Author Archives: Friends of The Hollies

Thanks to everyone who came along to help out, we had a great session tackling the well established brambles just below the big Cedar tree. Photos are posted on Facebook to show before and after. you’ll be able to see … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who helped out on November 11th. We had a great turn out of volunteers and a very productive morning working at the Forge adjacent to the Blacksmith’s Area. The weeding and clearing is in preparation for a … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who helped out on October 7th. We had a great morning working in the Blacksmith’s Area, weeding and clearing ready for a good showing of the Spring bulbs. The before and after photos on Facebook show the … Continue reading →

THE NEXT MEETING IS ON 7TH OCTOBER INSTEAD OF 14TH. Thanks to everyone who helped out on September 9th. Due to holidays we have had to bring the October date forward meeting on 7th October at 10am in the car … Continue reading →

Hope everyone’s well and had an enjoyable summer break.We start up again on Saturday September 9th meeting at 10am in the car park. There’s plenty to do so please come along and help if you can.As usual gardening tools are … Continue reading →

You might be interested in this article written by Eveleigh Bradford for http://www.Headingleyleeds.com. It relates the story of the Brown family and The Hollies – it was George Brown who donated The Hollies to the city.

Thanks to everyone who helped with or attended the plant sale in May. We raised almost £600, all of which will be invested in shrubs and bulbs for The Hollies. Our next session is Saturday 10th June meeting at 10am … Continue reading →

Thanks to the volunteers who attended in April. We cleared and tidied up a lot of overgrown areas which will hopefully benefit from our work over the coming months. We don’t have a working session in May but instead we … Continue reading →

Unfortunately we had to cancel our March session due to adverse weather conditions. Safety of our volunteers is paramount and because of heavy snow and ice it was considered too risky to proceed. Apologies to anyone who turned up having … Continue reading →