Monday, 2 July 2012

Flowering Fairies and Gardening Gnomes

It will soon be summer trail time again in the garden.  This year we are celebrating our garden helpers, the flower fairies and the garden gnomes.


The gnomes are great fun to have in the garden! They work very hard helping us with our jobs. They collect slugs and snails which damage our plants. They help feed the plants and they are great at weeding.

Some of them are very sporty. They’ve even entered a team in the London 2012 Olympics.

Mr Pilwinkle Gnome is always running laps around the garden. He’s entered the Marathon! Some of his friends have also entered other events, you’ll be able to see them practicing if you visit when the flowering fairies and gardening gnomes trail is running.


The fairies have been growing lots of flowers and fruit for everyone to see during the summer and our garden scarecrow fairy has been looking after the fairies in the soft fruit garden. She’s called Ruby Pomona. They have been casting spells on all the strawberries to make them delicious and juicy!
 

Everyone is really looking forward to the garden trail, and to seeing all our visitors dressed up as gnomes and fairies!
The trail will be running from 22 July to 2 September daily in the garden.
The trail is free to enter (normal garden entry fees apply).
Don't forget to keep a look out for the golden gnome!


Hope to see you there,
Hazel
Clumber Gardener

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