No one was bitten by a snake, none of the marquees fell down, the sun shone all afternoon and the CWA stall completely sold out of cakes and slices.
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In short, the Tucker Patch Open Day (Saturday, April 7) really couldn’t have gone any better.
There was music, an impressive performance from the cute and talented woodwind ensemble from Gloucester Public School and, perfect as a laid-back accompaniment to all the activities, funky guitar and singing from Ty Soupidis throughout the afternoon.
There were stalls with interesting products to discover - bamboo straws, toilet bombs, gorgeous bags (cleverly crocheted from green and gray supermarket plastic bags) and a hanky revolution at the Eco Stall.
There was wine with the lively locally grown wines to sample at the Gloucester River Wines Stall and delicious local honey with fascinating information on bees and beekeeping at Annemie’s fabulously decorated stall.
There was also an informative worm farm demonstration, face painting at the Fair Trade stall, and a gardening question and answer at Marnie’s Plant Stall, where you could also buy a whole range of gorgeous plants for the garden.
Ken’s Wicking Demo created a lot of interest from those looking for water-saving measures for future gardening endeavours. Or if chilling was more your thing you could head for Linda’s stall set in a shady spot just next to the cottage garden to enjoy a relaxing free massage.
Kids had fun collecting live snails and searching for kangaroo grass and other plant specimens on the Scavenger Hunt, with a prize of seed bombs and fruit for their efforts.
The tantalising aroma of frying onions drew hungry people to the sausage sizzle, while afternoon tea with its pretty tablecloths and posies of flowers adorning the tables, provided a welcome oasis for those wanting to sit down and have a revitalising cuppa and a delicious piece of cake.
It was an afternoon to remember, with a certain dreamlike quality to it. In the mellow early autumn sunshine the gardens looked superb, and as the afternoon drew to a close the stunning Bucketts ranges provided a perfect and quite startling backdrop.
We hope everyone else enjoyed our open day as much as we did.
Thanks to all the stallholders for taking the time and making the effort to attend, all the visitors for coming along to enjoy the activities, all the Tucker Patch crew who worked so hard to pull it all together – and, not least, Marnie and her team for their amazing work in getting the grounds into shape before the event.
See you at the next one!