Acomb Green
It’s now the school holidays, the best ones of all, the long summer holidays. (Though as I recall they never seemed long enough and September and school came around again too quickly.)
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The path through the allotments
A few evenings back I headed over towards Scarcroft stray, remembering once wandering through the allotments there, and inspired to retrace my steps by memories emailed from the US.
Audrey wrote:
At Scarcroft Rd … across the road were the allotments where local people had little patches and … More …
Peasholme Green is green again …
September 2011
… with veg planted in a raised municipal flowerbed taken over by the Edible York project.
I can’t remember what was in this flowerbed before, which suggests it was either empty or boring. Not so this year. … More …
Museum Gardens: people
March 2011
A great deal of effort has gone into this place, since the Yorkshire Philosophical Society took on the site in the early 19th century, and in its more recent management by the local authority and York Museums … More …
Museum Gardens: wildlife
March 2011
The mature natural landscape of the gardens supports many species, but the ones we notice most are squirrels and pigeons, these days. I sat down on a bench in the gardens one morning in January and attracted the attention … More …
Museum Gardens: buildings
March 2011
One of my favourite areas is beyond the ruins and the concrete paths, where the view outwards has the buildings of the King’s Manor site huddling together on the boundary, the work of … More …
Museum Gardens: plants
March 2011
This plaque, on the front wall of the Yorkshire Museum, reads: The Yorkshire Philosophical Society transferred the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens to the citizens of York on January 2nd 1961.
If you’re a citizen of York … More …
Rowntree Park
May 2009
Rowntree Park isn’t near where I live, so it’s a while since I visited, though at least one website visitor has recommended I should. It’s changed a … More …