18/05/2024
Thank you to everyone who came to our gardening and open day today, what a wonderful day! 🌸🌼🌞
Thank you to all the gardeners, the place looks amazing now! Many graves were cleared, some even were great-great-great-grandparents' graves of the volunteer. The grade 2 listed monument grave of the Freemans looks amazing again, rabbit holes were filled in, much grass was strimmed and cut and planting was done to make the entrance look amazing! 🪦🪦
We also had a visit by Geoff and Harriet from Thorndon park and the reptile and lizard volunteers who came and taught us how to survey for lizards and reptiles onsite: two lizards were spotted! 🦎🦎
Many cups of tea and coffee were made and drunk, and many cakes and sandwiches were made and devoured! Thank you to Irene for holding the fort, and to all the cake bakers. 🎂🍮🧁🥞👏
Also a big thank you to Blackmore Morris and Mr Walsh's Wonders for once again making the church come alive with dancing and music. Videos in comments. Sneak peak: we may have a concert soon of the folk music of Mr Walsh's Wonders to raise money for the ground works 🙌🙌
There is currently also a bat survey taking place and we're planning to have a bat evening soon, including a bat talk, seeing a bat up close, and hopefully watching bats fly in and out of the church. 🦇🦇
And thank you if you visited and learned something about this gem on your doorstep, and for your donations! 📖💰
Even the weather played along! 😎
Thank you all,
Astrid, Martyn, Fiona, Mags, Jon, Paul and Ricci
If you'd like to donate to our gardening fund please click here:
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/allsaintseasthorndonfundrasing
