A visit to York Gate Garden

On a glorious day Society members gathered at York Gate garden for a group visit. York Gate is a magical one-acre garden created by the Spencer family between 1951 and 1994. It is considered to be one of the finest small gardens in the country. Its garden ‘rooms’ are packed with carefully chosen plants and Arts and Crafts inspired paths, seating areas and water features. Sybil Spencer bequeathed the house and gardens to Perennial in 1994. York Gate is now Grade II listed. Despite being only one acre in size members easily
spent over an hour exploring it, assisted by volunteers who happily answered questions on its history and on
some of the more unusual plants. Our visit ended with tea (and very superior cakes) in the private dining
room.
Perennial is the former Gardeners’ Benevolent Institution (est 1839) and helps horticulturalists in need.
Visit to York Gate Garden, Adel, Leeds 8 September
For more information on York Gate Garden and Perennial visit:
https://perennial.org.uk/garden/york-gate-garden/
Report by Angela Fahy