"Have a cup of tea and tell us all about your lunch!" said Robyn. And so, I drank my lovely cup of tea and ate the gorgeous little star Christmassy biscuit and began to tell the ladies all about the lovely lunch.
I've been to this garden before and know the lady quite well as she helped us when we had our Open Garden at Summerfield a few years ago. As you can see, she lives in a lovely old Queenslander and has a simple but beautiful garden. When I arrived at the front door, a little late, I could see down the hallway that everyone was chatting away outside on the back deck. So, I opened the door and made my way through the house, putting my bag and cardigan on a chair on my way. When I arrived at the back deck Rhondda was there to welcome me and asked if I would like white wine or Champagne? Well of course the answer to that one is always "I'll have the Champagne please." Off I went with glass in hand to meet up with and chat to the ladies. They are a lovely group and all love gardening.
Before lunch, Rhondda told us a bit about her garden, mentioning in passing that she was having trouble with her lawn. She has planted a number of Capital Pear trees along the back boundary and the shade from them is inhibiting the lawn growing properly. Someone from the group shouted out as she spoke that she should try a grass called........Oh dear! I can't remember what she said. It was something like Sleep Seed, or Simpering Seed or Seedy Seed. If I remember I'll let you know for your future reference.
She also mentioned that mealy bugs were getting into her Agapanthus:( I'm not sure what that looks like and I don't think I want to know because if she, with her beautiful garden has mealy bugs in her agapanthus, we MUST have them in ours.
After Rhondda had finished talking and everyone had a little say in a trip to a garden that is being planned for next year, it was time for lunch. Lunch was just beautiful.
It started off with trays of ribbon sandwhiches being brought around. Do you know what they are? You use the softest bread you can find; some white and some brown. You lay out three slices and using one of their ideas, spread avocado on one of the white slices, top with a brown slice and then add some salmon mixed with mayonnaise and perhaps a bit of red onion and then on top of that one, you top off with the last white slice. You then cut off all the crusts and cut what's left into fingers.
After the 'sandwhich' course, trays of fruit were brought round - all this while we stood on the verandah chatting and drinking our Champagne. The fruit trays included, mango pieces, rock melon, strawberries, blueberries, grapes cut into little bunches...and for the last course, trays of fruit cake were brought around.
It was a yummy lunch.
Love Nanxxx
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