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

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Open Day and Plant Sale Saturday 24th May 2-5pm

 

We got tomato plants...

 

 

Oh boy, we got lots of tomatoes...

 

 

No, really. Lots and lots...

 

 

And of course many other plants and seedlings for sale...

 

 

The return of the world famous Timbola, Tea and Cakes and much more...
 

 

 

April Poem

Pond

 

There is a spot at the Garden Gate

Of which we're very fond

With life abounding here of late -

It is of course our pond.

 

This Winter was not cold enough

To cover it with ice;

Disturbed a little by a puff

Of wind - effect is "nice".

 

Surrounded by a wooden fence

And verge for several plants

To lean and watch when we are tense

And merge into a trance.

 

And then, behold! It's feeding time

for fish both black and gold

Emerged in Spring from Winter clime

Survived the Winter's cold.

 

K.M. Pettitt.

Our recent Open Day was a roaring success with over 600 quid taken on the day.

Big thanks to everyone who came along...

 

 

As usual there were refreshments aplenty...

 

As well as Art Cakes...

 

Which somebody seemed to enjoy...

 

We had a slightly scary performance poet...

 

And we built a lion...

 

Our next Open Day will be May 24th with lots of plants for sale - details coming soon...