HOW MUCH?!

We had a wonderful day for Musters Road Open Gardens - fantastic weather and huge numbers of visitors, many of whom commented on the great atmosphere and the friendly welcome they received from the Garden Hosts.

Most importantly, we raised £2,361 for our charity, The Friary Drop-In Centre which does valuable work with homeless people in the city.

Here are some pictures of the day to give you a flavour if you weren't able to join us.

 

Dahlias .... and a few more

 

A librarian's garden

 

Afternoon tea was VERY popular

 



 

oh ... another dahlia

 

 

Many, many thanks if you did come along and contribute to the magnificent total we raised.  We enjoyed every minute and hope you did too.

 

 

Musters Road Open Gardeners

The Numbers Are Still Coming In!

With 300+ visitors the Musters Road Open Gardens event was blessed with some wonderful September weather!

We'll keep you updated with the total amount raised - but it's definately £1,000+

A huge thank you to everyone involved - especially the waitresses at 133! And to Kate for organising the whole event in the first place...

Information about all of the gardens has now been published on this website - just click on "The Gardens" tab above...

PLEASE NOTE: WE HAVE YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART AND, IN ORDER FOR YOU TO BUILD UP AN APPETITE FOR TEA AT NO. 133 (OR TO BURN OFF WHAT YOU’VE ALREADY CONSUMED) THERE IS AN APPROXIMATE 10 MINUTE WALK BETWEEN NOs 39 & 43 AND THE REMAINING GARDENS.

Run, walk, cycle, drive or wheel yourself — or make it more interesting by joining Peter Hammond of West Bridgford Local History Society on a guided walk of this stretch of Musters Road (approx. 45 mins).

Walk 1 leaves The Friary at 2.45 pm

Walk 2 returns from the corner of Devonshire Rd at 4.30 pm.

Peter will bring to life some local history specific to the road and its role in West Bridgford’s development...

Apple Pressing at 200 Musters Road

A few years ago we set up the Abundance Group , especially when we found out that there were so many apple, pear, plum and cherry trees planted around us in Musters Road.
The idea behind the project is that if anyone has a fruit tree that needs harvesting, we come as a group to pick your fruit, give to you what you want, tidy up and take the rest with us to divide up. Some will go to the pickers, some of it will go to people who will turn it into jams, chutneys, pies, juices etc and some will go to the Abundance shop on Clumber Road. (help yourselves but please leave a donation)

The apples this year are not very good and plentiful as the spring was very wet and the bees have therefore not been able to pollinate the blossom very well. We do have a variety of apples donated by local people, which we will turn into juice for you to try. We will put the freshly pressed juice into sterilised bottles (donated by Taste on Clumber Road) so you can take a bottle home with you. Any donations will go to the Friary Drop in Centre.

History Walks by Peter Hammond

On the day we have organised 2 guided local history walks from The Friary to the corner of Devonshire Rd, and back again. Peter Hammond of the West Bridgford History Society is extremely well informed about WB's history and the walks will take 30/45 mins. The first walk, leaving The Friary, will leave at 2.45 pm, and the return walk, leaving the corner of Devonshire Rd and going back to The Friary, will leave at 4.30