Open Garden

Thankyou to everyone who came along to our Open Garden on the weekend. We were very fortunate with the weather and it was the complete opposite to last year being beautifully sunny and warm.
Thanks to the local Hunchy Association there were hundreds of plants including heritage roses on sale and many people were walking out the gate laden with plants.
There were also two classic cars in addition to our fords and we thank the owners for having them on display.
I particularly enjoyed talking to the visitors and watching the many children exploring the garden.
Visitors came from far and wide and everyone seemed to enjoy their time here. It is always nice to see people have an extended visit to the garden and to see them relax and take their time because there is a lot to see.
So many people asked if I had made the scones that we served for Devonshire and Maroochyshire teas. No ,I didn't make the scones but I did prepare the garden.
Once again we asked ourselves why we open the garden ?
It is a great deal of work and we decided to do several new projects in preparation so having a date to work to certainly makes you get things done.
We always enjoy meeting visitors to the garden and talking about plants.
We like seeing local organisations benifit from the day through the plant stalls.
We like sharing the garden with others.
Most of all we hope that visitors will go away with ideas for their own gardens.
Our next Garden Opening with Open Gardens Australia is in April 2012 on the Easter Weekend.