Photos Of A Robin

Last month Andy Short local wildlife photographer came to the garden and took these.
Don't forget open day Saturday 8th June.
Best wishes
Paul
The Garden Gate

May's Poem

A sudden splurge of green, and May is here,

The blossom has appeared, and all at once

The wintertime has gone from cold and sere,

But wind is from the north, and we ensconce

Ourselves within the cabin in response.

'We need some sunny weather' is the shout

A swift is spied, hallo to summer's scout 

                                                    

                                                      Keith Pettitt

Garden Gate Open Day

Hi, we will be holding an open day 2pm - 5pm Saturday 8th June,
we are based in Northdown Park, Cliftonville, Margate please come and see us. We will be selling plants, teas and cakes, gourmet sausages, Keith Richards 78's, the world famous Timbola and much more.
For more information you can contact me on the gardens mob 07952492139, call me directly on 07714742456 or email thegardengateproject@yahoo.co.uk
hope to see you all
Paul
Garden Manager

Spot The Difference

After a long cold winter I think spring is truly here,

many thanks to all the people who attended the garden through one of the coldest winters in fifty years.

Paul Boyce

Garden Manager

My First Day At Work 14.01.13

Yesterday 01.05.13

April's poem

The sunlight is increasing all the time

And April rain besprinkles after cold

The evidence is of a change of time

The gardeners returning to the fold;

The cabin's taking more than it can hold!

The Spring is very late - even the weeds

Reduced to just competing with the seeds.

Keith Pettitt

Snake's head fritillaries

Spring is truly here at The Garden Gate and in our woodland I spotted these snake's head fritillaries with our willow fox in the back ground.

 Well what do you know, it's that time of year again... 

It's National Beanpole Week. We have our own Hazel Bean Poles and Pea Sticks all grown and cut here at the Garden Gate. Everything you could possibly want for all your Legume needs this year.

Finally our large polytunnel has been re-covered and so we can start sowing, growing, pricking-out and potting-on.

Before

During

After

We've even started doing some gardening now that Spring has finally Sprung (we hope).

Spuds going in first.