National Garden Scheme charity garden opening coincides with brewery open weekend
A popular ‘Yellow Book' garden that is home to an award winning brewery is opening for charity on 3rdand 4thJune.
The opening of the Wold Newton garden, Hunmanby Grange coincides with the annual open weekend for award winning Wold Top Brewery and the National Garden Scheme Festival Weekend that will see over 400 gardens opening to the public.
Entry costs £5 for children and is free for children. Visitors will be able to tour the beautiful and interesting garden that Gill Mellor has created despite its exposure to the elements and a challenging soil. Gill will be on hand to share her stories about how the garden has evolved over a quarter of a century into a series of gardens that have been developed depending on shelter, aspect, views and need.
Children will be free to explore the wild and wooded parts of the garden and the garden's lawns will be available for visitors to picnic on.
There will be plants on sale and refreshments will be provided by local artisan business, Field and Forage, whose cattle graze in Hunmanby Grange's dale.
Visitors to the brewery will see where and how the award-winning ales are made and will be able to talk to the brewery team about what makes Wold Top's beer special. The brewery talks will be wheelchair accessible.
Brewery owner and trained horticulturalist, Gill Mellor said: "We're delighted to support the work of the NGS over 20 years and to share our garden with people of all ages. Visitors will also be able to see the stunning location that clients of our wedding and events venue, Muddy Souls Events, benefit from."
The gardens and the brewery will be open between 11am and 5pm on both days and proceeds from the entry money will go via the National Garden Scheme to charity. St. Cuthbert's church in neighbouring Burton Fleming will benefit from the proceeds from teas and coffees.
The National Garden Scheme was founded in 1927 to help fund the essential work of district nurses. Ninety years on, its volunteers continue to raise money for a group of national nursing charities including Macmillan Cancer Support. The National Garden Scheme helps ordinary people open their extraordinary gardens to raise money through admissions, teas and slices of cake. In the last 10 years alone, supporters have donated nearly £25 million.
Last year, Hunmanby Grange's open weekend raised over £3000 for National Garden Scheme charities.
For more information and directions to the farm that houses the gardens and the brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.ukor call Anne Duerden on 01723 891636.
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Photo caption:Garden views at Hunmanby Grange
For more information or to arrange an interview with Gill Mellor from Wold Top Brewery and Hunmanby Grange Garden, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on
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For more information about Wold Top Brewery, please visitwww.woldtopbrewery.co.uk.
The Mellor family have farmed 600 acres high on the Wolds for generations and the farm diversification brewery project began in 2003 when they required another form of income from the farm.
The Wold Top Brewery range includes Wold Top Beer, Wold Gold blonde beer, Headland Red, Anglers Reward, Scarborough Fair IPA, Wold Top Against the Grain, Scarborough Fair and Marmalade Porter gluten free beers. More information on the range of beers can be found here http://www.woldtopbrewery.co.uk/beers/
For more information about the National Garden Scheme, please visit www.ngs.org.uk
Since its foundation in 1927, The National Garden Scheme has donated over £50 million to its beneficiaries
Charities supported by the National Garden Scheme include the Queen's Nursing Institute, Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, Carers Trust, Perennial, Parkinson's UK and MS Society. Further donations are also made.