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Evening Lecture – Snowdrops with Anne Wright’
Where: York Gate Garden Field Room
Date: Wednesday 20th January 2019
Time: 6.30pm start (door open 6pm) 8.00pm finish
Tickets: £15.00
Tickets are now available for the first in our new ‘York Gate Evening Lecture Series’; Anne Wright, specialist snowdrop and miniature daffodil breeder from Dyrad nurseries in Tockwith, North Yorkshire presents ‘Make more of your snowdrops’.
Anne’s lecture will give you her expert insight into the theory and practice behind planting, propagating and breeding snowdrops. Anne is renowned for breeding the very rare Galanthus ‘Dyrad Gold Bullion’ a pure golden flowered cultivar plus many others.
Theatre Performance by Trio Literati ‘War on Our Doorstep’
Where: York Gate Garden tea room
Date: January 19th 2019
Time: 7pm start (door open 6.30pm)
Tickets: £8.50 SOLD OUT
The play consists of beautifully observed vignettes evoking the atmosphere and thoughts of Yorkshire residents based on 3 wartime archives — a housewife’s diary from the Mass Observation Project 1939–40, the diary of a recruit to the Army Medical Corps, and the wartime diaries of our own Fred Spencer, founder of York Gate Garden.
The wartime love of music and dance, and observations of life during the war, are interwoven with music performed by two musicians and including ‘The Lambeth Walk’, (with lively dance showing the wartime spirit), ‘I’ve Got You Under My Skin’ (the young recruit separated from his girlfriend) and audience participation with ‘Bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover’ and ‘We’ll Meet Again’.
York Gate Garden will open this winter for its biggest ever Christmas Event – nine days straight of festive fun between 1st-9th December. Our tea room will be packed with tasty festive treats, the gift shop will be open for gifts and inspiration and will, of course, be selling Perennial Christmas cards. We’ll have craft sellers in our indoor mini Christmas Market in the Field Room and entertainment at various times – please check back for updates. If that’s not enough, we are giving out free tasters of Christmas cake and mulled wine!
The garden will also be open for you to see how busy the team have been since we closed at the end of September. So wrap up warm and join us for our biggest Christmas do yet.
Book Signing
BBC and North of England Horticultural Society gardening expert Graham Porter will be visiting on 8 December signing copies of his new book ‘The Yorkshire Organic Gardener’.
Opening times
Dates: Sat 1st Dec to Sun 9th Dec 2018 – 12.30pm to 4.30pm
Price: FREE!!!
Heritage Open Days is England’s largest festival of history and culture, bringing together over 2,500 organisations, 5,000 events and 40,000 volunteers. Every year in September, places across the country throw open their doors to celebrate their heritage, community and history. It’s your chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences – and it’s all FREE.
The team at York Gate Garden are excited to be taking part in the festival for the very first time!
Opening Times
Friday 7th September – 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Saturday 8th September – 2.00pm – 5.00pm
Entry is Free for all
What’s on?
- Find out about York Gate Garden and why it’s so special to our community.
- Walk around the garden at your leisure, learning about our heritage story through our volunteers who will be posted around the garden, equipped with information and stories to bring heritage to life. Enjoy the late summer beauty of this magical one acre garden, and the meadowland behind.
- Our Tea Room is open for snacks, home-made cakes and Yorkshire tea – see our volunteer created permanent photographic exhibition on the tea room wall.
- Enjoy never before seen archive material, including photographs, film, drawings and plans from our official York Gate archive, created by our Heritage Lottery project volunteers.
- Have the chance to buy a limited edition Ashley Jackson print of the iconic Cow and Calf landscape at our charity fundraising auction.
- The Giftshop is stocked with local art work, gifts, postcards and our very popular ‘Heritage of York Gate’ book, by local author Val Crompton.
- Children’s quizzes and i-Spy sheets.
- Plant Nursery, selling a selection of plants that can be found around the garden.
- Professional garden team on hand to answer your garden queries.
- Find out about the important work of Perennial, our charity that supports people working in the horticulture industry.
Important Parking Information
Please do not park on Back Church Lane. Parking is provided in the lay-by opposite the church on Church Lane. Please park with your nose facing the road (not horizontally) in the spaces.
There is a pleasant 5 minute walk through the church yard and straight on to come out opposite the garden gate. (Do not walk around by the road, as there is no footpath)
If you are parking elsewhere in Adel village, please park considerately.
We encourage local resident visitors to please leave your cars at home.
If you are interested in hiring our Field Room for a class or workshop, or for small group events, please get in touch.
OPENING TIMES
Our next open days will be in February for the snowdrop special event.
16th – 24th February 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Garden Season Spring/Summer 2019
Open between 1 April – 30 September 2019
Monday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Tuesday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Wednesday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Thursday 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Friday – closed
Saturday – closed
Sunday: 12.30pm – 4.30pm
Our popular Tea Room is open throughout the garden’s opening times, you can enjoy light lunches and afternoon teas, or a selection of freshly home baked cakes, including a daily gluten free choice.
Please park on Church Lane and walk through the church yard, then straight on to come out opposite the garden gate.
Visitor groups are welcome but please book first. Contact us at yorkgate@perennial.org.uk
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