And lo, there will be cake.
On the first Sunday of the garden festival – 30 October – Rose from the Garden Cake Kitchen will have her wares for sale during the afternoon concert by La Mer. French Cafe-style music blended with gypsy swing and extravagant cake on our front lawn – what could be better? I admit that it would be better if we could guarantee a fine day because the concert is weather dependent, but that is beyond our control, alas.
Rose describes her cakes as “botanical-inspired, perfectly imperfect, and even more delicious than they look!” Rest assured that we will be carrying out some quality control testing.
Rose will be selling her cakes by the slice and there will be a limited amount of gluten-free and vegan slices as well.
If you are coming to the Centuria Taranaki Garden Festival over that weekend, please join us on our front lawn. There is plenty of room. I have just posted a second video of La Mer’s music on my Facebook page here, to capture of the flavour of the music as well as the cakes.
The Sunday morning Nature Journaling workshop with Jennifer Duval-Smith has sold out but there are still a few spaces left in her other three worksops – Meadows and Wildflowers on Saturday 29 October, Grandeur and Glory of the Rhododendron on Tuesday 1 November and Flowers of the Early Summer Garden on Saturday 5 November. For more details and bookings, go to the festival website.
IThe festival website is https://www.gardenfestnz.co.nz/ or you can find it on Facebook and Instagram.
Tikorangi The Jury Garden 
What an artiste when it comes to cake!! But where does she get the roses from? We are just finishing the winter prune of roses in the south, with not a bloom in sight – just a lot of bare branches!!
Well these are photos supplied so I guess from last summer? The flowers used in late October will be a little different!
This is temptation indeed. Best wishes for the open season!
Thanks Paddy. Currently entering the rising panic stage but we will get there.