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An amazing 2009 season of open days in our garden.

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Lyn and Malcolm:

It has been a tough summer in the garden this year, Wind, rain, sun and heat.
We have never used so many supports for the plants, hidden as much as possible.

Previous records for number of visitors were as follows

A Sunday opening 242 visitors

A Wednesday afternoon opening 111 visitors

Our first open day on a Sunday, after 15 hours of continuous rain. We woke to a reasonable day with showers threatening.
We had 304 visitors. A new record for us, and one I said afterwards, would never be beaten.

Our second opening on a Wednesday afternoon, it was very overcast with a few heavy drips of rain, very heavy rain was only about 5 miles away from us. I thought we would be left with all 7 cakes we had made for the afternoon.
We had 128 visitors. A new record for a Wednesday pm.

Our third open day, a Sunday again, bright and sunny.
We did beat that record again, this time 326 visitors. The 11 cakes I had made, and 2 that one of our helpers had made, were all gone by 3.30pm, something like 132 slices. We had to resort to giving out free biscuits to try to help with the dissapointment.

With the private groups that have also been to the garden on non open days, the total visitors now stands at 839 there will be a few more private visits to come yet.

We have raised around £2200 for the NGS charities, another record for us. The final figure won't be ready for a few more weeks yet, due to more private visits.

Total cakes made so far 42

There are a few patches of lawn that have suffered the many pairs of  feet. But the garden is still very colourfull. Will post a picture later.

Lyn won the overall best garden in the Ferndown in Bloom competition.

A rather tired

Lyn and Malcolm

ideasguy:
That makes very good reading Malcolm.
Congratulations to you both in your endeavours, and raising so much (much needed) funds for charity 8)

Its particularly nice to read that people are coming in bigger numbers to visit each year. That says a lot for the popularity of gardening in general, and most likely to the success of your website and local advertising in particular.
Did the local garden Centres play ball this time?

RE:
--- Quote ---Lyn won the overall best garden in the Ferndown in Bloom competition.
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A very special congratulations to Lyn (and to her able assistant, of course  ;))
That is a wonderful achievement and from what we've seen on the BBC TV program and from the 1000's of photos on your web site, I'd say very much deserved!

The Gold Star awards committee may well acknowledge your latest accomplishments!
For the benefit of those surfing in (now we are open to the public on the forum as from today) heres a link to your website:
http://www.lynandmalc.co.uk/
and of course, your fabulous WPG project:
http://www.plantguide.lynandmalc.co.uk/

NightHawk:
Lyn and Malcolm's achievements here are well and truly recognised.

As such they deserve to receive our prestigious Gold Star Award -

Laurie.

ideasguy:
Thought so Malcolm ;)

Lyn and Malcolm:

George wrote


--- Quote ---Did the local garden Centres play ball this time?

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We didn't bother asking again if they would post one of our open day posters on their board, after they only left the last one up for a couple of days.
We did put up our own direction sign board on the day of our opening, just 40 metres from their exit road  ;D

The same garden centre sponsors the Ferndown in Bloom competition to the tune of £500. There is not anything in the garden centre about the competition, no winners list, no photos, nothing. That was 2 weeks after the results were known. Prize giving isn't till the end of September, in the garden centre.

Thank you George for your congratulations, and to Laurie for yet another gold star  8)

Malcolm

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