Gifts for the Garden

I am very pleased to report that we are entering a period of abundance in The Garden.  It seems like there are offers, donations and assistance steadily coming our way and we have been genuinely touched by some of the contributions. So I thought I would let you know about what has been happening.

We were greeted this morning at the garden with not one but three gifts from Paul, one of the lovely team of park rangers. As we entered the garden, planting of two large pear trees was underway.  They will make a welcome addition to the space and the generosity did not stop there...Paul has had made our very own metal bread paddle to take loaves out of our brand new clay oven which has been built in the fire zone.  Anna has been slaving away at making the oven all week – with the help of some new friends: a group of local teenagers who have been getting stuck in.

But the final of the three gifts, and the one which gave us the biggest cause for cheering was the installation of a tap in both the growing zone and the fire zone.  No longer will we have to schlep buckets of water through the play park to get to the beds. Although to be fair with the recent soggy spells we haven’t had to do too much watering, but we can still hope for sunshine to come in the summer months (fingers crossed!)

We also have to thank some other people for their wonderful offerings: Lily (aged 8) for writing a poem for us, Veronika for her chilli plant seedling grown at home, Colleen for yet more cake (I really need to get the recipe for the chocolate and banana loaf), Rimni for offering to teach us how to make a traditional curry and the 20 volunteers from Liberty who helped us prepare the garden for our first event this weekend – Velela! Pop-up Festival.

We look forward to seeing you there.