The path is starting to take shape, and as the bulbs are also starting to come through, let's hope this will encourage people over to the garden to tidy up a bit. We've put down 2 bags of bark and there's a third waiting to go down. We're leaving the side along the driveway where Tony planted the daffodils, as that is where the rose arch will be going, but that will be a big job and require a bit of help from Mick to ensure we get it in securely.

Phew ! What a relief !

Only a relief to me and Michael, because we were the only one who knew about it !
Ages ago we ordered a number of carefully chosen drought resistant plants for the garden. They arrived in dribs and drabs, Margaret's choice of small daffodils being some of them.
Then....nothing.
We were still several plants short, but the company indicated that plants would be sent in accordance with their growing season, so i wasn't too bothered. Then I started to send e-mails to ask and nothing came back.
Finally, I printed out the e-mails and sent a covering letter, and to our enormous relief a parcel has been delivered. Good old Michael, Plant Doctor in Chief has transplanted them into little pots and troughs and will tenderly protect them until there's little fear of frosts. So here's a picture of our clematis waiting to be planted next to the climbing roses so that they can go up the trellis.

AGM 2007

On 17th December we held our AGM at number 36 and had 16 members present at the meeting.

Great thanks to Ita and Janet who have both contributed plants to the garden and worked there, even though they don't live in Church hill Road.
Also huge thanks to Tony for getting and even planting 200 daffodil bulbs along the driveway for us.
We discussed the meeting with Mr and Mrs Ali and agreed to try to erect a rose arch to be covered by David Austen roses along the side of the garden.
We also discussed the possibility of a sign to identify the garden, and Miranda agreed to approach a mosaic artist she knows to discuss what this might cost.