Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Dilke ya taimaka wa mahaifinsa a cikin aikinsa na adabi, kuma ya kasance shugaban majalisar majalisar Society of Arts na wasu shekaru, ban da shiga cikin al'amuran Royal Horticultural Society da sauran hukumomi. A cikin 1841 ya kafa "The Gardeners' Chronicle" tare da Joseph Paxton, John Lindley da William Bradbury. Ya kasance daya daga cikin masu himma na Babban Nunin na 1851 (wanda Paxton ya sake zama wani ɓangare), kuma memba na kwamitin zartarwa. A ƙarshen baje kolin an girmama shi ta hanyar masu mulki na ƙasashen waje, kuma sarauniyar ta ba shi lambar yabo, wanda, duk da haka, bai karɓa ba. Ya kuma ƙi karɓan kuɗi mai yawa da hukumar sarauta ta ba shi. A 1853 Dilke na ɗaya daga cikin kwamishinonin Ingilishi a
New York Industrial nuni, da kuma shirya wani rahoto a kan shi. Ya sake ƙi karɓar duk wani lada na kuɗi don ayyukansa.