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.

Community Art Day

We will be having our next Community Art Day on Wednesday 23rd October 10am to 2.30pm. Workshops, lunch, please come along and take part...

October catch up

We've been busy at the Garden lately...

 Painting the cabin...

Visiting the East Kent Ploughing match...

And then there was the late summer open day...

 Teas...

Coffees...

 Woodworking...

 Livestock...

 Music...

And lots of people - a good time was had by all.

A September Poem

September's turning cool; the summers done.

A penny for the time the sun has shone.

The people keep on coming through the gate-

The trees discard their twigs on the estate.

(Some windy weather gusting in the leaves)

The Thanet fields disgorging all their sheaves-

With veg'tables and fruit the season's full,

And Winter 'round the corner - feel the pull.

The temp'rature has dropped within a week-

There's no doubt that the warmth is past its peak

Keith Pettit