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Social Events
During the working seson we have two social events in the garden. Our Open Day in July allows the gardeners to entertain family, friends and visitors, the gardeners enjoy showing the work they have acxheived and are happy tom answer questions. There are fun and games on the terrace, with tombola, tea and cakes and an excellent BBQ run by Phil. Our end of serason 'Get-Together is a fun party for the gardeners, volunteers and invited guests. Held in the Potting shed in late November we have to be inventive due to space restrictions. Funny games , tea and cake, present giving and a good time to say goodbye until the next season. |
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During the Corona virus 'lockdown' the garden has been kept going by the very hard work of our Project Manager - Jean Burgess. Single handed she has, sown seeds, weeded terraces and planted out when the seedlings were ready. There is an amazing variety of vegetables and soft fruits on the terraces and in the green house. As well as all this hard work Jean has managed to keep us all in touch with the 'goings-on' in the garden, using her very imaginative sense of humour. She writes a regular blog about the inhabitants of the garden and what they have been up to trying to support her in the work. One such blog is shown below. The Scarecrow is named Scary Biker and his dog is Plackie as he is made up from old recycled plastic pots. They are always trying to help but this effort is not always successful!! |
Spring into Summer Update from the Walled Garden
Hallo. We hope you are all OK?
Stone Ness Walled Gardeners returned enthusiastically in the first week of March. We welcomed back many people who have been coming here for years, missed a few who have moved away, and met for the first time several newcomers. The 2020 season was promising to be good.
After weeding and raking we moved on to sowing onions, potatoes, and broad beans – and then, on March 17th, oh dear, that was that!
However, friends of the Walled Garden will be relieved to hear that we are NOT by now buried beneath a jungle of nettle, bramble, docks and dandelions. Come the harvest we will not be fruitless, veg-less or despondent. No way.
Thanks to the gallant efforts of Scary our scarecrow (whose articles some of you will have been following in Potting Shed News) - assisted by me, things are more or less at the stage they should/would/could have been in a more peopled situation. Admittedly, there are a few thousand extra weeds dotted about the place – but let's call them “wild flowers”.
There will be NO Open Day, I'm sorry to say, this July.
BUT, we are planning a day of fun, games and BBQ food for our walled gardeners, and we will abide by whatever rules, regs, and guidance is in place at that time. It may be that they will come in small groups at different times from each 'household'. I do hope this will happen.
Finally, it seems an age away, but we have scheduled our Christmas Tree Choosing Day for Saturday 28th November, so put that date in your diaries, because our trees are growing, in spite of everything else that is going on. Do please ‘phone me if you would like to find out more about Stone Ness Walled Garden, or visit our website – www.stonenesswalledgarden.org.
With best wishes.
Jean Burgess
Tel: 01892 740305 (before 8 pm please)
Diary date: 28th November 2020 - Christmas Tree Choosing Day!
Spring into Summer Update from the Walled Garden
Hallo. We hope you are all OK?
Stone Ness Walled Gardeners returned enthusiastically in the first week of March. We welcomed back many people who have been coming here for years, missed a few who have moved away, and met for the first time several newcomers. The 2020 season was promising to be good.
After weeding and raking we moved on to sowing onions, potatoes, and broad beans – and then, on March 17th, oh dear, that was that!
However, friends of the Walled Garden will be relieved to hear that we are NOT by now buried beneath a jungle of nettle, bramble, docks and dandelions. Come the harvest we will not be fruitless, veg-less or despondent. No way.
Thanks to the gallant efforts of Scary our scarecrow (whose articles some of you will have been following in Potting Shed News) - assisted by me, things are more or less at the stage they should/would/could have been in a more peopled situation. Admittedly, there are a few thousand extra weeds dotted about the place – but let's call them “wild flowers”.
There will be NO Open Day, I'm sorry to say, this July.
BUT, we are planning a day of fun, games and BBQ food for our walled gardeners, and we will abide by whatever rules, regs, and guidance is in place at that time. It may be that they will come in small groups at different times from each 'household'. I do hope this will happen.
Finally, it seems an age away, but we have scheduled our Christmas Tree Choosing Day for Saturday 28th November, so put that date in your diaries, because our trees are growing, in spite of everything else that is going on. Do please ‘phone me if you would like to find out more about Stone Ness Walled Garden, or visit our website – www.stonenesswalledgarden.org.
With best wishes.
Jean Burgess
Tel: 01892 740305 (before 8 pm please)
Diary date: 28th November 2020 - Christmas Tree Choosing Day!
