Julian visited Ripon Walled Garden meeting with Victoria Ashley, the Chief Executive and Lucy Day, from Fundraising and Communications, who showed Julian around the site.
The Garden is a charity, run by Ripon Community Link which aims to support and improve the lives of local adults and young people, through learning new skills such as gardening, cooking and crafting.
The site has a plant nursery, woodland and orchard, along with a garden centre from which they sell plants and shrubs, and an outdoor takeaway café, and shop selling locally made produce, such as jams and chutneys.
The Walled Garden is free to visit and they are building a new café and shop, which they are currently fundraising for. The expansion will help provide more opportunities for members to work in retail, helping to build confidence and develop their practical skills.
Julian said, ‘It was great to meet the fantastic members and to see first-hand the incredible work that the staff at the Walled Garden do.’
