TV’s Yorkshire Vet, along with the mayor and mayoress of Harrogate, officially opened a new garden centre cafe in Ripon today.

F Tate and Sons Larkhill Nurseries’ new cafe called The Olive Tree will be open everyday from 9am to 3.30pm.

Peter Wright, who stars as The Yorkshire Vet, is a friend of the Tate family and turned up today to help spread the word.

The cafe will serve a range of food and drinks including all day breakfast, avocado on toast, a full brunch menu as well as coffee. The cafe will source all of its products locally.

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This is what The Olive Tree looks like inside.

Tom Tate, F Tate and Sons Larkhill Nurseries, told the Stray Ferret ahead of the opening:

“It has been a long time coming. We have been waiting for the right time to open and we think that this is it. We are trying to create a new experience and a new standard for garden centre cafes and we are proud of the results.”

The Olive Tree has created nine new jobs at the garden centre and Mr Tate expects it to create even more part time jobs for busier times.