23 November 2019 10:00am to 3:00pm

 2022 Sales Dates listed below.

7 September 2019 10:00am to 4:00pm

Informal railway event 4:00pm to 6:00pm

Saturday 30 June 10am to 4pm

Saturday 7 July 10:00am - 4:00pm

The Nursery took part in the Bloom! Festival celebrating 250 years of the Ancient Society of York Florists. The Nursery was open for three days and a narrow gauge railway truck decorated with plants was displayed on York Railway Station. During the festival, the nursery celebrated the 30th Anniversary of the opening of the Nursery's narrow gauge railway with a railway evening featuring its own motive power and two locomotives and a brake van from the Ripon & District Light Railway.

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View Stuart Chapman's Video of 30th Anniversary Evening

Applications are open for the post of Volunteer Coordinator. View job description below.

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Saturday 8 September 10:00am to 4:00pm

6 October 10:00am - 3:00pm

8 December 10:00am - 3:00pm

The 2019 Sales Dates are now available on the Plant Sales page. As well as the normal sales there are dates celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the Poppleton Community Railway Nursery on 30 March and the return of the St Crux sale on 22 May.

The Nursery has been awarded the Duke of York’s Community Initiative. This is a Royal Award presented to community projects based in Yorkshire. The schemes need to be owned, developed and led by the people they serve. The schemes should be of real value to the community, well run and an inspiration to others.The Award lasts for five years, after which reapplication can be made.

10th Anniversay Celebration

30 March 10:00am - 3:00pm

Many thanks to Stage One Creative Services of Marston Business Park who have donated 50 polycarbonate sheets to the nursery. These will be used in the new hardening off area currently being built at the Railway Nursery. 

27 April 2019 10:00am - 4:00pm

22 May 10:00am to 4:00pm at St Crux Church Hall, York

1 June 2019 10:00am to 4:00pm

7 July 2019 10:00am to 4:00pm

Bob Brook, David Dawson and Tim Elsworth took the Nursery's model railway to the National Garden Railway Show at Peterborough Arena on 8 April. Over the winter the team has been overhauling and improving the layout for the event.

The Nursery website has been given a revamp. Andrew Gillat at Cicada Studio in Queensland, Australia has designed a new website using the Joomla Content Management software package. The new website gives better readability on mobile phones and tablet devices as well as more conventional computers. Updating the site is easier as an authorised user can access the site on any device with a network connection - even a mobile phone!