Veggies in Valley Gardens
Harrogate’s Valley Gardens is to become the first public park in the district to have a ‘veggie plot’. Seeds sown in the spring by pupils from Western County Primary School have flourished and pupils are planting their produce in a special garden set aside for them near to the bandstand.
Kate Dawson, the council’s Parks Development Officer, says that vegetables do make lovely horticultural displays but that if they grow successfully Western County Primary School will enter the Harrogate Allotment Show in August. She said: “We have never had a vegetable garden in our public parks but we want to promote healthy living and we thought why not in the Valley Gardens?
“Growing a few vegetables is something these children’s grandparents probably did but perhaps not their parents. But everyone is being urged to have a go – even if it is only creating a small herb garden or growing a few lettuces. These young pupils have taken care of their seedlings and we have some healthy plants which I am sure will give us some produce. No only will the plants look good in this prominent position, the pupils will be able to harvest from the garden throughout the summer.”
The 49th Annual Harrogate Allotment Show will take place between 11.00 am and 4.30 pm on Sunday, 16 August 2009 at the Sun Pavilion in Valley Gardens, Harrogate. It is being jointly organised by the Harrogate and District Allotments’ and Gardens’ Federation and Harrogate Borough Council
