Merry Christmas...

Xmas dinner in the polytunnel

Happy diners

Yum

Seconds

And a good time was had by all.

Decembrrrr...

And sometimes in December when it's still

Diluted sunshine renders landscape gold

In Summer Mother Nature drank her fill

But now she must receive the piercing cold

The birds retrieving berries if they're bold

The squirrels must recall their hidden seeds

While everyone around performing deeds.

K. Pettitt.

Re-covering the small polytunnel

November

November is the time when leaves are thick

Upon the ground, around the parks and grass;

The longer-lived perform their colour trick,

The branches of some others remain sparse.

The Southern winds in course of time will pass -

And what about the arctic blasts in store?

Despite the depths of gloom - please give us more!

Keith Pettitt.

Garden Gate Bicycle Club

We've seen lots of interesting bikes and cyclists at The Garden over the past year...

We always encourage cycling, so we look forward to seeing more of you on your bikes soon. Remember, it's never too cold...

Community Art Day

 Well, the weather turned out nice for our community art day...

There was painting...

Leaf printing...

And mucking about with clay...

There was soup for lunch...

And a good time was had by all...

October lines



The middle of October - after rain;
The leaves are turning colours once again -
And some leaves are even falling off the trees!
But let the warmth of summer hang on, please!
Instead the skies are cloudy, the air cold -
Below the average later, so I'm told.
Some birds have flown away to warmer climes,
The rest anticipating better times.
Inhabitants are mopping up the leaves
And, after coffee, rolling up their sleeves.

K M Pettitt.