🌿 Roots & Recipes Do you have a favourite traditional recipe and a story behind it? Together, we’ll create a community cookbook celebrating culture, connection and community. 🍲 Submit your recipe or express your interest in a session: forms.office.com/e/9u8VqnRd3g

Messy gardens aren’t lazy gardens, they’re #wildlife havens! From log piles to leaf litter, these simple features can turn your outdoor space into a #biodiversity hotspot. Discover 10 untidy garden features that help nature thrive & why they matter. 👉 full guide here: www.tcv.org.uk/media_hub/bi...

A little reminder that we're currently taking bookings for our eco-friendly Festive Fair in December - first time stallholders welcome! Email [email protected] for more information. #craftfair #craftfairuk #makerfair #stallholderswanted #ecofriendly #greenchristmas

Tickets for Hocus Pocus, going live at 5! Join us in the Hollybush garden this Halloween for ghoulish games, creepy crafts and spooky surprises. Suitable for kids age 2-10ish and only £8 per child. #leeds #halloween #familyfriendlyleeds #spookyseason

Lots of fun stuff coming up at Hollybush this Autumn, starting this weekend! Celebrate the Heritage Open Day season and join us for Minibeast Metropolis, a family friendly day of free #nature activities. #minibeasts #wildlifegarden #HOD2025 #familyfriendlyleeds

We're getting super-excited for our Heritage Open Day event next weekend, supported by @leedscivictrust.bsky.social. We'll have an interactive #minbeast trail plus loads of #familyfriendly activities including building #habitathouses from recycled materials, seed ball making and #naturegarden design

We’ll have Dr Bike visiting us twice over the next month. Run by Leeds Bike Mill, this is an opportunity to book a free half hour slot to get your #bike checked by a qualified mechanic. Basic repairs will be made where possible too! Book your slot at www.ticketsource.co.uk/leedsbikemill #cycling

Cade worked really hard at @tcvhollybush.bsky.social‬ this week, where he helped out in the garden and took part in some jam making. Great work Cade 👏👏👏 #ActuallyAutistic #Inclusion #Conservation #Work

Here's a pretty cool #beforeandafter! We received a kind donation of several pieces of unprocessed #oak direct from the arborist who cut the tree down and have turned them into these beautiful cheese boards. Now for sale in our little shop for £10 each, so pop in if you would like to buy one. 🧀🐭

A dragonfly nymph shell. A great spot by our volunteer officers, while doing some pond maintenance today. #dragonflynymphshell #dragonflynymph #dragonfly #naturegarden #wildlifegarden #pondlife

It’s the beginning of another busy buzzy week at Hollybush! A massive thank you to @westonfdn.bsky.social for their support with all the day-to-day costs of keeping Hollybush running, making a difference for people and for nature. 💚 #JoinInFeelGood #NatureMatters

☀ With the warm dry spring we're having, there's lots you can do to help wildlife stay cool. 🧡Provide enough water and top up bird baths & ponds. 🧡Place rocks in water dishes for insects to have a safe drink too. 🧡Let areas grow wild to provide shade. ywt.org.uk/actions/how-provide-water-wildlife

Wrapping up another gorgeous day in the Hollybush garden with a visit to the #wildflowermeadow, which gets better and better as the year progresses, and is absolutely teeming with wildlife at the moment 🐝🐞🪰🦋 #pollinators #PollinatorPower #pollinatorfriendly #hoverflies #ladybirds #butterflies

🍎🌿 Join Fruit Harvest Share: Aug-Nov 2025! 🌿🍎 Hey apple lovers!  Why not join Fruitwork Coop's 'Fruit Harvest Share' 🍏🍐 https://f.mtr.cool/sswbcvlukh  🌱 Delicious chemical-free fruit 🌼 Support Local What's not to love? Share this post with friends!

