News & Blog
Helmsley Walled Garden receives The King’s Award for Voluntary Service
We at Helmsley Walled Garden and our dedicated volunteers are immensely grateful to have been awarded The King’s Award for...
Guest Post: Trustee Nicola Saunders shares her thoughts on two special books and awakening green fingers
Photographs by Helmsley Walled Garden/Nicola Saunders Nicola Saunders, Director of Environmental Responsibility & Innovation at Arts Council England and one...
Our award-winning Alpine Garden
We are over the moon that Helmsley Walled Garden has won the Silver Gilt award at the prestigious Harrogate Spring...
Guest Post: Cosy Cottage on the power of nature
Photographs by Clara Challoner Walker Cosy Cottage began in the kitchen of a 350-year old cottage. Picture it. A cosy...
5 ways to improve your soil
Soil health is an important factor in how your garden performs or copes with adverse weather conditions. It affects the...
Guest Post: Pignut’s Garden Recipe
Photograph by Mollie Rose Photography Tom and Laurissa opened Restaurant Pignut in Helmsley in 2023. After working at the now-closed...
Open gates – Friday, 1st March 2024
Not long now and we’ll be throwing our gates open and welcoming all of you back to our garden on...
Guest Post: Practicing mindfulness
With foreword by Helmsley Walled Garden: Our resident artist Clare, can be spotted most days, situated amongst the plant life....
We’ve been awarded National Lottery funding!
We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded £130,000 in National Lottery funding to support our work with...
Garden Recipe: A gratin of Swiss chard for Christmas
Rainbow chard seems to be the only vegetable in my patch at home, that has managed to withstand torrid heat,...
Guest Post: Creating a wildlife pond
With foreword by June: Thank you to Rachel, from Bradshaws Direct, who has written this month’s guest blogpost. Helmsley Walled...
Five ways to look after your winter well-being
The evenings are drawing in and its nearly time to embrace the winter. But for some, that can be easier...
