Friends of Bebra Gardens
Working towards Green Flag status for Bebra Gardens in Knaresborough
Volunteer gardening days........ please scroll down
Children's Play : Playful Ideas BIG LOTTERY FUND
We are applying for a grant to install a wonderful Water Play Area in the gardens!
WE NOW HAVE THE 'MASTERPLAN' FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE GARDENS
THE PLAN WAS
FUNDED BY AWARDS FOR ALL 
Recently a new fence was erected alongside the castle moat and we completed re-planting the north and western boundary beds. This is some of the area next to the moat and also down towards the paddling pool. With lots of help we removed old shrubs, dug the soil over and put in all the new plants. We are now planning for more planting in September, working along towards the entrance gates. This is all being financed from a Yorkshire Forward grant through Renaissance Knaresborough, with other funding from the NYCC member budget of County Councillor Richard Hall and from Knaresborough Town Council.
Volunteer gardening days...
Monday 14th July, 9am TIDY UP FOR YORKSHIRE IN BLOOM JUDGEING
Monday 4th August, 9am PREPARATION FOR AUTUMN PLANTING
Monday 18th August, 9am PREPARATION FOR AUTUMN PLANTING
Our next meeting is Thursday 17th July 2008, 7pm,at the Borough Bailiff pub.
Bebra Gardens, Brewerton Street, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
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| Hook-a-duck fun at our 2007 Spring Bank Holiday consultation event in the gardens. |
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| Article
of 8th Sept 2006 click here |
Knaresborough Post
article of 7th February 2007 click here |
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A Working day on the rockery 3rd July 2006, you can help us on the first Monday of every month, see below. |
Following installation of the new fence the beds were dug over and planting began, February 2008.
Who we are
We are
local people living in Knaresborough who have formed a group to improve this
park in our town.
Deputy Chairman |
Secretary |
Treasurer |
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Cllr Andrew
Willoughby |
Cllr Peter Guest |
WE NEED YOU! |
Cllr Peter Guest |
We have now spent £9,962 of lottery funding from Awards for All on the design masterplan for Bebra Gardens!
The masterplan was by Golder Associates, a large company with an office at Tadcaster.
What
we do
We have been meeting monthly since August 2005 and are now a properly
constituted group. We work closely with Harrogate Borough Council "Parks"
and we are hoping to make Bebra Gardens a more vibrant and attractive part of
the town. There is now a super new sign inside the main entrance. Some trees
have been taken out around the entrance and near the rockery. The rockery is
now planted with alpines and around the entrance we have planted six hundred
polyanthus to brighten the gardens over winter.
We put out to tender the job of designing a masterplan for a way forward to improve and develop all of the garden. Funding for the design will come from the AWARDS FOR ALL grant which we were succesful with this year.. The Master Plan is now complete and we can now start to remove old plants and replant. We have also applied for a 'Playful Ideas' grant to install a childrens play water feature.
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you help us? Volunteer gardening days... 2008 We hope to see you in Bebra Gardens Monday 14th July 9am Monday 4th August 9am Monday 18th August 9am Or phone to see where we are 07885 543453 |
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| If you know where to stand you can enjoy this view from Bebra Gardens. | Much pruning was done last year. |
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| Pruning has opened up some views. | Volunteers planted almost a thousand shrubs and herbaceous plants in the gardens, Spring 2008. |
Links
Knaresborough Nidd Gorge Conservation Group