August in the garden has been a blur of delicious harvests and hoards of children dressed as animals munching marshmallows, sculpting clay unicorns and hiding in dens.  The Golden Adventure days were hilarious as usual and a good time had by all despite lots of weather and we’ll be doing another spooky themed one in October half term for halloween – get your names down quick!

   
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Now as things start to feel increasingly autumnal the next term of the Golden Buds toddler group which is fully booked again and……. THE HARVEST FESTIVAL

 

 

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS!!!! Please please please please please if you have a spare hour on the 13th or can bake a cake or biscuits please get in touch. This time the event is being organised by the fabulous volunteers on our events committee!  So more than ever this relies on your lovely lot stepping up to help with pizza making, soup serving, making tea, helping with the kids activities etc.  Can you print out the poster and put it up at work? Can you deliver some leaflets on your street?  Do you know any fab musicians Everything which helps makes the day go smoothly and helps raise funds from the garden.  Get in touch as soon as you can please! Your community garden needs you!

 

In other news the minutes from the last volunteer meeting are up on the website, the fabulous Bishopston Garden Socierty donated a whopping £587 from the proceeeds of their always wonderful Open Gardens Day back in June and we harvested our first celery – POW! It packs a punch!