Gwennap Gardening Club

This week the Gwennap gardening club visited us at Ednovean Farm and so we spent a busy week primping and preening the garden or to be more accurate, making an all out assault on the hedges in the Italian Garden.

As we toiled away within the cocoon of the hedges,the hours chimed by the clock on the church tower in the village below, a neat and orderly garden seemed a long way off but by Thursday afternoon it was almost ready.............I emerged clutching my strimmer with twenty minutes to spare, as a steady convoy of cars converged on the farm yard. Now for gardening, every body has their favorite outfit and mine could be described as, passed its sell by date or recycle bin chic, the petrol strimmer and face mask being the ultimate accessory of course. And so I viewed the stream of shiny cars with some alarm before being swiftly dispatched to change by Charles!

Our self seeded Agapanthus were the stars of the show, that have colonised the gravel in front of the garden room and Blue room and produced huge stunning blooms for which I can claim no credit what so ever!

The church tower in the valley below just seen through the Agapanthus with the sea behind

Very special home made Summer teas are served in Perranuthnoe Church room every Thursday throughout the Summer months and so the garden club retreated to the pretty traditional building tucked under the church walls in the heart of the village - i knew they would get a good one as I had passed Yvonne in her car stacked with supplies when I was coming home from exercising Danni that morning and she had just been out for extra bread as she had heard that twenty three people were coming!

As we are not opening for the ngs this year, I asked the club to donate the £5 entry per person to their favorite charity and their vote was for shelter box and we were so pleased to support such a great charity - just a bit pooped!

And of course Lizzie ( with friends) was waiting for her tea right on time that evening at the bottom of the garden!