National Lottery Heritage Fund

We are proud to announce that we have been awarded nearly £200,000 for our two-year project "From roots to shoots and bricks to candlesticks - showcasing heritage learning experiences within a Victorian walled garden setting."

It is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to the National Lottery players, we will be able to continue our transformation of an 1850s walled kitchen garden, formerly part of the Grade II listed Wood Hall estate, that was neglected since the 1960s.

Through this project, we will use this unusual and unique setting to showcase heritage learning experiences and help to reconnect local people to the heritage of their walled garden, traditional skills/crafts, the land and nature in an environmentally conscious way.

Workshops

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Join a workshop at the Community Gardens - activities ranging from the practical (heritage masonry), horticultural (growing traditional food from seed, from land to plate), learning local heritage skills and crafts (candle making, willow weaving, spinning and knitting with our sheep and alpaca wool etc), and investigating/sharing the stories and history of the walled garden. We will produce a leaflet for each year of the project - please see the booking form below for a list of our available Year 1 workshops. Download our leaflet for more information:

Year 1 Workshop Leaflet

Bookable Workshops - (select as many as you want) Please note if a workshop is not listed it means that it is full, with a waiting list

Winter Pruning, Thursday 29th January 2026. 10am - 12pm - 1 SPACE REMAINING

Grafting Workshop, Thursday 26th February 2026. 10am - 12.30pm

Drop Spindling, Thursday 26th March 2026. 10am - 1pm

Meet the Bees, Thursday 23rd April 2026. 9.30am - 12pm

Meet the Bees, Thursday 27th August 2026. 9.30am - 12pm

Apple Tasting and Identification. Thursday 8th October 2026. 10am-12pm

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Please find below the links to websites/contact details of our heritage workshop providers:

Mary Goodwin Mosaics

Fruit Works

Bow Making, Shield Crafting, Blacksmithing | Sylvankin – United Kingdom Adventures

Leeds Coppice Workers - Sustainable woodland management in the Leeds Area

Living Herbal - Herbal medicine for health in Leeds & Harrogate

Harrogate and Ripon Beekeepers Association

anna.marshall448@gmail.com – Wool Spindling workshop