Keep up to date with what’s going on at Horticap
Calling All Our Supporters…The 2.6 Challenge Starts Tomorrow…
The 2.6 Challenge, is a nationwide fundraising campaign launched in response to COVID-19 that helps charities like Horticap. From Sunday 26thApril, you can join the 2.6 challenge and support Horticap with 26 different fun ideas of how you, your family and your friends...
Drop Us A Line…
The last few weeks have been challenging for us all and here at Horticap we are busy keeping things ticking along until everyone can return - we miss the students so much - they are at the heart of what we do and we can't wait to get the Horticap family back together....
House Building…
Many thanks to David Powell and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust https://www.ywt.org.uk for making us welcome at Upper Dunsforth Carrs yesterday. The team enjoyed the visit to collect Phragmites reeds. In case you are wondering why Simon is clutching at straws, we have been...
Tweeting all Love Birds…
It’s National Nest Box Week and Horticap are celebrating this important time in the bird calendar. It starts on Valentine’s Day – the date when birds pair up for the new breeding season – and it runs (or flies) until 21stFebruary. Let’s encourage everyone to put up...
“Roses are Red…
...Violets are Blue, Horticap have plants which are perfect for you." We have an amazing selection of plants for sale - and with Valentine's Day just around the corner, what better present than a rose. Climbers, shrubs and patio roses in a variety of colours...they...
Busy Busy Busy…
The building work may be going on around us, but we have plenty of jobs on site to keep us busy... We are busy cake making... We are busy moving wood... We are busy potting on the first of the bedding plants... We are busy pot filling... And some of us are just busy...
Winter flower
It might be cold outside and everything is looking bit stark but we have some colour to brighten up any garden. These Cyclamen are looking outstanding right now Polyanthus is a must in any garden. Giving you lots of flower each year Narcissus...
What a Difference a Week Makes…
...we watched the Tea Room and Gift Shop disappear.. ...from a safe distance... And we are staying open throughout the build, so please come and visit... and you too can peek through the fencing...
Going, Going…Nearly Gone
We said a fond farewell to our Horticap signage as the team removed it from the Tea Room and Gift Shop. It's been 35 years since Horticap's beginning, and the building has served us well, but this week the diggers arrive and we move onto our next exciting phase. Watch...
A Big Thank You
Horticap was delighted to receive a donation from the pupils at Oatlands Junior School in Harrogate for the fantastic sum of £400. The money was raised through a Secret Santa Shop which was organised by the School Council and supported by the whole school. Horticap...