Helmsley Walled Garden
HELMSLEY WALLED GARDEN
GROUP VISITS BOOKING FORM SUMMER 2014
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( PLEASE CONTACT ONE WEEK BEFORE WITH FINAL NUMBERS )
In the event of cancellation, please contact the Manager as soon as possible
A Range of Horticultural Guided Tours & Sessions:-Tour & History of Helmsley Walled Garden, Pruning Fruit Trees, Propagation etc…..Please contact us if there is a particular horticultural subject you would like to learn about.
Tours are available Monday to Friday 10.00am -8.00pm and include a short introductory talk (inside if wet). Light refreshments are available from our café but need to be pre-booked by ringing William on 01439 771194. Visitors may spend further time in the garden if they wish. Tours take about 11/2 hours, but it is strongly recommended that you allow longer than this for your visit.
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(Free Entry for Group Organiser)
Please make cheques payable to ‘Helmsley Walled Garden Ltd’. We ask for 50% of the final balance a month prior to your visit. Leaders of groups are requested to collect the final balance before arrival on the day of the visit.
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GROUP VISITS - SUMMER 2014
This magical five-acre garden lies in a beautiful setting below historic Helmsley Castle in the grounds of Duncombe Park. Built in 1758 to supply Duncombe Park House with fruit, vegetables and cut flowers the gardens were abandoned in the 1970s.The garden restoration began in 1994 led by Alison Ticehurst whose unfailing enthusiasm motivated a team of hard–working volunteers to tackle this massive project. Sadly Alison died in 1999, but her dream of restoring the garden and offering horticultural therapy in a tranquil environment continues.
Helmsley Walled Garden is now a registered charity. It employs two full-time gardeners and has the support of an enthusiastic group of volunteers. Around 20,000 visitors come each year to explore the vine houses and discover the individual garden areas, admiring the magnificent towering walls with their espalier trained fruit trees. Other original features include the central dipping pond and 250-year-old HL hinges on the garden side doors.
Spring 2001 saw the opening of the fully restored central Glass House and 2005 the restored Vinery and Orchard House. 2009 saw three new areas to the garden; a Sensory garden, a Physic garden and a 60m border transformed into an Exotic border which can be tended by our regular volunteers with special needs. Our large herbaceous border has also been completely replanted to an exciting ‘Hot’ design. Other areas include a spring garden, organic vegetable gardens, rose beds, scented borders and many tranquil corners. We update and improve with the help of our volunteers, and with the help of donations, introducing new plants and small sculptures or artefacts. In 2013 work began on our clematis garden, this area houses a range of shrubs, clematis and annual bedding schemes.
Plant Centre Shop: We sell a wide range of garden tools, irrigation products, fertilisers, compost, garden products, garden artefacts, greetings cards, jams, chutneys and honeys.
Plant Sales: We have a plant centre stocking a wide variety of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, bedding plants, herbs, climbing plants etc at very reasonable prices.
Garden Opening Times:
April 1st to October 31st Daily: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Group visits by prior arrangement (daytime or evenings)
Vine house Café: April 1st to October 31st 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (last food bookings at 4.45pm)
Group visits wishing to dine in the Vine House Café are by prior arrangement only, in order to ensure all meals can be accommodated at busy periods. Please call William on 01439 771194 to make bookings for café meals.
If you have any further queries;
Please contact Mike I’Anson or Lindsay Tait
Telephone 01439 771427 or email
Location: Helmsley is on the A170, 25 miles North of York, 14 miles from Thirsk and 16 miles from Malton. Helmsley Walled Garden is a short walk from the centre of Helmsley. Follow signposts from the Cleveland Way Car Park, adjacent to the Castle.
Coaches: Free Parking in the Cleveland Way Car Park next to the garden (300m)
Parking: Free Parking for evening groups is available. Please ask for further details.
Disabled Facilities: Full wheelchair access throughout the garden. Assistance is available for visitors in wheelchairs but must be arranged in advance. We have 2 wheelchairs available for use but these should be pre-booked to ensure their availability. Disabled parking is at the garden entrance; follow "Disabled Parking" sign from the Cleveland Way. We have disabled toilet facilities.