10 year Celebratory
Harvest Picnic

was held on Sunday Sept. 14th 2014

 

Doorus Orchard Community Garden Celebrated ten years this September with a Harvest picnic. The sun shone and the day was great.

 

There was a huge turnout of almost 500 people. Many brought their own picnic but food was also supplied by the Crepe stall and Coffee stall from Kinvara's Farmers Market along with Mercedes and family making us of the pizza oven.

 

Garden games were on hand to entertain young and old, as well as music by Johnny Moynihan and friends.

 

There was apple tasting and a raffle, which was won by Anita McGonagle- she will recieve an apple tree from the Irish Seed Savers. The most popular apple variety on the day was the Kerry Pippin followed by Scarlet Crofton.

 

Photographs were exhibited by the Dolmen Center in Kinvara, and also of the Orchard developing over the past ten years. Richard Hearns was the rtist in residence and he set up his easel for the day onsite. Nutan came and took most of the lovely photos in the slide show below.

 

Thanks to the Galway Conservation Volunteers for helping out with the ground perperation, and set up on Saturday, and on the day itself.

 

Special thanks to Anthony Linanne for the use of his good silage field for the car park, which was 2/3 full and had over 150 cars in it at one point!!

 

Thanks to everyone who helped out- Galway Co. Co. for the loan of the marques, Kinvara Farmer's Market for the loan of tables, various members of the community for the loan of gazebos, tables, cakes for the cake sale, games, help organizing the car park, doing front of house, mannig the driveway, first aiders, manning the various games, and of course the set up and tidy up after.