Yorkshire Wolds garden opens for charity for the 25thconsecutive year
A popular National Garden Schemegarden that is home to an award winning brewery is opening for the 25thconsecutive year on 1stand 2ndJune.
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 300 gardens open to the public in England and Wales.
Entry costs £5 for adults and is free for children aged 16 and under. Visitors will be able to tour the beautiful garden that Wold Top Brewery co-founder and horticulturalist, Gill Mellor 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 gardensthat have been developed depending on shelter, aspect, views and function.
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 Field and Forage.
Visitors to the brewery will be able to see where and how the ales are made using home grown barley and water from the farm's borehole. The brewery talks are wheelchair accessible.
Gill Mellor said: "We're delighted to have raised over £44,000 for the National Garden Scheme's nursing charities over the last 24 years and to have chance to share our garden with people of all ages and gardening ability.
"Visitors will also be able to see the stunning location that clients of our 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 nursing charities including Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie and Parkinson's UK. 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. 92 years on, its volunteers continue to raise money and in 2018, the National Garden Scheme donated a record £3.1m to charity.
Last year, Hunmanby Grange's open weekend raised over £4000 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 892222.
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Photo captions: The gardens at Hunmanby Grange
Hunmanby Grange 1
Hunmanby Grange lawn
Hunmanby Grange pond
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Notes to editors
- For more information about the National Garden Scheme festival weekend, please visit https://www.ngs.org.uk/festival/
- Since its foundation in 1927, The National Garden Scheme has donated over £55 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.
- The National Garden Scheme holds an annual Gardens and Health Week that focuses on the positive impact garden visiting can have on your mental wellbeing. The 2018 campaign, Open the garden gate to wellbeing, encouraged people to visit a private garden as an act of self-care. This year's Gardens and Health week takes place between 11th and 19th May.