News and Events

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE:

The success of our book, The Northern Pomona: Apples for Cool Climates, has encouraged us to prepare a companion volume, The Northern Pomona II: Old and New Pears, Quinces and Medlars. The book is being written by Peter Blackburne-Maze, Jim Arbury, Hamid Habibi and Elke Laver. It will be illustrated with forty original water colour paintings by award-winning botanical illustrator Bridget Gillespie. We expect the book to be on the market in 2010 and will be soon accepting subscriptions for it.

OLD AND NEW PEARS, QUINCES AND MEDLARS

The first sequence of paintings for our forthcoming book were awarded a gold medal by the Royal Horticultural Society in London on 16th December 2008

BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION CLASSES

Botanical Illustration Classes with Bridget Gillespie at the Helmsley Walled Garden, Cleveland Way, Helmsley, North Yorkshire. All courses from 9.30 am to 3.00 pm at the Community Room of the Helmsley Walled Garden - 65.00 per course.

Dates: 15-16 July, 19-20 August, 13-14 September and 14-15 October.

To book contact Bridget Gillespie - click here.

For information on accommodation in the Helmsley area contact Helmsley Tourist Information on Tel 01439 770173. Simple accommodation is also available at the Helmsley Walled Garden (Tel 01439 771427).

WATERLILIES

Burnby Hall Gardens in Pocklington, North Yorkshire hold one of the largest collections of waterlilies in Europe. Bridget Gillespie has started to create a pictorial record of these exquisite flowers, which have been inspiration to poets and painters. We hope to offer you soon on this website examples of her work to view and to order. Part of the proceeds will go to Burnby Hall Gardens, a registered charity.