Seaford Community Garden

‘Can we announce to eagerly awaiting Seaford Scene readers that our magnificent garden at the Crouch is reopening later this month in all its spring glory?’ we ventured. ‘Noooooooo,’ said Katie, fingers and toes crossed inside her gardening gloves and boots. ‘Don’t let’s tempt fate!’ So, be assured that while we are obeying government rules we are only too anxious to resume normal Wednesday morning viewing and volunteer times just as soon as we can.

Yes, we have had a couple of volunteers working one or two days a week at a safe social distance while our gates have been shut, and we feel awful when we have to tell people who catch sight of us over the wall that they can’t come in, but it’s really not long to go, and when you do get to enter you may spot some differences, established in the main by the tireless and very skilled Brian and Val. Ever conscious of the pleasure of just sitting in a delightful garden to enjoy its full sensory splendour, they have been busy rebuilding and providing new seating areas. For instance, Val has been showing off her considerable bricklaying skills to construct a semi-circular alcove in which a refurbished curved bench can be placed. Besides looking good, the bricks will also hold back soil from the flower beds to maintain easy access along the path at the back of the poly tunnel. Meanwhile husband Brian has been putting his carpentry skills to good use by repairing raised beds and making racking on which to display plants for sale outside the front of the poly tunnel. He also has plans to make another bench outside the classroom to provide a further seating area.

So much social pleasure has been missing from our community garden lives, an important part of the weekly effort being the tea and coffee break in the classroom where cake maker extraordinaire Steph’s fantastic cakes are greatly missed. Steph always bakes a beauty to celebrate volunteers’ birthdays so, looking forward in hope, we can anticipate a giant party to mark all those missed anniversaries. Better get baking, Steph!

Back to work in our garden then and future plans include turning logs from pruned tree branches into seating for the children’s garden and a step for viewing the wildlife pond safely. Also in this area, a natural ‘sculpture’ from part of a fallen tree in the Crouch is at the time of writing so charmingly surrounded by spring flowers that no one would be surprised to see a fairy or two making merry there.

So, bring on the magic and – abracadabra – we can look forward to seeing you all very soon.

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The Garden Team Photos from top: Why Daphne odora? The clue’s in the name; More spring aroma from hyacinths; Tadpoles should be visible in our little pond once we are open again; Val digs a small trench behind her new wall; Brian drills for plant display racking; Colour from crocuses.