In May the speaker at the Wymondham Garden Club monthly meeting was Gabrielle Reid, a wonderful lady who runs "Gabriel’s Cutting Garden" in the picturesque village of Gissing.

An organic garden, Gabi grows flowers for colours and scents on an acre of land, 35 different sorts of Roses and loads of other plants for flowers all year round, creates seasonal floral displays to order, and, as she says “that just gathered look, fabulous fragrance and country charm”.

Her garden isn’t normally open to the public, but as luck would have it, was open for “Gissing’s Sunday Best” – Open Gardens & Classic Cars on the first Sunday of June.

A perfect summer’s day when lots of Garden Club members went along to see the Open Gardens including Gabriel’s Garden.

14 Gardens and Spaces (Community Orchard, Mill Green Wildlife area) were open for a small admission charge. For those perhaps less inclined to gardening – the Classic cars included some famous sporty and rare models. Gardens of all shapes and sizes with features to commend them. Plenty of flowers to sniff and plants, shrubs and trees to admire.

Everyone who went had a great day. The community hall served tea and cakes plus the village pub ran a mini-beer festival - what more could you want!

Next meetings of the Club: July 17th is a talk by Jamie Blake from Bressingham Gardens, intriguingly titled “The Weeding of the 5,000 with 2 Hoes & 5 Wishes”. August 21st is Gardeners Question Time with the very popular Guy Barker who always brings along plants and flowers to wow the audience; not a meeting to miss!