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Dear all Saturday 9th December is our last working session of the year so please attend if you can – meeting at 10am in the car park as usual. The Hollies car park is still open if you approach coming … Continue reading →

The Hollies car park is still open! Weetwood Lane is closed to allow Yorkshire Water to repair the sewer collapse that was recently identified. The closure is from Oxley Hall to The Hollies and will last for 5 weeks from … Continue reading →

Great to see so many regular volunteers last month as well as a huge number of LUU students. We managed to plant all the daffodil bulbs ( 750 in total!) and cleared a well used path of overhanging branches to … Continue reading →

Hope everyone had a good summer and that you’re all raring to get back to work in The Hollies. We have exciting news this month as we’ve been told we have won a Platinum Award in the Parks In Bloom … Continue reading →

Thanks to all who attended and helped with the plant sale and cake stall in May. Fortunately we had good weather and made over £600 profit all of which will be used to buy shrubs, plants and bulbs for The … Continue reading →

The Friends of the Hollies fund raising Plant Sale takes place just beyond the Weetwood Lane car park from 9.30am until 11.30am on Saturday 20th May. We’ll have a wide range of bedding plants, perennials, shrubs, vegetables and herbs for … Continue reading →

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Thanks to the everyone who came along in March. We managed to clear out a lot more blocked drainage ditches – muddy work but well worthwhile! Our next meet is Saturday 8th April meeting at 10am as usual in the … Continue reading →

Many thanks to the large number of volunteers who came along in February. We managed to clear huge areas of brambles and clear out a lot of blocked drainage ditches – muddy work but well worthwhile! Our next meet is … Continue reading →

We had a good start to the new year at our January session – lots of volunteers and plenty of hard work. The February session on Saturday 11th will include more clearing of paths, channels and areas with potential for … Continue reading →