Alastair Fitter’s long 1 acre garden stretches from Huntington Road to the River Foss.  There are perennial borders, an alpine bed, a peat-free ‘peat’ bed, a woodland garden, a traditional orchard with 85 year old trees mixed with more recently planted specimen trees and shrubs, a meadow with fritillaries in spring and orchids in summer, wet woodland by the river with oxlips in spring, and a large wildlife pond fringed with primulas, irises and native wetland plants.  A new feature is an alpine house.  There are over 1200 species of plant in the garden, including over 250 natives.

Open: Thursday 8 July, 2-5pm

Location: 533 Huntington Road, York YO32 9PY. 200m north of Huntington School

Parking: Disabled parking down long narrow drive (but you may have to reverse out!), or on local side streets (Burn Estate & Arbor Close)

Additional: Refreshments; plant sale; partly accessible; guide dogs permitted

Cost: Season Ticket £20, Day Ticket £5.