Open garden event for charity

[Bootsy]

If any of the members on here are going to be in England at the end of May they are most welcome to come and visit our garden.

We open it for charity each year and raise money for a local charity that helps mentally handicapped children. We charge £1 entry fee, have loads of entertainment, sell coffee and cake, plants, crafts etc. and in the day and a half that we open we raise about $6,000.

If you're going to be in England and wish to come then just PM for the details.

If the season runs to normal times this plant will still be in bloom. If it's a very warm Spring then it is almost finished as the flowers only last ten days. Each flower is about 12" in diameter.

 

[Becky]

I've moved this into a new topic for you, I hope that's ok! I thought it might get a little lost in the Photo of the Month discussion.

Sounds fantastic! I would have loved to come along and see those magnificent blooms but sadly we already have plans for the May bank holiday weekend. I hope it goes well!

 

[darkrebelchild]

Lovely garden, wish I was in Europe but I'm not. The garden event sounds very creative and interesting. I hope you have fun this year and make more than you ever made.

 

[zigs]

I've already booked a hotel, got me bag packed, got plants together to bring up and got a bottle of rum

Not staying in the brothel this year though

 

[Esther Knapicius]

sounds lovely.

 

[claudine]

This sounds absolutely wonderful, Bootsy I wish I could be in England at the end of May to visit your garden.
The plant in the photo is beautiful

 

[IcyBC]

Sounds fantastic and I hope the turn out will be great too! The charity you're raising fund for is a good one, and sadly I don't have the fund to go anywhere

 

[Caribbean girl]

This garden event sounds like a lovely idea - a very good way to raise funds for a worthy cause. I think the flowers in the photo are beautiful too. I have no plans of travelling this year - budget constraints. I have never visited England but would love to do so some day. It is nice having entertainment and refreshments at the event too. I also think the entrance fee is quite reasonable. I'll be glad to hear how the event turns out this year. I actually love garden events, going to flower shows and the like.

 

[Bootsy]

Some of last year's open day is here

https://www.gardening-forums.com/threads/open-garden-weekend.5128/

 

[Becky]

Some of last year's open day is here

https://www.gardening-forums.com/threads/open-garden-weekend.5128/

I've just taken a look - wow, looks like a fantastic event! I'm sorry I can't make it this year

 

[Bootsy]

That's a pity. I would like to have met you

We have even more entertainment this year. More singers, a second Ukulele band and a community choir.

All performers are volunteers.

 

[zigs]

All performers are volunteers.

I'm a volunteer, does that mean I've got to perform?

 

[Bootsy]

I'm a volunteer, does that mean I've got to perform?

You know what the judge told you about you performing!!!

 

[zigs]

You know what the judge told you about you performing!!!

He said he'd never seen such a performance in his life

 

[Becky]

You know what the judge told you about you performing!!!

Sounds like there's a good story here!