Garden back to normal

The sculpture trail has ended and customers are collecting their purchases with the remainder going away with the artists - feels odd to have the garden so empty again, particularly with Autumn in the air and the leaves falling too!

Wire Owl by David Metcalfe

Once again the most popular pieces in the sculpture trail were the birds --this is completely unsurprising to us.  All of the recycled metal birds have found a new home and so have several of David Metcalfe's wire owls.  Top Glass (glass blower in the centre) made a range of glass birds in various colours which will brighten the garden too - these also sold well and more will be available after the end of the trail.

My duck friends admiring the glass birds (Top Glass)

One of the nicest stories heard in the garden was a young couple who purchased the copper lilies on Sunday (made by Jo Floyd pictured on the Duck's diary 25th Aug) - the lady was heard to admire the piece as she had had Cana Lilies in her wedding bouquet -  they were just approaching their second wedding anniversary so they bought the piece - it is lovely, we do hope they enjoy it for a good long time!

Talking of anniversaries - we had a 5th Wedding Anniversary party here in the restaurant this Saturday night - a lovely crowd, all very well dressed, they had a nice meal and a good long chat. Despite being locals, many of the guests had not been here before and had certainly not realised what lovely gardens we live in - we hope to see them again soon.