News has reached us about the outcome of the recent "Gardening on the edge" festival in which our garden "The Shambles", and five others, was open for the Queens Birthday weekend.
Apparently 1700 people attended of whom more than 1100 visited our garden so that after costs $15,000 was raised for various local organizations and charities.
We are most pleased that the Montville rural Fire brigade received $1500 and the Blackall range Care Group $5000.
The garden was almost completely unscathed by so many visiting feet and had quite a lot of colour and interest on show. Now nearly a fortnight later the weather is cool to cold and showery. Plant growth and flowering has really slowed down and our deciduous trees have finally declared autumn/winter. Confused Jonquils are flowering and many ever reliable hady perennials are carrying on with blousy flowers regardless.
The visit by about thirty members of the International tropical Foliage and Garden Society was very friendly and enjoyable but I'm sure that they felt as though they were visting East Sussex rather than East Timor! We thank them for a gift of a special Anthurium and a bottle of wine.
Picture: Iochroma cyaneum
We are glad to have our privacy back. It's very important for us and for our poor old garden, and our dog, to be able to relax for a while.
Our next visitors will be from Heritage Roses in Australia on 26th July to help bash our errant old fashioned roses into shape, while attempting to prune and feed them for the visit , on 5th October of the National tour of Heritage Roses in Australia, "Rainforest to Roses"
we'll get out of your way now , get back into slippers and dressing gown, Gate Locked
michael Simpson
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