2022 programme for KHS meetings and garden visits
16 November - Sarah Haynes from the Harrogate and Ripon bee keepers association.
A practical session on candle rolling. Make a candle for Christmas. Also honey tasting if any available.
7 December 🎄
Wreath making - more details to follow.
18 January - 2023 KHS January meal
Pannal Golf Club, Follifoot Road, Pannal HG3 1AS
12.30 for 1 o’clock. The menu is as shown below.
(With notice, the chef will cater for gluten free or other allergies.)
The numbers with menu choices, including any allergies, are required by the chef before Christmas. Because of this, please let Margaret Knight know by 16th November, the date of the next KHS meeting.
Payment, £20 per person, can be made at the time of booking, either cash or by Bacs payment
If you can offer, or need a lift, please let Margaret know. Do hope that you’re able to come.
Remember, names, money & meal choices by 16th November.
Menu
Ø The Drunken Bullock – slow braised shin of beef, cooked in brandy, Guinness, & red wine sauce, served on a bed of roasted garlic mash, with a vegetable medley
Ø The Green Option - Asparagus and Aubergine charcoaled vegetables on a bed of white cream sauce, with garlic bread
Ø The Cod Father – Cod Loin in a creamy tomato, ricotta & basil sauce, served on a bed of crushed new potatoes, with wilted beans
Ø The Crispy Hog – Crispy Belly Pork served on a bed of mustard mash, with a cider cream sauce & a vegetable medley
Ø Ooh La La Chicken – Chicken Breast, cooked in a rich Burgundy, thyme & mushroom sauce, served on a bed of parmentier potatoes, & a vegetable medley
Ø Pannal Sticky Toffee Pudding with vanilla bean ice cream
Ø Cheese & biscuits with celery & grapes
Ø Chocolate orange torte with vanilla ice cream
Ø Vanilla crème brulee with homemade shortbread biscuits
Further information - contact Jill or Jon Coote, via email or 01423 547973
Meetings take place on the third Wednesday of the month.
2022 programme archive:
18 May AGM at the Stockwell Community Centre, starts at 7.15pm
15 June Moorlands Nature Reserve – This was part of a private garden & is now a beautiful 17 acre reserve known for the azaleas & rhododendrons, and wildlife. David Craven, Regional Manager – East, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, will give us a guided tour.
Meet at St. John’s car park at 5.45pm. Arrive 6.45 pm with visit to start at 7.00 pm.
Moor Lane, YORK, YO32 2RE OS ref: SE579587
Traffic permitting, the journey should take about 45 mins. The parking is roadside, not in the reserve, & is limited, so will be very helpful to have offers of lifts to reduce the number of vehicles.
https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/moorlands-nature-reserve
20 July Birstwith Hall – NGS Yorkshire No. 7 p.8 - Owned by Sir James & Lady Aykroyd, this charming and varied 4 acre garden nestling in a secluded Yorkshire dale. There’s a formal garden and ornamental orchard, extensive lawns leading to a picturesque stream and large pond, plus a walled garden and Victorian greenhouse.
7pm start, £5 admission. Refreshments – donations
Birstwith Hall, High Birstwith, HG3 2JW
Meet at St. John’s car park at 6.30pm.
*An extra for July* - Wednesday 27 July
7pm
Helen Watkinson is opening her garden to anyone who would like to visit. There is no charge, however you are invited to give a small donation to her chosen charity.
Address: Barnstone, New Road, SCOTTON HG5 9HR.
17 August Millrace Garden – NGS Yorkshire No. 57 p.21
This will be the last year that the garden will open so we hope you can join us. The garden overlooks a secluded valley, & includes large herbaceous borders containing over 3,000 varieties of perennials, shrubs & trees, many of which are unusual & drought tolerant. There’s an ornamental pond, a vegetable garden & wall terraces that lead to a wildflower meadow, small woodland & a bog garden.
7pm, £8 admission, including refreshments.
84 Selby Road, Garforth, LS25 1LP
Meet at St. John’s car park at 6pm.
21 September - Lesley Newnham, talking about Tradescants PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE
7pm for 7.30 start at the Hub, St John’s Church.
Books mentioned:
19 October - 1st indoor meeting for some time - PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE
7pm for 7.30 start at the Hub, St John’s Church.
A talk by Tony Chalcraft who grows on a former suburban commercial nursery. This is now an attractive and productive 1 acre garden with over 100 fruit trees, many in trained form.
Different varieties of apples and pears with tasting.
He is from The Nursery, Acomb (p22 number 61 Yellow Book)
A practical session on candle rolling. Make a candle for Christmas. Also honey tasting if any available.
