Autumn continues in the Garden and still the leaves are falling.

We told you that the Kent Wildlife Trust Gardening for Wildlife awards would be presented in the Autumn, and so they were.

We were pleasantly surprised to be given a Silver Award at our first attempt, but already we are thinking of how to make that a Gold award for next year. We hope to be working with East Kent Mencap on a number of projects to make the Garden more wildlife friendly and to get us in the mood for that , here is a small selection of fairly seasonal pictures from the huge collection of fantastic shots the Mencap Photographic Group have taken in the Garden over the years:

In other news, we have had an extremely generous private donation which has enabled us to start work repairing our large poly tunnel which was damaged by fire last winter.

 Hopefully work will be completed by the New Year so that we will be able to get a head start on Spring sowing.

 If anyone is planning on working on their own garden over the winter and think they may need some wood chippings...

 we have just had a huge delivery, so come and see us and bring a bag, or a trailer.

Of course we still also have leaf mould, compost and manure available here, so if you need any, or know anyone who needs any, come and see us or give us a call.