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Helmsley Walled Garden


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Helmsley Walled Garden stands in the shadow of historic Helmsley Castle, at the foot of the North York Moors. It consists of 5 acre kitchen garden.

Helmsley Walled GardenHelmsley Walled Garden

Started in 1759, the garden provided the vegetables, fruit and flowers for nearby Duncombe Park until just after the First World War when it was leased as a market garden. The garden was abandoned during the 1970s but has been lovingly and extensively restored since 1994.

Helmsley Walled GardenHelmsley Walled Garden

There are Victorian glasshouses, designed in 1850 as a vine house and now bursting with colour, fruit trees, vines, a superb double herbacous hot border which runs the entire length of the garden, a laburnum arch, which is stunning when in flower, a peony garden, dipping pond and a clematis garden with over 250 varieties of clematis for the visitor to see.

Helmsley Walled GardenHelmsley Walled Garden

The busy kitchen gardens produce hundreds of varieties of organic fruit, 52 Yorkshire apple varieties and vegetables. A new attraction is the edible flower garden, showing some of the flowers that can bring new colour and style to salads and other dishes.

Helmsley Walled GardenHelmsley Walled Garden

The Plant Centre sells a wide selection of herbaceous perennials, some of which visitors will find on display in the Garden. There is also a gift shop selling useful garden sundries.

Directions

Helmsley is on the A170, 25 miles from York, 14 miles from Thirsk and 16 miles from Malton. Helmsley Walled Garden is a short walk from the centre of Helmsley. Follow signposts from the Cleveland Way Car Park, adjacent to the Castle.

Images courtesy of Paul Johnson


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