Dry Stone Walling - News
RHS Display Garden - Wentworth Woodhouse
The branch was recently asked to participate in building a dry stone wall round a display garden at the recent RHS Flower Show held at Wentworth Woodhouse.
Congratulations to all the participants, including branch members Rob Johnson and Gary Helliwell.
Training Courses - 2025
Our 2025 training course programme is now well under way, with the August course now complete.
The recent dry weather has continued, and we had a number of hard-working and enthusiastic trainees.
The courses so far have been conducted in Hoylandswaine at our new venue, which has proved very suitable. One of the Autumn courses is due to be held at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Frickley Park - 2025
Last year, with the landowner's kind permission, we built a new feature at Frickley Park in honour of our late chairman and treasurer Dave Brookes, who had a long association with Frickley. The feature incorporates a semicircular wall between two pillars, and has a seat in the middle.
The project was completed in October last year. This Summer, we held a commemmoration event there, which was an enjoyable and well-attended event, and included a moving dedication by Andy Norman.
We hope to be doing more work at Frickley in the near future.
Penistone Show - September 2024
This year we were very happy to be back at Penistone Show.
We had a very enjoyable and productive day, and built a new wall feature, which will hopefully be of benefit to local residents and walkers.
We also had a record number of course sign-ups, with a late surge of interest in the October training course.
Our thanks to Bill Noble, the Penistone Show Committee, and of course our many visitors.