Author Archives: Friends of The Hollies

A huge thank you to all our volunteers who helped with the plant sale in May. We made over £600 in 2 hours from the sale of plants, hot drinks and cakes. The lovely sunny weather and lots of customers … Continue reading →

Thank you to everyone who supported the plant sale – nearly £600 was raised!

We are saddened to hear of the death of Kay Mellor, who has been a very supportive president of the Friends for many years. Our thoughts are with her family.

There will be a selection of bedding plants, perennials and vegetables for sale – some of the perennials have been grown from cuttings from plants in The Hollies. There will also be a cake stall serving hot drinks and home … 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. There is no working session in May because we are holding … Continue reading →

Thanks to all our volunteers who attended in March. We cleared up a lot of overgrown areas which will hopefully benefit from our work over the coming months. We meet up again on Saturday April 9th at 10am in the … Continue reading →

Thanks to all our volunteers who attended in February. We cleared and tidied up a lot of overgrown areas which will hopefully benefit from our work over the coming months.  We meet up again on Saturday March 12th at 10am … Continue reading →

Just a short update to let you know that Frank is self isolating at the moment and won’t be joining us on Saturday. We’re going ahead with the work as normal having discussed what we’ll be doing with him and … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who came to the January working session. We had a good turnout despite the wet weather and managed to get a lot of clearing done on the path going down to the nursery. We will meet up … Continue reading →

Best wishes for 2022 to all our hard working volunteers! Your efforts are very much appreciated and the work you do really does makes a difference. Thanks to everyone who came to the December working session – we had a … Continue reading →