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Feb 2021
Nursery donates flowers to Henshaws' sensory garden
Henshaws Arts and Crafts Centre has been awarded the first of 12 donations made by a commercial nursery in the Harrogate district.
Johnsons of Whixley has donated £150 worth of winter interest plants to the charity's sensory garden in Knaresborough.
Henshaws provides vocational training, including art and horticulture workshops, for people with a wide range of both learning and physical disabilities.
The nursery hopes its donation will bring a splash of colour to anyone using the centre during the pandemic.
Johnsons is giving away 12 donations to Yorkshire charities this year as part of its centenary celebrations. Henshaws is the first recipient.
The plants donated include hamamelis, skimmia, sarcococca and helleborus.
Gemma Young, fundraising manager at Henshaws, said:
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Eleanor Richardson, marketing manager of Johnsons, said:
At the start of the pandemic, Johnsons donated hundreds of plants to local villages and spent £5,000 in Whixley, the village where it is based, to restore a stained glass window in the church.
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