Secret Gardens of Oxton 2019

After nearly a whole week of rain leading up to Sunday 12th May, we were desperate for some sunshine for the event. Luckily, we awoke to clear skies and the weather was gorgeous and sunny all day.
We gathered in the village at 8.30am to set up the plant stall.  People had been incredibly generous with their donations of both plants, gardening books and containers. Our Friends group had also been busy planting up lots of perennials from both the long border in the Rose Garden, and our own gardens.

Linda, Pauline and John.

Our Membership Secretary Linda had set up a separate table to try to enrol new members and raise our profile with the public. She was assisted by her twin sister Pauline and John Booth. 

  

The plant creche worked very efficiently and our price system of colour coding the pots also made it easy for people to clearly see what they were spending.  Thanks go to Linda who made the potted pricing signs which were intermingled with the plants.  

Our. clear colour coded pricing

There were definitely more plants this year than in previous years and this was reflected in the total sales at the end of the day.

Our Secretary Peter on creche duty.

We took an amazing £1,112. This is a new record for the plant stall.  The Friends of the Arno and Oxton Fields expect to receive £444.  We want to say a huge thank you to all those who made donations and our volunteers who ran the stall on the day.