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Arbourthorne Primary received a YGT Grounds Development Award in March 2026 to develop an underused strip of grass (see Before photo below) into a herb and vegetable garden.  The seasonal produce to be

We had a fantastic day at Lotherton Hall for the AGM, and the event was a resounding success. 

We had a fantastic day at Lotherton Hall for the AGM, and the event was a resounding success. 

Set in the Yorkshire Wolds, Birdsall House has been the home of the Willoughby family who have used the natural landscape to create a suitable setting for it over a 200 year period.

Whilst only a modest designed landscape covering 100 acres at its greatest extent, the grounds around Skelton Hall still provide an appropriate setting for the Grade II listed hall that was built c. 1806-8.

The responses to the Government consultation submitted by the Chair and the principal planning consultation respondent for Yorkshire Gardens Trust (YGT) are now available:

For nearly two centuries, the Jackson family of Scruton in North Yorkshire ran a successful nursery business. Margaret Mathews looks at their history.

Esholt Hall was built by Sir Walter Calverley in 1706-9 and he laid out gardens and pleasure grounds around it including a walled garden, bowling green, ponds, plantations and walks.

The landscape designer, Thomas White (c. 1736-1811), had a long career during which he worked at over 90 sites across northern England and Scotland, providing improvement plans and often carrying out their implementation.

Denton Park hall, dating from the 1770s, sits in a designed landscape that was first developed in the 16th century with extensive deer parks stretching from the river to the high moorland.