June- Plant Sale

 

We didn't have a work party in June because we had the annual plant sale, I would like to have the excuse that it took a lot of time to organise but we are such a good team that I just have a last minute panic and then it all comes together just fine on the day. 

New posters were printed, thank-you, and put up. We had a meeting after the last work party to dish out the jobs and agree the cakes and luckily several people had been producing plants both perennials and bedding. With donations from other village members we had a good selection and the hall was set up the night before.

The first buyers.

The rush started early and we sold nearly everything this year despite charging a little bit more than previously. Still great value!  What was left went to Otley shop to be sold for charity.

 

Set up the night before, more plants arrived the next day.

Together with the refreshments and raffle we made nearly £700 which was an amazing total. 

The following weekend we spent some of that money having some tree work done in the woodland, removing some dead sycamores with sooty bark disease. 

A couple of us also went round the woodland with scythes to cut back the overhanging cow parsley and keep the paths open. There were some fallen branches to move as well.