Rydal Hall

Peaceful gardens away from all the traffic. Time to think, reflect and also enjoy the pastoral landscape

The fountain has been beautifully restored and well worth a visit ....

....morning or afternoon.

Set in glorious surroundings Rydal Hall is well worth a visit at any time of the year but Summer will see the gardens in all their glory.

Tom Attwood,
the previous Head Gardener, with one
of the local volunteers

visit the newly formed
organic garden

Since its inception the organic garden has started to take shape due the the enthusiasm of
head gardener and all the regular volunteers

The Rydal Community Vegetable Garden began in March 2006.

The lean to greenhouse is excellent for starting off the seeds and delicate plants

The caring hands of a volunteer

Four of the local volunteers with Tom Attwood pictured at the start of another valuable session in the organic garden

In a selected area is a specially designed hen house

The Rydal Community Vegetable Garden began in March 2006.
The garden aims to give people from all backgrounds the opportunity to learn how to grow vegetables,
ways of using the site and maximising the growing area.
The layout is unconventional in the more traditional sense of the allotment arrangement.
The aim of the RCVG is to provide a quirky approach as well as keeping the garden aesthetically beautiful.

Members of the garden group work on a purely voluntary basis
with the organically grown produce going to them,
any excess that is grown will be turned into a saleable product
with the proceeds going back into the gardens on-going development.
The garden relies heavily on the generosity of its member and donors.
This year £4,500 has been secured from the National Lottery and Cumbria Community Foundation.

The garden includes a small orchard with 20 different northern varieties of apple,
many of which date back to the 18th century, a large lean to greenhouse where we can propagate plants for the garden
and grow more tender crops and fruit, a hen hut containing rare breed hens, bees and a vast array of different fruit and vegetables including 6 varieties of potato. Considering the late start of the work on what was a derelict site, everyone is amazed at the progress made.

The approach to work in the garden is relaxed.

As confidence grows many of the tasks can be undertaken independently.

Anyone interested in taking part in this exciting project should contact

Rydal Hall
on 015394 30105

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