Curiouser and curiouser...

©Jo Willis

The Garden Gate has been featured by uber-cool  The Curio in Margate. This can be seen in last Friday's Thanet Gazette (23rd August) in the homes section, or there are more pictures on the Curio website.

Some Summery Shots...

Pictures by Ben and Bad Tim.

August - some rhyming couplets

August! A time to catch the baby snail

Before he has a chance to leave a trail

of holes in leaves, and climbing up the wall,

He makes a getaway before the Fall.

It's June that is the mating time for these -

And broken stems - for them the size of trees

So - what we need - the beak of Mister Thrush

Who with his rhythmic tapping breaks the hush,

So meantime Ben and Keith can take their pick

Removing them from site, complete the Trick.

Keith Pettit

July's Poem

The Summer Sun is here to stay

(at least another week)

We use the time to work and play-

July is at its peak

The seeds we sowed in Spring have grown-

Their produce we consume;

And roses in their beds have shown

A colourful costume.

The heady scents of summer days

Can percolate the air;

And distance skies are hid by haze

The weather boding fair.

                                    Keith Pettit

Community Art Day

Last Friday we held our second community art day, it was a great success and everyone enjoyed their selves, many thanks to all the artists and volunteers who made it such a good day.

June's Poem

June

The air is cool and into June -

The summer has escaped -

But Mother nature as a boon

The Earth with green has draped.

The nymphs they climb the Iris reeds

Emerge as dragonflies -

The bees and birds in summer meads -

The wind it tests and tries.

Despite the cold the humans sow

Their seeds, encourage flowers -

The Violets and some Pansies glow

And while away the hours.

Keith Pettit

Open Day

 Thank's to all the people that attended and thank's to the staff and volunteers that made the day so successful, in three hours we raised £650.00 which will be used for us to recover our old polytunnel.