Thank you to all who joined us in the garden at the Food Festival. The weather was glorious and a good time was had by all. Some visitors learned how to make pots from paper before planting borage seedlings. Children wandered around looking for the answers to a garden quiz or working out the puzzles. Then we had some fantastic teams of children, accompanied by one or two parents, making scarecrows for the garden and we ended up with fourteen scarecrows, all looking very different, all with lots of character. Others just came to visit the garden.
But one of the highlights of the day has to be from the donkeys, who were giving rides at the front of St John’s Institute. The donkeys’ helpers brought buckets of manure to the garden at regular intervals – so we expect an extra good crop of rhubarb this year!
We are very grateful for the generous donations. Last year we bought 2 hop plants from the Food Festival donations, which are flourishing in the garden. This year all the donations will go towards getting the base laid, ready for the greenhouse.
AND – thank you to our Garden Work Party volunteers, Brian, Pippa, Helen, Stuart, and Maggie. Some worked in the garden on 3rd May and again on 4th May, so we were able to get lots done. During the warm weather, they have been watering the seedlings in the green house.
Our next Work Party will be on Sunday 1st June, starting at 11 am, do please join us if you can.
OTHER NEWS – On 4 May, as part of the village’s Commemoration of WW1, poppy seeds were scattered on the slope in the garden by children from the village, with support from the community and a blessing from Revd Simon White. With the recent ideal growing conditions, the seeds have germinated already.
If you would like to become involved with the garden in any way, please call Maureen (871542), or Judy (872408). Visit the Tideswell Kitchen Garden Facebook Page to see how we get on throughout the year.
The Community Kitchen Garden is part of the Taste Tideswell project.