Sunshine and Home Made Cakes, some cooked by solar power !
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| John & Becky Hook with roses for mediterranean gardens |
The shuttle bus was once again very popular and allowed everyone good access to the site from the market place car park near the school. As we cannot have general parking on the site of the fair it is essential to have the cooperation and agreement with the Junta to use the market place for parking on the day. There were MGAP bulbs for sale as well as new and second hand books, and the new West Coast Wild Flowers book on the MGAP Info table inside the building. This year we also had a good selection of native plant seed available to buy.
The advice panel was ably led by our President, Burford Hurry, a new idea for this year and many visitors made their way up to the building to ask for the friendly help of our experienced gardeners in topics such as fruit and vegetable growing, herbs and native plant gardens. In addition we had a tree surgeon with us and displays on worm composting, something for everyone we hope. The hardworking ladies on the Charity food stall sold out completely and no wonder when you saw the tempting range of cakes and savouries they produced. The Tavira Orphanage and animal charities will benefit. Once again we had the chance to sample solar cooking and cakes so a sunny day was a real bonus.
We had 710 paying visitors so an excellent and very pleasing response for the nurseries and the selection of plants on offer. After expenses, we raised just over 2000 euros on the day so a fantastic boost for our funds and for the projects we are planning. The sale plants looked lovely and the nurseries took a lot of trouble with their displays, labelling and information. If the plant crèche was anything to go by, there were a lot of plants bought on the day ! If you have some good photos please send them to me, it would be great to put a gallery on the web site. Did anyone get a pic of the lovely man on his bike,
We had 710 paying visitors so an excellent and very pleasing response for the nurseries and the selection of plants on offer. After expenses, we raised just over 2000 euros on the day so a fantastic boost for our funds and for the projects we are planning. The sale plants looked lovely and the nurseries took a lot of trouble with their displays, labelling and information. If the plant crèche was anything to go by, there were a lot of plants bought on the day ! If you have some good photos please send them to me, it would be great to put a gallery on the web site. Did anyone get a pic of the lovely man on his bike,
with a large back pack holding a very tall palm tree ? ....
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| Solar cooking and new way to transport palms |
The strong interest in Mediterranean gardening and the need for good quality information, and appropriate plants, has been proved – and now we have had the best start possible for our gardening year. I am sure everyone was keen to get planting their new purchases, it was a lovely sunny day and I hope you all had a lot of fun.
As usual we will be holding a volunteers/helpers get together for a soup and sandwich lunch, feedback and talk about next year so please send us your comments. Without the valuable time and patience of our marvellous band of volunteer helpers we could not stage this event. This is our main fund raising effort for the year and gives us the opportunity to support our learning initiatives, student visits, projects and the events held throughout the rest of the year.
As usual we will be holding a volunteers/helpers get together for a soup and sandwich lunch, feedback and talk about next year so please send us your comments. Without the valuable time and patience of our marvellous band of volunteer helpers we could not stage this event. This is our main fund raising effort for the year and gives us the opportunity to support our learning initiatives, student visits, projects and the events held throughout the rest of the year.
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| Succulents in the sun |
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| It will get this big ! |
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| choose your plant |
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