Charity Garden Weekend: 26/27th May

... and yet another retrospective post from me!    I really MUST get my act together but life currently just seems to 'get in the way'.  However, I couldn't let any more time elapse without putting finger to key and posting a few photographs of the Charity Open Garden Weekend hosted by Ann, Alasdair and Vicky Galbraith on 26/27th May.   This was done as part of Scotland's Yellow Book Garden Scheme and was an opportunity of both visiting their wonderful grounds and croft plus boost funding for three cancer charities - namely Beetson's Pebble Appeal, Highlands Hospice and Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres.   

Cakes and other refreshments were there in abundance courtesy of Ann and her band of supporters.  Below is a shot of the heavily laden dining room table with Sue presiding over the raffle tickets!

We were extremely fortunate to have had a lot of lovely raffle prizes donated by local businesses.  They formed a very impressive display too....

... and the weather was glorious!  Hot, dry and calm - ideal for the garden tours and just sitting outside and soaking up the sun.  We also had a raffle prize draw for the three items within the kindly donated gifts which could not be saved until the main draw later in June.  Below Vicky draws a winning ticket !!

When things were a little less busy I was able to take a tour round myself and took a couple of photographs of the er.... 'estate'!   Below Ann and Jenny stand by the river soaking up some of that fabulous sunshine!

... and finally at the end of Sunday afternoon have the opportunity to lounge around with a refreshing drink on the patio reflecting on the weekend's activities.

  

What a weekend it was too!  Wall to wall sunshine, happy and smiling people everywhere and such a spirit of togetherness and caring was really in evidence throughout.  It was both an honour and pleasure to be there!  Sales of both cakes, refreshments and raffle tickets went well too and the following day Ann and Vicky were able to bank £1,300 for the three chosen cancer charities. An amazing result over an equally amazing weekend!   Well done to everybody who had some part to play - both large and small!