Category: Blog
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Guest Post: Raising funds for the community, by turning surplus apples into juice
Kirkby Fruit Project, a volunteer-led project to stop locally grown fruit from going to waste, has been turning unwanted apples...
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Garden Recipe: Plum cake
Like many fruit, a plum out of season is hardly worth it. And so each year I eagerly anticipate their...
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Garden Recipe: Comfrey liquid feed
Comfrey fertiliser is a game-changer when it comes to nourishing your plants and vegetables. This organic wonder is packed with...
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Guest Post: Mires Beck Nursery, their story
With foreword by Helmsley Walled Garden Helmsley Walled Garden has been buying plants from Mires Beck Nursery for over five...
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Five simple ways to promote biodiversity in your garden
It doesn’t take much to see the impact of climate change. The last two years are a prime example. This...
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Guest Post: Forest of Flowers
With foreword by Helmsley Walled Garden: “Sourcing products for our Garden Shop is very exciting. We try to source from...
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Gardening as a form of therapy
Gardening is a therapy for all of us. That’s a bold statement, isn’t it? Research conducted by The Mental Health...
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March 2023 – open doors again
Somehow or other it is March and the garden is open to visitors. For all January seemed to go on...
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February 2023 – Almost opening
We are just a week away from opening on 1st March. Our volunteers are back and working away cutting back...
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January 2023 – Time for hibernation
Here we are again at the start of a new year, wondering what it will bring and perhaps thinking that...
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December 2022 – The end of the year
Somehow or other here we are in December again. It has been a roller coaster of a year, incredibly busy...
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October 2022 – Britain in Bloom
This month is when June in her capacity as a judge goes to London to take part in the annual...