As it’s #Volunteersweek who is still using their @tcvhollybush.bsky.social #TCV Tea mugs? #Brewsup #showusyourMugs #recycle #puttingtheTinTCV #Oldschool #Brewkit @jotaylor.bsky.social

Join us in Leeds Kirkgate Market this Thursday for Being Social, an information event for people with a learning disability, where you can find out about organisations and things you can get involved with all over the city. 19 June 2025, 11am to 3pm #LearningDisabilities #connectinthenorth

Join us at Hollybush today for the family friendly Sunshine & Smiles fundraising musical extravaganza, host by Nicky Bray's Musical Menagerie We'll have music all day in the barn and Café 21 at TCV Hollybush will be open for Saturday afternoon Treats. All proceeds support Leeds Down Syndrome Network

🎉We're proud to have funded 6 projects in the second round of our Community Heritage Fund programme, in collaboration with @leedscommfound.bsky.social 🌱@tcvhollybush.bsky.social Rhubarb Roots project celebrates the heritage of the Hollybush site with a focus on rhubarb & redesigns their gardens

Come on down to Kirkgate Market today! TCV are here, as well as a whole host of other lovely community organisations sharing information about #wellbeing and #mentalhealth. 💚

Join us on Sunday 25th May, 10:30am-3:30pm for our favourite event of the year, the Hollybush Plant Sale, this year with the added excitement of a Rhubarb Fayre! #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plants #plantsale #familyfriendlyleeds #kirkstall #LS5 #horticulture #growingfood #growyourown

Thank you to Chevin Medical Practice for having us along to talk about the Travel with Confidence project in their team meeting today. We are looking forward to working closely together to support the people of Otley. www.opforum.org.uk/projects-and... #TravelWithConfidence #TravelBuddies #Otley

Another gorgeous and very busy day in the Hollybush garden! The sunshine is really making the colours of the flowers pop, and they look especially great together. Here are a couple 'accidentally amazing' combinations spotted today. #summertime #wildlifegarden #WildlifeConservation #naturegarden #May

Summer is in full swing in the Hollybush garden ☀ The first damsel flies have been spotted, the clematis is in full bloom and the bees are out in force 🐝💚 #naturegarden #May #wildlifegarden #WildlifeConservation #summertime #damselflies #bees

Happy May Day! Falling halfway between Spring equinox and the midsummer solstice, 1st of May has traditionally marked the start of summer in Europe. In the Hollybush garden you couldn’t ask for a more perfect summer morning ☀🐝🌸 #May #mayday #summertime #wildlifegarden #WildlifeConservation #LS5

It's been a great day for #butterfly spotting in the Hollybush garden, one even camouflaged itself as a daffodil! The #garden & #cafe will be open 10am-3pm on Good Friday, so do take a wander down and see how many you can identify. #speckledwoodbutterfly #largewhitebutterfly #butterflies #LS5

On this day 168 years ago, Emily Williamson was born. ⚡ At age 34, she founded the RSPB, setting the stage for over a century of vital work protecting nature, which continues today. Happy Birthday, Emily...here's to your enduring impact!

A very well camouflaged speckled wood butterfly in the Hollybush garden this morning. They enjoy the dappled sunshine of the woodland edge, which was exactly where this one was spotted! 🦋 #speckledwoodbutterfly #springtime #wildlifegarden #WildlifeConservation #woodland

Currently recruiting for Volunteer Officers! Gain skills and training in the conservation, nature, and green skills sectors. Email [email protected] for more info. www2.tcv.org.uk/cgi-bin/volu... #Training #conservation #CareerOpportunity #leeds #TCV #joininfeelgood #skills #GreenSpaces

Someone is feeling very photogenic today 🙂 #wildlifegarden #springtime #birds #robin #robins

What lovely weather for wildlife! Just a couple of visitors to the Hollybush garden this week #springtime #WildlifeConservation #wildlifegarden #butterflies #orangetipbutterfly #bumblebees

Sellers sought for our Rhubarb Fayre on Sunday 25th May, in Kirkstall, LS5. Stalls are free, and we’d love to welcome makers & crafters who sell the odd rhubarb-related item amongst their other stock. Please email [email protected]. #makersmarket #makers #artmarket #craft #craftfair #rhubarb

Spring marches on in the Hollybush garden, and the snake's head fritillary are looking particularly stunning this year. 💚 #WildlifeConservation #springflowers #springtime #spring #WildlifeGarden #SpringVibes #SpringFlowers #fritillaria #fritillary

It's been a day for sunbathing and leisurely snacks in the the Hollybush garden today. #dronefly #bumblebee #spring #springtime #springflowers #WildlifeConservation #WildlifeGarden

