A new monthly food market will take place at Crescent Gardens in Harrogate — and it starts this Sunday.
Real Food Markets, a community interest company that has organised a food market in Ilkley for six years, will be hosting food and drink and craft stalls on the third Sunday of every month.
The free-to-attend market will be based at Crescent Gardens opposite the old Harrogate Borough Council offices and will run from 10am to 3pm.
February’s market will feature stalls offering cheeses, sushi, sticky toffee puddings, scotch eggs and gluten-free products. There will also be stalls selling products including goat milk soaps, candles, fine art and blankets.
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Matthew Chapman, Harrogate Business Improvement District manager, said:
“We are delighted to be working with Real Food Markets who are looking to replicate the success they have tasted in Ilkley here in Harrogate. This year, we are hoping to work with a host of different organisations to stage events in Harrogate town centre, which will offer visitors a different experience on each occasion.”
Tim Dabell, event management officer at Harrogate Borough Council, said
“We look forward to working with Lucy and her team in 2022 to encourage the residents of the Harrogate district to shop locally for products in a safe environment. We feel this addition will enhance the whole town centre shopping experience.”
Julia Gabler, owner of Harrogate children’s clothing brand 2 Little Mice, which is among the stallholders, said:
Harrogate to get second Christmas market“Our items are ethically made at our Harrogate workshop. While online and retail trading takes up most of our time, we do love to meet our customers face to face and Real Food Harrogate will be a great way to interact with our wonderful customers and show them the faces behind the brand. “
A second Christmas market is to be staged in Harrogate on the first weekend of December.
Harrogate Borough Council said in a statement today it had agreed a partnership with Little Bird Made to hold a festive artisan market in Valley Gardens on December 4 and 5.
The statement added that subject to an acceptable event management plan, the artisan market will feature around 60 local traders and producers.
The stalls will sell a variety of festive arts and crafts, clothing, homeware, jewellery, as well as locally produced food and drink.
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It will accompany the new Harrogate Christmas Fayre, organised across town by Market Place Europe, which will run from December 3 until December 12.
The fayre will see 50 stalls erected in Cambridge Street, Market Place, Station Square and Cambridge Crescent.
Harrogate Borough Council is also working with Harrogate BID and North Yorkshire County Council on the fayre, which will take the place of the one traditionally held on Montpellier Hill.
‘Festive cheer’
Little Bird Made’s website says its markets offer a “diverse, quality, shopping experience that celebrates independent producers”.
Ripon resident Jackie Crozier, who set up Little Bird Made in 2018, said:
“I am delighted to be working with Harrogate Borough Council to bring an additional Christmas market to Harrogate this year.
“Our markets showcase some of Yorkshire’s finest small businesses and are a great opportunity to bring some festive cheer and buy that special gift for the holidays.
“We are always looking for new traders to join our growing portfolio of markets, so anyone looking for a stall should get in touch.”
Cllr Andy Paraskos, cabinet member for environment, waste reduction and recycling, said:
Who is the mystery Good Samaritan carving seats in Nidd Gorge?“We’ve said for some time that we want to ensure festive cheer returns to Harrogate town centre this year and I’m delighted that Little Bird Made will complement Market Place Europe’s offering.
“They provide fantastic artisan markets that showcase the best home-grown traders and producers and I’m confident there will be something for everyone. I’m eager to see what will be on offer.
“Hopefully this leads to a longer-term relationship with Little Bird to deliver a monthly artisan market in the Valley Gardens in the future.”
A mystery carver is turning felled trees into seats in Nidd Gorge.
Since the weekend, at least two trees have been transformed into seats — and the artisan even appears to sign his or her work.
Paul Haslam, the Conservative councillor for Harrogate Old Bilton on Harrogate District Council, posted about the phenomenon after noticing it twice since the weekend.
He told the Stray Ferret the trees, believed to be conifers, were probably felled as part of a policy to remove non-indigenous species, and they appeared to have been lying on the ground for years.
Both seats that have appeared bear this symbol, which suggests the carver is signing the work.
Cllr Haslam added it appeared the person uses traditional hand tools, adding it was a great use of natural resources.
His job as an executive coach involves teaching people to lead stress-free lives and he said being close to nature could help to achieve this.
He added on his Facebook page:
“Thank you for creating places for people to sit and appreciate the tranquility. Being in nature is vital to our wellbeing.”
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