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Archive for the tag 'Valley Gardens'
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2021
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The Pinewoods, Harrogate
Take a stroll along the path through The Pinewoods and you become part of a Harrogate tradition which stretches back decades.
A guide of 1891 describes what was then Harlow Moor as the ‘rough moor where furze, gorse and heather abound in profusion’. In 1898, the Corporation bought the land adjacent to the Valley Gardens and [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Nov 20th 2021
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The Japanese Garden, Harrogate
Japanese gardens have been built in Japan since the 8th Century. They were inspired by Chinese landscape painting and the spirit of nature.
Japan opened to global trade in the 19th Century followed by a greater interest in Japanese culture.
A Japanese Garden was created here in Harrogate’s Valley Gardens by 1930. Over the decades the Japanese [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2021
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Valley Gardens, Harrogate
Valley Gardens, a grade II listed garden and the adjacent Pinewoods in the highly attractive North Yorkshire spa town of Harrogate. Valley Gardens comprise about 17 acres of park, woodland, and beautiful floral displays.
It is believed that a greater number of mineral springs come to the surface in Valley Gardens than in any other known location [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 17th 2021
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Harrogate – Day Two
I awoke after a cosy and comfortable nights sleep and had to remind Mr C that it was my birthday, he had taken control of my cards and presents and they were tardy in being given.
We descended to the dining room for breakfast. It seemed rather quiet and we found out that breakfast was in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2021
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Valley Gardens – Harrogate
Harrogate’s Grade II listed, award wining garden was originally simply a footpath beside a stream from the Royal Pump Room to Bog Field where there are thirty-six different mineral wells. Valley Pleasure Grounds were opened in 1887. The gardens were extended by the purchase of ‘Collins Field’ in 1901 creating an area of 17 acres.
Behold [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Oct 28th 2020
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Harrogate – Day Two
After a good nights sleep it was time to sample the hotel breakfast. In all sorts of ways, it was a vast improvement on the offering during our recent stay in a Cotswold’s hotel. There were several choices of cooked items and a continental option. I chose the continental option and was served with granola, [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 6th 2020