Check out our wonderful new wood store created by our super-talented #Volunteer Officers, Liz & Steve, who not only help us run groups during the week, but come in on Mondays & do jobs around the site to make it nicer for everyone. We'll be using this space to store & season #wood 🪚 #volunteering

In the Hollybush garden the catkins, the male flower of the Hazel tree, have been out for a while, but we're now spotting the teeny-tiny (and very difficult to photograph!) female hazel flowers, which are bright pink. #hazel #spring #WoodlandGarden

@fruitworkscoop.bsky.social are coming to Hollybush next month to run a workshop on apple tree grafting. Learn how to create apple trees to the size and variety you want using traditional grafting techniques. 🍏 Link to book your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/make-your-... #apples #applegrafting

We took a trip to the Wakefield Rhubarb Festival last week to get some inspiration for our Rhubarb Fayre later in the year. Ruby & Barb, the roaming stalks of rhubarb were amazing! For stall enquiries at Hollybush Rhubarb Fayre & Plant Sale on 25th May please email [email protected] #rhubarb

Potato Day has arrived! Come on down any time between now and 3pm to stock up on seed potatoes. We also have a seed swap and fire-baked potatoes in the woodland shelter, plus activities for kids in the classroom. #potatoes #familyfriendly #growyourown #dogfriendly #PotatoDay #familyfriendlyleeds

The Hollybush Project have been absolute heroes over the last couple of days, preparing over a hundred jacket potatoes to be sold at potato day on Sunday. Pop down for a fire baked spud from 11am until 3pm on the 16th.🥔 #potatoday #growyourown

It’s the big Hollybush Potato Day & Seed Swap this weekend. If you’ve never had the pleasure of attending a Potato Day before do pop down and see what all the fuss is about! It’s free to attend! #potatoes #growyourown #PotatoDay

The TCV Hollybush February 2025 Newsletter is out! Read all about our upcoming events, activities and learning opportunities in the next few weeks here: mailchi.mp/2721a7c7d823... #volunteering #conservation #JoinInFeelGood #LifelongLearning

🎉We are thrilled to announce the celebration of our 60th anniversary in 2025, marking six decades of work in protecting and enhancing the built environment and supporting the city’s cultural heritage. We've got a jam packed year ahead to celebrate...🔗zurl.co/rAJZk

If you discover a hibernating bumblebee while digging in your garden or allotment this winter, try to avoid disturbing her, and loosely re-cover her so she can hit the snooze button until spring. More advice from @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social at www.bumblebeeconservation.org #SaveTheBees #nature 🐝

Hollybush is in @wldispatch.bsky.social today asking for favourite rhubarb recipes & recollections of rhubarb growing in Kirkstall & Bramley, for a project supported by Historic England. westleedsdispatch.com/hollybush-ce... #rhubarb #LocalHistory #heritagepreservation #bramley #kirkstall

Potato Day is coming! For the last couple of weeks, the woodwork gang have been hard at work making and pyrographing beautiful planters to sell, specially designed for growing potatoes in. The event will run from 11am-3pm on Sunday 16th February. #growyourown #seedswap #growyourownveg #PotatoDay

Lots of excitement in the Hollybush Project classroom today – a visit from Charlie the therapy dog! Meanwhile it’s been a bright and frosty day in the garden. The robins were very keen to get stuck into their breakfast mealworms. #wildlifegarden #nature #naturegarden #robin

What a different morning it is in the garden compared to last Friday, still & full of birdsong. Snowdrops are flowering in their dozens & the first Hyacinth are blooming too. They smell gorgeous, so don't forget to give them a sniff if you're visiting! 😆 #springflowers #wildlifegarden #kirkstall

🌿 Last week to nominate your local food heroes? @Feed_Leeds want you to know - who are the inspiring gardeners, community champs, or local food initiatives?🌻 Nominations close this week Sun 2 Feb.  Click link: https://shorturl.at/fmYCQ #BestFoodies #Leeds #LocalFoodHeroes💚 🍽️🌱

A&E, hospitals and all health services are particularly busy in winter #WinterPressures. Help the #NHS and yourself by choosing the right service so you can the help you need as quickly and easily as possible. Visit togetherwe-can.com to see all the #help available across West Yorkshire and #Leeds