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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · 10d

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

TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · 25d

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

TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

Minibeast Metropolis flyer, Sunday 11th September, 11am-3pm

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Sep 11

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

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Leeds Autism Services @leedsautism.bsky.social · Aug 7

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

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Jul 15

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. 🧀🐭

TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Jul 8

A dragonfly nymph shell. A great spot by our volunteer officers, while doing some pond maintenance today.

#dragonflynymphshell #dragonflynymph #dragonfly #naturegarden #wildlifegarden #pondlife

TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust @yorkswildlife.bsky.social · May 2

☀ 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

A graphic providing tips for helping wildlife in hot weather. The graphic uses orange and white illustrations and text to convey how to support thirsty and heat-sensitive animals during the summer. The advice includes: providing shallow dishes of water, topping up bird baths with clean water, keeping bird feeders full, giving animals cover from the sun with logs and tall grass, keeping ponds topped-up, and leaving wilder areas in gardens for shelter. A sidebar alerts readers about the danger of raisins to pets.

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

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FoodWise Leeds @foodwiseleeds.bsky.social · Jun 12

🍎🌿 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!

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Richard T Taylor @richardttaylor.bsky.social · Jun 6

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

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Jun 17

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

TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · May 31

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

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Leeds Civic Trust @leedscivictrust.bsky.social · May 20

🎉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

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Groundwork Yorkshire @groundworkyorks.bsky.social · May 15

#MentalHealthAwareness

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · May 16

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. 💚

Leeds Autism AIM @leedsautismaim.bsky.social · May 16

Today from 11am-3pm, we and the Autism AIM - Mental Health Equity Project will be at @forumcentral.bsky.social and @touchstonesupport.bsky.social's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Marketplace event!

A poster for the Mental Health Awareness Week Marketplace event on Friday 16th May, from 11am-3pm at Kirkgate Market, Leeds.

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · May 15

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

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Leeds Older People's Forum @leedsopf.bsky.social · May 15

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

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · May 13

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

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · May 9

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

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · May 1

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

View of the Hollybush garden, across the wildflower meadow.

View of the Hollybush garden, path in sunshine

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Apr 17

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

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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Apr 17

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 creative tribute to Emily Williamson, featuring a sepia-toned photograph of her as a young woman. She appears in period clothing, poised with one hand resting on a book. Behind her, a faded blue original emblem of the Society for the Protection of Birds, which she co-founded, includes illustrations of various birds in flight and perched, encircled by the society's name.

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TCV Hollybush @tcvhollybush.bsky.social · Apr 14

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

Speckled wood butterfly on woodchip and leaf litter

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