The first meeting of the Lemon Grove Organic Edibles Garden Club was a smashing Success!

Sixteen organic Gardeners, from beginners to long time expert, from balcony gardeners to owners of large properties - 60 acres took first place here- came out this beautiful, sunny Monday morning to kick off the Garden Club to a great start.

We took some time to introduce ourselves and our hopes for this group and then took a tour of the garden, bowls in hand, to either gather ingredients for the salad and green smoothies we were having for lunch or, the simplest solution, just snack right off the plants. For some, this was there first edible flower tasting, or fresh Goji berries, or tiny alpine strawberries.

Shaking the Mulberries out of the tree was lots of fun too. Four people holding a large bedsheet on each corner trying to catch the berries raining down due to two madly shaking the tree. 

We also took a look at the newly installed laundry to landscape watersystem which just had been installed the day before - but more about that in a seperate blog.

Filled bowls in hand, we went right to the serious business of eating the harvest and what members had brought from home. Honorable mentioning goes to delicious home grown macademia nuts and to a scrumptious dessert we are all trying to get the recipe for.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and join us for the evening meet and greet meet up which will follow much the same format. 

To join, go to meetup.com