientific research for over 200 years and have over a million objects within our collections.

Here are some of the people that look after them.

This is Tivvy the Keeper of the Herbarium.

So at the RHS we collect plants to safeguard horticulture, not only in the UK but also

around the world we collect specimens we dry them, we press them, we mount them

onto pieces of paper and then we store them in our cabinets and they'll be there forevermore.

So the collection is housed in the Laboratory here at Wisley

and this was state-of-the-art when it was built a

hundred years ago in 1916 so the collection is currently bursting at the

seams it was only built for about 70,000 specimens and we're already at 86,000

so with our ambition of getting to four hundred thousand

specimens we really, really do need a new building we can only do this with your

help and generous support the collections contain over a hundred

The collections contain over a 100,000 books 30,000 botanical artworks around a quarter of a million

around a quarter of a million photographs of plants and gardens.

One of the challenges we face is that

our unique collection is very vulnerable and fragile.

Our collections are not just about supporting cutting-edge modern research they're also really valuable

for mapping how gardening has changed over the last 500 years. so everything

So everything from garden design through to how we handle pests and diseases and what

plants were growing and how our collections are unique resource for

seeing how and why we garden the way we garden today. the old laboratory at

The old Laboratory at Wisley is a lovely building to be in but it's not ideal for care of our collections.

So we're really thrilled at the prospect of moving to a brand new

purpose-built home where we can share the collection and look after it properly.

We can only do this with your help and generous support.

As the climate continues to change and populations continue to rise the need

for us to research in this area is increasingly growing and in this

building that's over 100 years old the capacity for us to grow our research in

this area is becoming increasingly limited. the new national center for

The New National Centre for Horticultural Science and Learning will allow us to carry out our groundbreaking

research to support communities and their urgent need to adapt to climate change.

Visitors will be able to see how our

horticultural science impacts on everyday lives and we will be able to

share the joy and excitement that comes from connecting with nature. we can only

We can only do this with your help and generous support

We have over 22,000 specimens in

our collection the collection has been built up for more than 90 years and

largely includes UK native insects many of our 22,000 specimens were collected

here at Wisley providing a physical record of biodiversity from the garden.

We need to act now and use our research to manage the pests and diseases that affect us all.

We can only do this with your help and generous support.

The diverse collections here at Wisley is so important in helping us understand

manage pests and disease problems that may be facing UK gardeners, the knowledge

and understanding of this science work isn't just for the gardens at Wisley

but for all UK gardeners that's why the new facilities that are planned here are so important

We can only do this with your help and generous support.

The New National Centre for Horticultural Science and Learning will help us

safeguard our collections by moving them from their 100 year old home into

new state-of-the-art space this Center will also train the next generation of

horticulturists and horticultural scientists and enable us to anatec new

scientific research so that we can build a better and greener future

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For more infomation >> RHS | Building a Greener Future | Wisley - Duration: 3:45.

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The Love Behind the Build - A Nine Line and A Soldier's Home Journey Story - Duration: 17:06.

Over the past three years A Soldier's Journey Home has built a house for three different veterans.

This year ASJH partnered with Nine Line to build a house Sgt Eric Monrante.

This year was a true sense of family amongst everyone involved from volunteers who came from all country,

the firefighters, police, and veterans.

Sgt. Eric Monrante is a true inspiration. He is a disabled veteran, but he still has a deep understanding of the

deaf community. Eric also knows how to sign, which is really cool. This house has been adapted,

so that Eric can live comfortably.

Well one of the greatest things about a soldier's journey home and again

it's also about nine-line foundation the partnership the personnel from both the organizations you have you have

Incredibly talented people that sacrifice their time and their to be away from their families to do this

and without their support and and their skills this would never happen.

Both the soldiers journey home and nine-line foundation or 100%

Volunteer so we have no brick and mortar we have no

No paid salaried employees. We could not do this in this timeframe if we were not working together

Also, we could not have done this in this timeframe without the help of the incredibly talented

students from

Hersey high school who built all the walls and shipped them down here, so it's truly been a collaborative effort and

You know that it takes a community

to build a home for a wounded soldier.

My boss he's actually

he's been in this since the beginning, and he was telling me about it, so I

Heard about it

Last year I couldn't go to the Chicago build

So I made an attempt to make it

Mike Fitzpatrick one of the founding members I suppose he he came to us as a club and

asked for volunteers for Speedwell, Tennessee that was my first build and

and um

Volunteered and that's has happened. I just

fell in love with it and

Thanks to Mike and Bill Wise from Kentucky we from Kentucky. And that's how I got involved in it was through my biker club.

