A new venue for Flower Power Fairs with a beautiful garden and fully working kitchen garden offering easy access off the A64. We had planned holding this fair back in 2020 but of course, it all had to be cancelled due to Covid and family commitments stopped 2022 and 2023. Finally, we shall be a Ganton!
I had a brilliant site visit to Ganton Hall in May and I’m really excited about this lovely venue! The owners, the Wrigley family, are well known in the area with Venetia being a past High Sheriff of North Yorkshire. She is, in her own right, a brilliant organiser and has got many of the local charities on board for the fair. We shall be holding a Tombola, there will be musical entertainment, and Fashion Clothing stand within the old stables, and of course, excellent home made food and drinks supplied by the Rainbow Centre, Scarborough.
The gardens extend all around the beautiful Victorian House (not open) and include formal areas, an arboretum, summer house, fresh water lake – no access, an enchanting water garden, a magnificent Richardson’s Glass house with figs, vines, nectarines and peaches, a Mulberry Orchard, an Apple Orchard and wild flower meadows. And the views are superb too. Do come along as this will be the only GARDEN OPENING this year and all proceeds go to charity. The Rainbow Centre in Scarborough and St Nicholas’ Church in Ganton.
And, of course, a plethora of good quality plant specialists and accessory stands. I’ll update the list nearer the time so it’s up to date, but please come along.
Admission £4.00 ABSOLUTELY CASH ONLY. Children are free.
Dogs on short leads please.
The plant stands and garden accessories will have card facilities but everything else will be CASH.
So who’s coming to Ganton Hall?
Alfresco Design Luke is based in East Yorkshire and always has an incredible display of garden accessories. Ornamental delights including his iron trees, rusty plant supports, flying swallows, pots and planters and water baths. It’ll be interesting to see what he has in store for us this year.
Fayrefield Horticulture and Garden Design Tracey is based at Seamer, near Scarborough and specialises in pollinator plants. She always brings an interesting selection of herbaceous and annual plants, wild flowers, vegetable plants and herbs as well as her own hand made willow sculptures including hares and dragonflies.
Field Flowers & Plants New to Flower Power, we welcome Tom Fields with his interesting collections of cacti, succulents, outdoor perennials, trees and shrubs.
Freckles and Flora Another new nursery to Flower Power this year is Henrietta based in Kirby Wiske near Thirsk. She will be bringing a variety of herbaceous plants, specifically umbels, asters, choice annuals all grown in her own homegrown peat free compost.
Gardening with Wildlife A cornucopia of amazing things which Matthew has lovingly created out of discarded wood, wire, paper and anything else he can get his hands on. A large selection of hand made and correctly built bird boxes, hedgehog homes, owl boxes and habitat hotels. Aided and abetted by his wife, Fran, who creates many of the other items they sell, often with delightful decoupage pots and planters, sea glass creations, recycled copper items and Ben who is also a gifted wood turner in his own right bringing quality pens and wooden bowls. Gardening with wildlife is for anyone who wishes to tempt our birds, bees and mammals into our gardens.
Gatekeeper Nurseries Based in East Yorkshire, Gatekeeper always bring a smorgasbord selection of incredible plants from climbers to creepers, shade lovers to shrubs, herbaceous favourites and early flowering plants. All grown in Yorkshire.
Meadowmakers Ed Cook is now in his fourth year of trading, and brings together his passion for wildflowers, meadow-making and rewilding to gardeners and conservationists alike. The case for incorporating native wildflowers has been highlighted over the years by Sir David Attenborough and Monty Don, to name but two. Ed brings plug plants to the fairs and encourages you to add colour, insect interest and diversity into your gardens.
These statistics are really heartbreaking: 97% Of native wildflowers lost since 1960, 72% of native butterflies have seen declines since 2005, 99% of wildflower meadows lost since 1980, and native bee populations have halved in less than 30 years. We all need to do our bit.
Northern Ark Nursery Many of you will remember Simon, the previous owner of Northern Ark. He sold out his business a couple of years ago and we are thrilled to welcome new owner, Ian Robson, to Flower Power. Depending on the season, Ian will be bringing his hardy herbs (they live in Northumberland!) 95% of which has been grown from their own cuttings. All grown in their own peat free compost.
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds will be our main charity this year, bringing knowledge and passion to our wonderful garden birds. Please consider joining the society to help our, sadly, diminishing bird life.
Summerfield Nursery Based in Poppleton, York, Phil and Steph have been supporting Flower Power more or less from the start. They have a wonderful nursery just outside York. Phil will be bringing a large collection of grasses, shade lovers, ferns, hardy herbaceous, hostas, heuchera and so much more.
There will also be musical entertainment, a tombola and a couple of stands invited by the owners. And a wonderful garden to wander through.
