Can you remember what you did on the weekend of 11-12 December? You never know when you may need an alibi! Gattina of Writers Cramps hosts the meme "What did you do this weekend?" Do pop in there and add your link to share you weekend activities with other bloggers.
Our weekend was restful; it rained intermittantly and apart from spending a lot of time outside - when the sun was out- walking Shadow the Cat, (yes, *sigh*he's still on a leash), I also attended the Garden Club Christmas party. As a member, I could invite a guest and I invited two: my younger daughter-in-law, Amanda who lives down the road from us and a newly-wed Irish girl who loves gardening.
The Garden Party was held in the stunnningly spectacular gardens of a farmer's wife, Paula. There aren't enough adjectives to describe her garden (her home is just as beautiful) so I tried to do it justice by taking as many photographs as possible to share with you all.
Paula's beautiful garden is mainly exotic and endemically Free State. The connifers and perennial shrubs which are exotics, thrive in our area and are very popular in the local gardens. Paula has shaped hers to form a rather formal, yet very pretty backdrop to the rolling lawns and well-filled, beautifully tended flower beds
As I mentioned in my garden post on Saturday, a garden should consist of many rooms. This garden has a variety of rooms, each one more restful and beautiful than the last
More rolling lawns edged by beds filled with Tulbaghia (Wild Garlic) and Abelia cut into shapes
Wandering through Paula's garden, you have the urge to explore every nook and cranny
Another "green" corridor linking one garden room with another
A local farmer and businessman demonstrated the organic compost/fertilizer which his family produces on their farm
He also brought along his worm farm
The ladies were very intrigued by the working of the worms in the plastic box
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Amanda, Marquard grandson and me at the Garden Club Christmas party
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