I first got involved with a soldier's journey home

two years ago when they built in Speedwell, Tennessee, I knew a

Firefighter from Knoxville who told me about it

so I helped in two days that year and

Been along ever since

Was at Tony's build and now we're here building for Eric

My friend Bill Wise he'd been involved in it before and I worked with him

And we started he asked me if all over the joint, and I started last year Spring Grove, Illinois

I build houses where I'm from my father is a firefighter for

25 years in our local parishes and as well as my brother

We first got involved with New York says thank you helping out after disasters. You know going to

build

Houses and remodel those who have lost too much everything and we decided that we wanted to start our own

organization for our cause and when we found the veterans

That there were so many of them that needed help and just trying to get back to daily life

we've decided that this is what we want to do and

Once it got rolling I'd hopped on board and been with him ever since

I've been hosting hunts on our ranch for five years now and

Through the group of guys that we have taken out and

somehow Patti got my number and he called me one day and

We talked for about half an hour, and he was told me kind of

what y'all did and asked me if I could kind of help out just being the general contractor and

after talking to him

I you know I said yeah, I'd be something y'all need to come down and talk and we'll figure out

what all you know what my role needs to be and

At the end of our conversation

He said Eric could be happy Eric's gonna be happy, and I said well who's Eric and he said Eric Marathe

We're building the house for him

I've taking Eric hunting four times, so I told him then for sure I was like yeah This is something that will definitely help you out with

there was an organization

called smokin angels that had accepted the

Food handling and foods supplying service on this run

so they contacted me as well cuz I'm

friends with the people

and

We had a trailer so we decided bring the trailer out and help supply and cook and make sure that everybody got a warm meal

Whenever they got a break

So from my understanding where a soldier's journey home strength was is the

Work the planning well some of the planning. We're able to get the the stuff done and

nine-line has been really good at

fundraising and

and helping with the monetary stuff, so

It kind of worked well. They've helped a

huge amount with the funds and

and we're able to provide the labor and

The plans for the home and so it was just a great partnership, that's where a soldier journey home had had issues before

Was just finding funds to do everything that we wanted so it's really been good.

My my whole family is military and so, I hope that's how I was raised a bunch around a bunch of them

So I've always wanted to kind of give back because they give a lot for us

they go out and defend our country for us, so I mean if they get injured in combat I see no problem with helping them out

so the support from the local community from our GC

To the roofers to the sheet rockers every most of them are volunteer effort

So that enables us to be able to accomplish our mission much more quickly.

to help the veterans to help these wounded warriors they're there. They're men that almost gave it all up. They're men that almost

Died for this country

And no one is more deserving

Than the selected ones that we we build these houses for and you know it's a shame

We can't build a house for every wounded warrior in the country but

it's just it'd be a

Massive undertaking, and I just you know if we can get one at a time

There's really all we we can do and need to do

a lot of the volunteers

and the core group here are

Firefighters and a lot of them are also

former military veterans

just the

The work ethic and everyone is is a lot it seems to be a lot like the the military drive that they give us

Also just the patriotism and camaraderie

between the the men and women here is just

It's very

reminiscent of the he stuff I had in the military.

Anytime they need something I know where all

to pick up

materials and as well as contractors to fill in we had a few that backed out on us at the last minute so I

Was able to pick some guys up and bring them over

Everybody that has been a part of this journey with us we could not have done it alone

A soldier's journey home and nine-line Foundation have independently built four houses

but given all the

Circumstances of this build it was much a much shorter timeframe for a soldier's journey home than normal. They normally build in May or June

For us, too

but it's also nice to be able to come together as a community and see the

Fruition of your work rather than just handing it over so you know from our GC is standing over there

And he has been critical and you know when he donated his time and efforts

It was phenomenal then to be able to get the donations out through the roofers

The tile guys everything

The most gratifying thing that I've ever been involved with I enjoy it I've just

grown to

Feel like I have to be here these builds every year like I said I miss Spring Grove

and I regret that but I plan on making every other build because it's such a

Fulfilling thing to me. It's it's like it's

hard to describe the feeling

very um

Don't know how to put it exactly just total gratification

I run the landscape side of things so when we got here the foundation was four feet above what we thought it was gonna be

