Pantomime

A funny thing happened on the way to the garden.......

Last year Darren and I decided that doing a pantomime in the garden would be a golly good idea. At first it was like a big joke but when we thought about it, the idea seemed not so crazy.

What a great way to show-case the garden and to herald colour and diversity in the talents of our community. Why not do something a bit out there that may bring a bit of joy to people? Why not take the risk? Why not us?

It's all a bit crazy because Darren and myself have never been in a pantomime. Although I have been in a few plays and skits over the years I've never fully pursued drama in the way that I would have liked, therefore feeling quite unqualified for this adventure.

So it went like this, we got serious, filled out an application for sponsorship from council and with no guarantee of getting any money we decided to book a date in and commenced with organising a panto.

What an adventure and we didn't even have a script!! What are we doing???

As our Saturday panto meetings screamed along, we have gathered a script writer, Amanda Taylor; who took our ideas and wrote something cool, Lee Rickwood who has done a lot of hard work along the way for us and Aileen Gleeson, who really does take the best minutes.

What has amazed me about this journey is how some people say that they are not creative but when it counts comes up with brilliance, such as Narelle Pearce who came up with our Let it Go parody "Let it Grow".

By the way, if you want to be a part of the flash mob scene we have created an event on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/1462247340709770/

Well the good news is, that we have received sponsorship for our panto from the Shellharbour City Council and we are stoked.

There have been so many great people who have been involved and this so far has been fun

How good was this meeting........fancy pizzas

this part was fun because we got to play dress ups with the Gullibles costumes. 

And then how really cool, we got to pitch our panto at the very first Illawarra soup night at Warilla 

this is how Darren went

We didn't get the cash but it didn't matter as it was such a great night. If you get an opportunity to go to one of these I highly recommend it 

For more photo's of the soup night check out Paul Pennell Photography 

Then the coolest thing happened.....oh yeah, we got cheque from the Mayor

Then after all of that fun and adventure we finally got to read the script

Costumes are being created and friendships as well. This truly is one awesome adventure so far.

There is still time to put your hand up and be involved. We are not experts and may seem out of our depth but we decided to just give it a go and I am glad we did.

Panorama Love

So a funny thing happened to me yesterday, I accidentally found that I could do panoramic photo's on my iphone. Wow, such a revelation. So with that in mind I took a whole heap of pictures of the garden. I had so much fun.

The Shared Garden

Last week I went to the garden on Thursday and it was quiet and peaceful. As I was enjoying the space I noticed a chap and his little boy coming down the hill and they both looked as though they were enjoying the themselves. After a meander through the bush garden he sat down and looked really content and that's when I interrupted his quiet contemplation with a "G'day".

It was so good to see someone from the community just come to the space and enjoy it. He told me that he often came there to relax and one time took some of the bana grass home to plant in his own back yard.

As we continued to chat the best story he told me was how one night he picked a giant zucchini and took it to a mates house and all of his mates asked "Whered ja get that this time of night??" "From the gaaaarden"

I wonder how many others enjoy the garden without our knowledge? I hope there is more than just this one person.

Community Gathering Day 16/12/12

Yesterday we had a community gathering at the garden and many thanks to Angela Dever for organizing the events throughout the year.

It was a very hot day and yeah for The Department of Sport and Recreation who brought along a slip and slide. I can testify, that sliding down it cooled me down for the day :)

Not only is there action pack activities on a gathering day, we also have artistic adventures for anyone who would like to get creative.

It's always great to eat produce from the garden. This is Cliff and he made a beetroot soup that was so refreshing!!!!

We at BHCG would love to thank Mark with his amazing passion for music making and giving us the opportunity to play and make. It made the day special. 

Now this is an awesome design!!!

This is Terry showing that he has an array of talents other then gardening.

On the day, we also celebrated a birthday.

Happy birthday Darren.

It's always a great atmosphere at the garden and I encourage people to come along when we have future events or just pop in when we have our working bee's.