Yorkshire made up for last year’s downpours as 38 members and friends were blessed with a warm sunny July day at Harlow Carr. The coach struggled up the final hill – fortunately it was downhill on the return after we’d all visited Betty’s Tea Shop!

These splendid Gardens, which were taken over by the RHS in 2001, have been considerably revamped including The Queen Mother's Lake constructed in 2002 and "Gardens through Time", a series of model gardens representing different styles in Garden History, (period Regency, Victorian, Edwardian, 50s and 70s individual gardens) built as part of the BBC TV series of the same name in 2004.

The Main Borders have also recently undergone a comprehensive redesign and the woodland has been regenerated and now includes a Winter Walk and a Rhododendron Glade, resplendent with spring flowering bulbs – unfortunately we were too late to see this area at its best.