Thank you for your excellent coverage of the recent Poppleton Garden Trail (June 21). Thanks also go to our hardworking committee, the garden owners and all who helped on the day, together with the hundreds of visitors who came to view.

It was a wonderful weekend, blessed by fine weather, and raised £7,000 for the Poppleton Community Trust. The trust is facing potential expenditure of over £70,000 in the near future for a new car park and a possible footpath into the school from the car park, so the money will be put to very good use.

Brian Park,

Chairman,

Poppleton Community Trust,

Fairway Drive,

Upper Poppleton, York.

Updated: 12:01 Friday, July 11, 2003