Thank you all, I have a few good ideas now, we will pray for a fine day :-)

kate
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Serena Blanchflower" wrote in message
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* Kate Morgan wrote, On 22/06/2007 14:35:
We are having a garden party on July 1, because of the weather nearly all
my roses have been battered and ruined also troughs full of petunias, the
shrubs and fuchsias still all look good. Anyone with any tips to make up
for the lack of roses and to give the garden the WOW factor, many picky
peeps will be here to look and no doubt comment. How brave people open
their gardens open their gardens to the public I will never know :-)

When I got married, many years ago but at this time of year, the reception
was in my parents' garden. My mother brightened up a couple of relatively
empty patches with bedding plants, planted in their pots a couple of days
before the wedding to reduce the risk of shocking them.

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Cheers, Serena
I cannot always control what goes on outside. But I can always control
what goes on inside. (Wayne Dwer)