And we had to cover it up in the wall that you see right here

was not planned not at all so we scrambled at the last minute, and we actually had a

Some money come through with simplify fund helping with the handicapped accessibility to the house and with that they helped purchase what you see is Everything outdoors right now

One of the things we do with the soldiers journey home is we don't build the same house all the time

We actually design the houses to

actually be built for the

Recipient we look at the needs that they have and will actually build the house for what they for their injury

The first three days were kind of slow, and they kind of worried me

But I knew once we got the house the roof roof on and dried in that it would be able to

Get to rolling a little smoother, and it did we'll be done here today. So that's the whole journeys been a lot of fun

My inspiration comes from everyone. That's here

Just watching them seeing what they do

I'm having a knack for this type of work. I enjoy just watching everyone else so even jobs

I having fun to learn more and do more.

In Speedwell we met Trey and Pleet Smith

Fleet is a trim carpenter and

So they have been doing our trim work

Since then

Typically on a new construction like this you know we have a master plan way before we even get to the point of showing up

But like I said throwing the curveball at us with the foundation being up

We really designed on the fly which I'm not it's not uncommon to design on the fly

But you know normally something on a fast build we have very organized before we get here

But due to the foundation troubles. They had getting deeper. It was it is what it is at this point so

You know I'm working with the local landscaper here from San Antonio

His name is Randy Snell with veterans lawn care

We partnered up. He was actually just supposed to be helping out cooking and

He come through and helped me with the design. Cuz you know being out of my element not being from here

I don't know the

Lay of the land or where to shop or anything like that so he jumped right in and helped us out greatly

Just organization skills you know

Organizations and outreaches, and you know all of us in America want to try to help each other

There's some sense in us as a duty or some kind of brotherhood bound some by some way or another

At which point you know it's everybody just steps up to the plate and does what they're asked to do and get it done

One of the big differences between last year and this year's build is definitely the weather weather has been a huge factor in this

if you remember last year we were able to

Pretty much throw the entire house up and assembled kind of on the first day

This year it took three days, and it was because of the weather.

I love it. This is what I do back home not only cuz on its what I know, but it's what I enjoy

So it's great to be able to use my skills and knowledge for such a great cause

It's probably the teamwork. I mean everyone

Here is thousands of miles away from each other, and you just get together and everyone just works together

And it's a it's a new experience I've never been to Texas

I get to see a lot of new things and meet a lot of new people

I've done most of the trim around here the doors

Working on ceilings the front porches are so beautiful

We use cedar on pretty much every house that we are going to do and not only is it an aesthetic look but it smells incredible

If you take a look at the gentlemen there behind you in this interview they are

Heroes helping heroes and that Brotherhood. That's there is a bond that can't be broken

It's been tested with time and child, and if this is many builds that done together, and it grows stronger every day

just the

The fact that so many people come from so many different

areas and backgrounds really and we can all show up in different corners of the country different areas and

just come together for this cause for for Eric and last year Tony and

And there's really no no conflict or anything everybody works like a well-oiled machine

Even though we we only see each other for two weeks out of the year

it's it's really amazing how everyone can group together around one individual cause

Fantastic with turning around and reaching out to the community to get community involvement in it like I said the fundraising aspect of it

but they they're definitely a

A huge part of this build this build would not be able to be completed without the efforts that they put into this

Megan Hustler who was their president has

Been instrumental in getting this project off the ground and getting it to the stage it's at right now

Everyone just took vacation time and

Came out here and got together and everyone's working together to build this house in ten days

Each year we go into a different community and work with a veteran and we have local support and

when we went to Ringgold, Georgia

outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee the Chattanooga fire department wanted to get on board.

Helps being around the Brotherhood of better

It was just everybody somebody that's been through the same thing that you have so it just kind of helps us out

Helps us to believe we joke around with each other like like brothers and sisters

and uncles

And it doesn't matter how mad we get at each other yelling and screaming at the end of the day we go sit down

Have dinner laugh about it and just enjoy our lives together well

I just love doing this and almost every one of these guys around here and gals where we're all family. You know we

Couldn't could enjoy a better group of people

Over the last 12 days here in New Braunfels, Texas this build site has had a lot of struggles and much to

overcome, but as a family usually does, everyone pulled together to make this amazing dream house become a

reality. For DHTV, I'm Andrew Wisniewski.