GREEN-FINGERED gardeners and connoisseurs of strawberry teas helped St Leonard’s Hospice to raise more than £1,500 at its annual plant fair.
Hundreds of plants were on sale at the event, supplied by individual supporters and with donations from Vertigrow, Askham Bryan College, Dean’s Garden Centre, Brown’s Nurseries and Middlethorpe Hall.
The hospice’s volunteer gardeners manned the stalls, helped by The Press’s gardening writer Gina Parkinson, who offered lots of practical advice.
Strawberry cream teas were in great demand, and visitors at the event, on May 22, were entertained by brass group Something Else, who valiantly continued to play during two short, but heavy, downpours.
The St Leonard’s Hospice Summer Fair takes place at the Hospice, 185 Tadcaster Road, York on Sunday, June 26, from 1pm to 4pm.
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