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A dedicated group of volunteers are creating a garden at Aldborough Roman Site. Visitors can now see plants that the Romans introduced to Britain including a wide range of vegetables and herbs that were used for medicinal purposes.

On Saturday, September 24, 2024 they were very pleased to welcome the Mayor of Boroughbridge, Councillor Pauline Phillips and her Consort Peter, to the presentation of a garden seat. The seat has been donated by a FORA member.
After the presentation, the gardeners led a tour of the garden, showing how the grassy area had been transformed into an immaculate, flourishing garden by their hard work.
Another donation to the garden is a beautiful notice board made by Jennyruth Workshops.
Now the different beds are well organised, the next phase in the garden is to work on the planned orchard.

We are delighted to have another exciting and varied programme of talks and visits. Following our successful programme of Zoom talks, we will start the year with an online talk. We will then be hosting live talks in Aldborough.We hope that these will also be available online for those not wishing to travel.

Information on how to access these will be sent to members in the newsletters or by contacting secretary@romanaldborough.co.uk

Once again we are organising visits to Roman sites and museums in London and the North of England. The following are included in the 2024 Programme:

A visit to The Society of Antiquaries with Professor Martin Millett, President and the ‘Legion: Life in the Roman Army’ exhibition at The British Museum.

A guided walk around Coldstones Cut and Greenhow lead mines led by Shirley Everett, geologist and local mine historian.

A guided walk around Roman York led by Professor Martin Millett.

A tour of the Great North Museum, Newcastle led by Andrew Parkin, Keeper of Archaeology.

We hope that you are able to join us on some or all of these. Dates and further details will be available in the newsletters or by contacting secretary@romanaldborough.co.uk