We had another sweltering day for Open Day yesterday (Sunday).
Committee members were on site from 10:00 setting up games, bunting, sun umbrellas (lots of them) and picking flowers to decorate the tables. We had two gazebos: one that we bought with the Tesco Bags of Help grant money and the other on loan from someone in Hungerford.
About 30 minutes before the start time (2pm) we risked putting food out - lovely donated cakes, delicious sweet and savoury scones, squashes, home-made elderflower cordial with sparkling spring water and tea and coffee for those who could bear to have a hot drink in 30° sunshine!
The barbecue was surprisingly popular on such a hot day - well done to Richard, Neale and Jane who worked with that additional heat.
The tombola was a huge success as usual, with so many lovely donated prizes to try and win. Children were happy with their party bags if they won a bottle of alcohol!
The stone painting was really popular with the children - they've done it at school and love it. As part of #HungerfordRocks people place the stones around the town (country or further afield) and if you find one you should post a photo to Facebook with the hashtag and then re-hide it for someone else to find. I hope some of ours turn up online. The little ladybird won't though, because I painted that and it's on our plot!
People had tours around the site, peeping into greenhouses and checking how we grow different vegetables before seeking out the shade under the umbrellas or anywhere else they could find it. I even showed someone around for a new plot - that's what Open Days are for, just perfect!
Then at 5:00 the last of the visitors had gone. Phew, time for the volunteers to have a bit of relaxation.
And we crowned Neal with his Peoples Choice award for receiving the largest number of public votes for his plot - well done Neal, sorry you only got a round of applause!
So, at about 9:00 we left the site and wobbled home through warm streets and placed a few HAHA Rocks around the town as we went...
So, what better song than The Kinks? Though yesterday wasn't an afternoon for lazing...
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| Kate, enjoying the stone painting as much as the children :-) |
So, what better song than The Kinks? Though yesterday wasn't an afternoon for lazing...
You do have a very sociable site.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think we are very lucky to have such a friendly group
DeleteWhat a lovely day you all had and lovely pictures of your sunny afternoon.
ReplyDeleteAah, the sunshine definitely helps
DeleteWhat a wonderful day. I don't know how anyone managed to man the bar-b-q in that heat.
ReplyDeleteI know! I couldn't even eat a burger, let alone cook 30+ of them!!
DeleteGreat to se you had a successful open day. I have learnt a lot from your example if we ever manage to organise an open day, we seem to lose ourselves in having squabbles regarding opening our plots. But great to see how open you are with the public and obviously a very warm greeting to everyone at your site.
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People love to visit the site - we're not a big town but many people don't know where the site is, so it's always a suprise when they first visit and see what we've all been getting up to over the last 9 years!
Sweltering is indeed the word of the moment to describe the weather in Britain.
ReplyDeleteI do like open days, esp. where food is on offer. Admire those rocks too, what a neat idea. I esp. like the ladybirds bugs
It was a lot of fun and today... we've finally had some rain!!
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