Garden Gadabout update
Posted:28 June 2010
Taken from the writings of our London friends at The Womens Room blog: www.thewomensroom.typepad.com/the_womens_room/
I dont go to therapy, instead I garden. It keeps me calm, I can work through all my issues and have imaginary arguments in the greenhouse where no one can hear me and I always win. The plants respond well to the attention and there are weeks when I spend more time nurturing my seedlings than my family.
The other advantage of gardening is meeting other gardeners, who are all too willing to share their interest in growing things and often give you stuff, in the form of cuttings and bits of leaf to identify. This weekend we went to the Garden Gadabout in a very sunny Brighton where we met some fabulous enthusiasts eager to share their green spaces.
We saw a number of interesting trends..
- The new shed everyones got a fancy room-in-the-garden shed, with sofas/internet connection/curtains
- Vegetables in raised beds everywhere but everywhere
- Potatoes in bags/containers apparently easy and prolific
- Beech sticks as wigwams for climbers (prettier than bamboo)
- Chickens who have their own fancy coups if theyre lucky
- Seating areas loads of them everywhere
- Recycled boxes/tins/sacks are the new pots
- Mosaics from small to complex, black and white or multi coloured
- Creating your own seed packets and hand drawing the floral fronts
- Cakes it seems all gardeners can cook cakes and make excellent lemonade
Here are some of the photos taken this weekend
and dont forget the Garden Gadabout (private gardens opening in aid of the charity Susssex Beacon) is happening again weekend 3rd/4th July.
Note from GG coordinator Bridgette Saunders: “As usual The Sussex Beacon’s garden will be opening Saturday 3rd July. Come and visit us and see the changes that have taken place. You’ll receive a warm welcome and have the opportunity to visit the gardens of this unique centre. There will be stalls, a tombola and of course cream teas to buy and enjoy whilst
relaxing in tranquil surroundings. All the funds raised from The Garden Gadabout come directly to The Sussex Beacon.”
Check their website for details www.gardengadabout.org.uk