The walled garden at Norton Conyers is open for the National Garden Scheme tomorrow Sunday 16th June raising money for the Marie Curie cancer nurses who are also selling teas, I do hope you will come along and support this fantastic charity. As Sundays opening is one of the highlights of the gardens year we got stuck into the hoeing as soon as we arrived today, every time you turn your back at present another weed springs to life in the rich soil. The only change in the hoeing routine was a quick visit up to the hall to retrieve the table that normally sits in the orangery, Sir James had needed to borrow it to help with the re-hanging of the ancestral portraits so we got a sneak preview. It is the first time I've seen them adorning the walls and it is an impressive sight, many generations of Grahams peering down at us, a pity they cannot talk and tell their stories as in the Harry Potter movies! Alyson and I spent the last few minutes of the afternoon making flower arrangements for the orangery, we are spoilt for choice with the materials on offer now, come and critique our efforts!
"We don't inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children"
David Brower
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