Garden Visit to Beacon Hill House

Our first garden visit of the year was a great success.  The seven-acre garden in Langbar was created in 1848 around an early Victorian house and has been tended by the Boyle family for 37 years.

Mr Boyle gave us a tour of the grounds, pointing out interesting items and answering our questions.  Much of the garden is steeply sloping (one area even named “rest and be thankful” and we could see why) and backs on to a grouse moor and it gives a marvellous view of the Yorkshire countryside.

 

 The garden had beautiful woodland walks amongst a variety of large species of trees, rhododendrons, magnolias and bulbs.  It has an old greenhouse which was originally heated by a coke boiler, as was one of the walls of the orchard at the very top of the garden.

 

Other features of the garden include a windbreak, a pond and a stone built tunnel

 

Notice Board
Paxton Plant Market is on Saturday 31^st May.   Please consider planting and growing on for the sales table and, if you can help on the day from 10 am, this would be appreciated.

Dates for your diary

Next meeting:   6th June - Peppers.  Also we are hoping to plant up our display for the Tour de France into grow bags so, if you have any young plants ready for growing on, please bring them to the meeting.       

Friends of Paxton are meeting Monday 2^nd June from Midday.  An hour or two or your time to help maintain the premises are always welcome.  If another date is more suitable for you, please let us know.  In June, there will be a Dig In at Paxton Garden; date TBA.