This is a new version of the Friends of the Storey Gardens website, launched on 29 November 2023.

This page only records updates to the website from that date.

28 November 2024

A report of the Light Up Lancaster event held in November 2024 has been added as a Past Event.  Click here to view.

15 November 2024

​A new post has been added to the Gardening Blog for September and October 2024.  Click here to view.

14 November 2024

​A new post has been added to the Nature Blog for September and October 2024.  Click here to view.

13 November 2024

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog to record the installation of two more sculptures in The Tasting Garden.  Click here to view the post.

10 November 2024

Home page updated to remove details of Light Up Lancaster 2024 which has now finished.

4 November 2024

Home page updated with details of Light Up Lancaster 2024. 

25 September 2024

A number of updates have been made:

• A report of the Heritage Open Days event held in September 2024 has been added as a Past Event.  Click here to view.
• A separate entry has been created under Past Events that links to a new webpage showing the oilcloth designs created for the Heritage Open Days event.  This new webpage has also been added as a submenu item under the All Media dropdown menu.  Click here to view.
• The History webpage has been updated to include a link to the Walk around the Block webpage.  Click here to view.
• The Walk around the Block webpage has been added as a submenu item under the History dropdown  menu.  Click here to view.

24 September 2024

A new post has been added to the Gardening Blog to record the gardening activities during July and August 2024.  Click here to view.

​A new post has been added to the Nature Blog for July and August 2024.  Click here to view.

15 September 2024

Website updated to reflect the end of the Heritage Open Days event.  A report of the event will follow.

22 July 2024

The Heritage Open Days - September 2024 event page has been updated to include a link to the new Storey Discovery Trail page.

21 July 2024

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog to record the engraving of the fruit names on the plinths under the five new sculptures.  Click here to view the post.

13 July 2024

Heritage Open Days - September 2024 has been added as a forthcoming event.  Click here for the details.

7 July 2024

A new post has been added to the Gardening Blog to record the gardening activities during April, May and June 2024. Click here to view.

5 July 2024

​A two new posts has been added to the Nature Blog for May and June 2024.  Click here to view the post for May.  Click here to view the post for June.

26 May 2024

​A new post has been added to the Nature Blog for April 2024.  Click here to view.  There will be no post to the Gardening blog for April.  The gardening activities for April and May 2024 will be combined into one post.

12 May 2024

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog to record the installation of five more fruit sculptures in The Tasting Garden.  Click here to view the post.

Home page updated.

24 April 2024

Home page updated.

3 April 2024

Home page updated.

30 March 2024

A new post has been added to the Gardening Blog to record the gardening activities during March 2024.  Click here to view.

​A new post has been added to the Nature Blog for March 2024.  Click here to view.

26 March 2024

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog to record Alan Ward's progress creating more fruit sculptures.  Click here to view the post.

Home page updated.

15 March 2024

A new post has been added to the Gardening Blog to record the gardening activities during February 2024.  Click here to view.

A new post has been added to the Nature Blog for February 2024.  Click here to view.

6 March 2024

Home page updated.

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog to record the creation of the Bradbourne Black cherry sculpture by Alan Ward.  Click here to view the post.

27 February 2024

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog to record the completion of the Golden Spire sculpture by Alan Ward.  Click here to view the post.

14 February 2024

Home page updated with a reference to current displays of yellow crocuses and snowdrops.

The Contact Us page has been amended to include links to a new online FOG membership form and a new online enquiry form.

9 February 2024 

A new post has been added to the Gardening Blog to record the gardening activities during January 2024.  Click here to view.

A new post has been added to the Nature Blog for January 2024.  Click here to view.

21 January 2024

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog.  it shows the model Alan Ward has created of the Golden Spire apple prior to him starting work on the sculpture itself.  Click here to view the post.

20 January 2024

A new post has been added to the Gardening Blog to record the gardening activities during October, November and December 2023.  Click here to view.

A new post has been added to the Nature Blog covering the period of October to December 2023.  Click here to view.

10 January 2024

A report of Light Up Lancaster 2023 in the Storey Gardens has been added to the list of past events. 

​Click here to view. 

6 January 2024

A guide to the Storey Gardens produced by Lancaster Civic Vision has been added under the All Media menu item.

Click here to view.

20 December 2023

A new post has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog to record the completion of the Ribston Pippin sculpture by Alan Ward.  The post also names the next fruit sculpture that Alan will start on in January 2024.  Click here to view the post.

8 December 2023

Two new posts has been added to the Recreating the Garden blog. 

One post records the successful end to the Spacehive crowdfunding campaign.  It also names which fruit sculpture Alan Ward has now started work on.  Click here to view the post.

The other post records the removal of the last of the original concrete plinths from The Tasting Garden.  Click here to view this post.

30 November 2023

Home page updated to announce the successful end of the Spacehive crowdfunding campaign.  This will pay for more stone fruit sculptures in The Tasting Garden.