Gardens, Harrogate
The Friends Of Valley Gardens restore, maintain and enhance the area known as Valley Gardens and promote the Spa history and heritage of the area. Valley Gardens is open 24 hours a day throughout the year. We work in partnership with Harrogate Borough Council. We are a registered charity number 1148369. Our President is Martin Fish. Friends Of Valley Gardens are supported by the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Friends Pages
For current information about Friends activities and events, please visit our Friends Pages.
FOVG Officers and Trustees: The Officers and Trustees of Friends of Valley Gardens are:
- Treasurer: Anne Grange
- Secretary: Ann Beeby
- Volunteer Gardening Coordinator: Liz Chidlow
- OMWPR Coordinator: Andrew Jordan
Friends of Valley Gardens hold one meeting a year. Specific information about the meeting will be promulgated on the Friends Pages prior to the meeting.
Aims
The group is established for the public benefit for the following purposes in the area comprising Valley Gardens, Harrogate. In collaboration with the responsible Local Authority, the aims of the group are:
- To assist the Council’s gardeners in maintaining the Valley Gardens, notably the plants and the areas of the garden restored by FOVG, to retain and enhance its high floral and landscape quality.
- To support public knowledge and enjoyment of the plant and heritage of the Valley Gardens through the opening of the Old Magnesia Well Pump Room (OMWPR), leaflets and guided walks and activities for the benefit of its visitors.
- To support and enhance wildlife of the Valley Gardens.
- To help promote the Valley Gardens.
- To archive material about the Valley Gardens, projects and general FOVG information.
A copy of our Constitution can be downloaded here.
The Original “Friends of the Valley Gardens”
We are not the first Friends Group to support Valley Gardens. In 1986-87, the Sun Pavilion and Colonnades were in disrepair and under threat. A group of friends, lead by Anne Smith, joined together to save them and to prevent the building of a car park on Garden land. A history of this group is well documented in the press coverage of the time. You can read more about the Original Friends of the Valley Gardens by clicking here.
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