“In it’s first year, the Dig Garden Festival at Gloucester went very well,” Destination Gloucester chairman, Bob Tebbet said.
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“The weather was a little difficult, but despite that we were very happy with how the event went.”
The festival was held in conjunction with the monthly farmer’s markets at Billabong Park on Saturday, with 12 additional garden-oriented stalls.
“All of the stall holders were very pleased with the customers and said they enjoyed the event greatly,” Bob continued.
“In addition to the stalls, we had a lawn mower and wheel barrow decorating competition, there were some great entries and prizes handed out there and that aspect of the festival was well received.”
Tucker Patch, the community garden was open to the public, and saw more than 220 locals and tourists through the gates.
The Garden Clubs of Australia president, George Hoad was a special guest at the event and gave a speech about the therapeutic and other benefits of gardening.
There were a number of other speakers who gave specialty talks on a range of topics, and six private gardens, owned by members of Gloucester Garden Club were opened to the public, with more than 200 people going through these.
“We took down post codes and discovered half of these were local and half were visitors from areas like Sydney and the Central Coast. We were really pleased with that response,” Bob continued.
“Overall, despite the weather the event was a massive success in its first year, and there was a lot of enthusiasm about continuing on with the event in the future.”
“The atmosphere over the weekend was great, with lots of smiling happy people enjoying a complete garden experience,” Destination Gloucester’s Erinie Albersyecy added.
“We are keen to consider the possibility of staging the event again next year.”