Right on cue

Golden Celebration, the last of the 'new' roses to bloom in the top garden, burst into flower overnight. Well, ok, just the one flower at the moment, but more to come I'm sure. There are also now a few blooms on the verbena, one dahlia flower and a cosmos for visitors to see along with all the other hardy favourites.

We've spent today making final preparations, signage, mowing, removing a few visible weeds (there are lots more,if you look closely which I hope visitors will forgive) and generally getting ourselves, and others, ready for the Open Gardens Day tomorrow.

The forecast is ok, a bit breezy, that's seaside gardens for you, but overall dry and even sunny at times. So now we've reached the '5.30 on Christmas Eve' moment, there's nothing more we can do except hope visitors come and we all have fun while raising money for a worthwhile local cause.
Look forward to seeing you tomorrow.