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"Green" Gardening Question Time
Keen gardeners from Knaresborough and Harrogate gathered at the Centre on Gracious Street on Wednesday evening to learn from the...

Alison Organ
22 hours ago


Exploring the competition
George and Geoff suggested that a visit to the Three Hagges Project near York would give us useful insights into the way forward with KFP....

Bill Rigby
Apr 27


Letter to an Orange Tip
I almost didn’t see you. I was focused on the lady’s smock, its pale petals catching the spring light, when you revealed yourself -...

George Eglese
Apr 25


Cowslips on Butler Hill
While walking on Butler Hill yesterday - a commanding mound on the edge of what was once the Royal Forest of Knaresborough - I came...

George Eglese
Apr 23


Jackdaws and Ash
The other day, we spotted a pair of jackdaws setting up home in a hollow of an old ash tree near the Garth, its branches bare and twisted...

George Eglese
Apr 14


The Observer: Abandoned lynx, roaming wild boar, ‘beaver bombing’ – has rewilding got out of hand?
We had small mention in The Guardian Observer this weekend as part of a wider piece on rewilding in Britain and grateful to...

George Eglese
Apr 13


Bluebells and Memory
Each spring, the bluebells return, carpeting woodlands and hedgerows in a haze of violet-blue. This week, walking across the land, I...

George Eglese
Mar 28


Stewardship in unexpected places
'The Belmont Oak' This morning, a few of us were invited for a walk around Harrogate Golf Club, led by Head Greenkeeper Ken Ward....

George Eglese
Mar 25
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