Wimborne Community Garden October Diary

As a community garden we have an ever-growing group of wonderful volunteers who come along to share their time and energy to grow produce and flowers in the garden so that we can support the community of Wimborne. Not only that, so many of our volunteers are blessed with all sorts of skills which they enjoy sharing time and time again…

The Allendale Centre holds a very popular monthly meal to give guests a little lift and a chance to enjoy each other’s company while eating a scrumptious meal. A team of ladies at the Wimborne Community Garden decided to sow, grow and nurture a whole range of flowers that they then cut and arrange in small bunches, to adorn the tables and add to the joy of the whole event. These ladies come to the garden in their own time to do this and use their skills with flowers to great effect. A huge thank you to Amanda, Janet, Sally, Tricia and Pat.

As the weather begins to turn, it’s quite possible that our all-important ‘Cup of Teatime’ will be held in the pavilion but the problem with this is getting enough seating into a small space. But have no fear, the problem has been solved by the ever-resourceful Roy, who armed with reclaimed pallet wood, set to and used his skills to make us bench seats to line the pavilion walls. Amazing!

As I say, the skills amongst the garden team are brilliant – we even have our own unique fountain now, paid for so generously by the Ferndown Alliss Charity but designed and created by David, yet another multi-talented member of the team. We are so very lucky.

These skills will also be on show in December when once again a lighted tunnel will be erected in the garden to lead children on to visit Santa in his magical fireside snug – follow us on Instagram and Facebook @wimbornecommunitygarden for further details soon!