Gardeners meeting, next Wednesday 8th December 5:30pm
Kimberley Cleland
Hope you are having a lovely weekend and pop get to pop down to see your gardens :) There are plenty of tomato, basil, strawberry and chilli seedlings for the gardens situated next to the worm farms so help yourselves!
A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL for your involvement on the opening and the kinds offerings of food and donations that you put together. There are so many of you that contributed in so many different ways to the amazing opening celebrations, that I don’t quite know where to begin to thank you – so at the risk of missing someone out I want to make special mention of……… Kimberley and the incredible iced tea and cupcake stand she created; Marion for the trio that just made it feel like a ‘real’ garden party as soon as they started playing their wonderful music; Margaret & West for their tireless work in planting up, tidying up and preparing – and our giant funky flax arrangement!; Michelle for her extraordinary energy and hard work in so many areas – and those history snippets and photos that provided a whole extra dimension to the day; Angela and Deborah for the amazing arrival of a medicinal Herb Garden just in time – wow that was hard work…but you did it!; Wal for his quiet ‘getting on with the job’ to ensure the gardens looked great on the day (and for all those seedlings you keep producing!); Karina for the scarecows – we love them!!; Ian & Rebecca who sang and played so beautifully – what a gift of musical talent that added to the relaxed and special’ atmosphere; to my wonderful husband Al – not many know how many hours you slogged in those last weeks to make the opening the success it was (but I do and I am SOOO grateful!); Johno, who singlehandedly organized almost all of the giveaways, meat, bread, sauce tea and coffee…etc. A huge effort with huge results!; to all of you who made salads, baking, dressings, homemade lemonade, contributed pita breads and so on that all worked together perfectly to make a great meal for so many (I think there were 180 meals served! Whew!!); to those who turned up and shoveled, wheel-barrowed, weeded, tidied and sweated (Sue even bled on our behalf!) to make the gardens look fabulous on the day – and they do look fabulous. It was a massive effort on so many levels – but so exciting to see it all come together and our collective pride and joy in what has been achieved in such a short time. As a gardening ‘family’ it was great to mark a point in time to stop and savor the fruits of our labours and indulge in an essential and well deserved bit of collective back patting. Well done everyone!! With more thankyous than I can possibly communicate in words – Anne Gourley
Our regular gardeners meeting is this Wednesday, 8th at 5.30pm. Michelle’s neighbour Sue is going to do a Singapore style cook & taste demonstration using produce from our gardens; and we are going to share a few ideas around using water wisely to get the best results from our gardens. Come prepared to share and learn in this very ‘hands on’ meeting!
We will also be discussing a roster of people for our 10-12 shed opening times over the summer break.
It’s a busy time of year but also the best time for making the most of long balmy evenings at the gardens…an idea has been floated about a semi-regular Friday night BBQ shared tea? We have lots of bread, sauce and some meat patties left over from the opening celebrations – so with some on the spot freshly picked salady things and BYO eating utensils/drinks we could have an instant feast!! We are thinking the first one could possible be on the Friday 17th at 6pm??
Kind regards and look forward to seeing you Wednesday!!
Lets Get Growing!
Kim