Sunday, 17 August 2014

OPEN DAY 23rd AUGUST 2pm - 5pm



Open Day Saturday 23rd August 2pm - 5pm


Here's what The Boss says...

 
"Open Day coming up Saturday 23rd August 2pm to 5pm strong tea, proper coffee, great cakes and garden produce...
 


We also have musician Sally Ironmonger performing songs about the garden as part of Folk Weeks community project...
 


Come and see us and join in the fun".


Pictures by Timothy S. Winkwworth

Monday, 4 August 2014

 

Another sunny day has made a start
A swift can reel and pivot 'gainst the sky
The distance sees the gulls pursue their art.
 
An insubstantial cloud through which to fly -
A vapour trail disintegrates again -
A pigeon flutters past, his luck to try.
 
A "normal" sort of scene, then, in the main
The rooftops are reflecting summer light
A siren wailing past reveals the strain
That waited in obeisance through the night.
 
                                                          K Pettitt.






Monday, 7 July 2014

All To-marrow's Parties...


 How it went down...
 
Nyle...
 
Sienna...
 
John Doggerel and the Bad Poets... 
 
 
Boo Forever...
 Liotia
MC Hi-Vizz and DJ Payback
 
And they all had a good time...
 
Big thank you to everyone who came along.

Monday, 23 June 2014

Mini Music Festival...


Five local bands
Return of the Finnish Disco
Bring Your Own picnic/booze/blanket (no glass please)
Wristbands a tenner each for the day, available from The Garden Gate, 07714 742456, or on the gate
Limited parking - try to come on the Loop or by bicycle...
 
 

Mondo Cane...

 
On reading magazine today
It's all about the 'dog' -
Receptors in the brain, they say,
Can lead through any fog!
 
The three dogs that I know of, though,
Could sniff their way around 
The darkest night and deepest snow
That really could be found.
 
But most of all they like to sniff
where fellow dogs have been -
I pull them on, am feeling stiff
And not much part of scene...
 
Now Zena's dog has found dislike
And tends to bark at me -
I wonder if my name was Mike,
He'd act contrarily?
 
                                                  KMP
 


 
 
 

Monday, 2 June 2014


 
Another fun Open Day...
 
With lots of welcome visitors...
 
 The return of the world famous Timbola...
 
Plant Sales Girls...
 
And the Grumpy Chef... 
 
Then the rain came down...
 
We all found shelter where we could...
 
Crowding in the tunnel... 
 
 While some were sensible enough to wear a hat...
 
 And through it all the band played on...


 
 
Varieties of Summer green
Await the end of May
With Nature clothed, the Summer scene
Refuses to decay.
 
The clouds are scudding 'cross the sky
And evening stays on late;
Some gulls retreating with a cry -
Direction - homeward state.
 
Around the garden petals close
Performing lengthy blink;
A cooling breeze; from South it blows -
The sky an orange pink.