News archive

Our 2023 programme of events is now live!

We have been working hard to bring you a varied and interesting programme of events for 2023, details of which are now live on our website under 'Events'.

Ravensthorpe CE Junior School's bug hotel

Ravensthorpe School Council went on foraging walks to collect materials to constructed their own bug hotel.  They up-cycled wooden pallets to provide the framework, and have included planters to provide additional habitats and interest to

News from the YGT Schools Grounds Development Award - Osbaldwick Primary Academy

At Osbaldwick Primary Academy, we have managed to build upcycled planters out of old climbing frames, renovate our old sandpit into a veg bed, brightened up the area with lots of lovely bee-friendly flowers, planted apple an

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Reaction to Grounds Development Awards recipients.

From Osbaldwick, York-

A Wack's Wicked Plants Workshop at Ingleby Greenhow

Our visit from Wacks Wicked Plants finally happened last Friday. 

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Reaction to our offer to schools of ‘Gardening for Kids’ by Dawn Issac.

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Brief for a vision, strategy and workplan for the ‘Edwardian’ gardens of Lotherton Hall

Leeds City Council (LCC) invites costed proposals for a vision, strategy and workplan for the ‘Edwardian’ gardens of Lotherton Hall.

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New website launched!

Welcome to our new website! We hope you like it and find it useful. There's lots more about what we do and a new database of the historic parks and gardens in Yorkshire that we are dedicated to preserving for future generations.  

New book - The Politics of Street Trees

The Politics of Street Trees edited by Jan Woudstra and Camilla Allen. This book focuses on the politics of street trees and the institutions, actors and processes that govern their planning,

Book on Thomas White published

Supported by a grant from the Yorkshire Gardens Trust