7 December 🎄
Wreath making - more details to follow.
18 January - 2023 KHS January meal
Pannal Golf Club, Follifoot Road, Pannal HG3 1AS
12.30 for 1 o’clock. The menu is as shown below.
(With notice, the chef will cater for gluten free or other allergies.)
The numbers with menu choices, including any allergies, are required by the chef before Christmas. Because of this, please let Margaret Knight know by 16th November, the date of the next KHS meeting.
Payment, £20 per person, can be made at the time of booking, either cash or by Bacs payment
If you can offer, or need a lift, please let Margaret know. Do hope that you’re able to come.
Remember, names, money & meal choices by 16th November.
Menu
Ø The Drunken Bullock – slow braised shin of beef, cooked in brandy, Guinness, & red wine sauce, served on a bed of roasted garlic mash, with a vegetable medley
Ø The Green Option - Asparagus and Aubergine charcoaled vegetables on a bed of white cream sauce, with garlic bread
Ø The Cod Father – Cod Loin in a creamy tomato, ricotta & basil sauce, served on a bed of crushed new potatoes, with wilted beans
Ø The Crispy Hog – Crispy Belly Pork served on a bed of mustard mash, with a cider cream sauce & a vegetable medley
Ø Ooh La La Chicken – Chicken Breast, cooked in a rich Burgundy, thyme & mushroom sauce, served on a bed of parmentier potatoes, & a vegetable medley
Ø Pannal Sticky Toffee Pudding with vanilla bean ice cream
Ø Cheese & biscuits with celery & grapes
Ø Chocolate orange torte with vanilla ice cream
Ø Vanilla crème brulee with homemade shortbread biscuits
Further information - contact Jill or Jon Coote, via email or 01423 547973
Meetings take place on the third Wednesday of the month.
2022 programme archive:
18 May AGM at the Stockwell Community Centre, starts at 7.15pm
15 June Moorlands Nature Reserve – This was part of a private garden & is now a beautiful 17 acre reserve known for the azaleas & rhododendrons, and wildlife. David Craven, Regional Manager – East, Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, will give us a guided tour.
Meet at St. John’s car park at 5.45pm. Arrive 6.45 pm with visit to start at 7.00 pm.
Moor Lane, YORK, YO32 2RE OS ref: SE579587
Traffic permitting, the journey should take about 45 mins. The parking is roadside, not in the reserve, & is limited, so will be very helpful to have offers of lifts to reduce the number of vehicles.
https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/moorlands-nature-reserve
20 July Birstwith Hall – NGS Yorkshire No. 7 p.8 - Owned by Sir James & Lady Aykroyd, this charming and varied 4 acre garden nestling in a secluded Yorkshire dale. There’s a formal garden and ornamental orchard, extensive lawns leading to a picturesque stream and large pond, plus a walled garden and Victorian greenhouse.
7pm start, £5 admission. Refreshments – donations
Birstwith Hall, High Birstwith, HG3 2JW
Meet at St. John’s car park at 6.30pm.
*An extra for July* - Wednesday 27 July
7pm
Helen Watkinson is opening her garden to anyone who would like to visit. There is no charge, however you are invited to give a small donation to her chosen charity.
Address: Barnstone, New Road, SCOTTON HG5 9HR.
17 August Millrace Garden – NGS Yorkshire No. 57 p.21
This will be the last year that the garden will open so we hope you can join us. The garden overlooks a secluded valley, & includes large herbaceous borders containing over 3,000 varieties of perennials, shrubs & trees, many of which are unusual & drought tolerant. There’s an ornamental pond, a vegetable garden & wall terraces that lead to a wildflower meadow, small woodland & a bog garden.
7pm, £8 admission, including refreshments.
84 Selby Road, Garforth, LS25 1LP
Meet at St. John’s car park at 6pm.
21 September - Lesley Newnham, talking about Tradescants PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE
7pm for 7.30 start at the Hub, St John’s Church.
Books mentioned:
- Jennifer Potter - Strange Blooms - The curious lives & adventures of the John Tradescants
- Prudence Leith-Ross - The John Tradescants - Gardeners to the Rose & Lily Queen (Wife of Charles I, Henrietta Marie of France)
- Philippa Gregory - Virgin Earth plus Earthly Joys
19 October - 1st indoor meeting for some time - PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE
7pm for 7.30 start at the Hub, St John’s Church.
A talk by Tony Chalcraft who grows on a former suburban commercial nursery. This is now an attractive and productive 1 acre garden with over 100 fruit trees, many in trained form.
Different varieties of apples and pears with tasting.
He is from The Nursery, Acomb (p22 number 61 Yellow Book)