IT WAS HARD WORK BUT WORTH THE EFFORT...

I'm not surprised you raised so much money DD - your garden is always lovely. Well done - I'm sure the NGS are most grateful for all your efforts.

Well done Dotty and OH. I think you deserve a break now. That was a wonderful result. Love and best wishes.

Well done to all of you! You have a beautiful garden!

Well done, and yes take a rest will you do it all over again next year.

Congratulations on a magnificent total raised for the NGS, DottyDaisy :))) I can well appreciate the hard work involved (we opened our garden for 11 years for the NGS....), it's not easy is it?? But well done you!! And it just goes to show that "small gardens" are as beautiful and interesting (and raise HUGE amounts of money for charity) as the bigger ones ;) A thousand congratulations from me xxx

Congrats, you have earned a nice rest now, only for a while though!! Enjoy the summer in your garden.

Congratulations, your garden is stunning. Time to enjoy a nice glass of wine, whilst relaxing in the garden.

Wow, a thousand pounds! Well done to you all, it certainly is worth doing that if you can raise that amount! Congratulations...bet it was exhausting and very stressful though! :))

Wow amazing Dd, I bet you and OH, Daughter and Grandaughter are over the moon, all that work, (despite the badger foxes and the awfull winter) had to throw at you, its all been worthwhile, A massive well done to you all..Time to relax and start enjoying your gardens, just for you.. Dee..

Now that is a wonderful result, well done all of you, time to sit back and enjoy it yourselves, that of course is in between tidying and planning next year, lol, I`m really pleased for you......

well angela , did you enoy it thois time ............ hope so , any more pics please ;0)))
well dun on raiseing so much !!!

Love to know how you created your tiny bog garden. I would love one in my very small garden.

Gosh! It was really worthwhile opening your garden when you can raise that amount of money for good causes. I'm sure it was very stressful in the lead up to your opening, but now it's over, and by all accounts was a fantastic day in a fantastic garden! So now it's your turn to enjoy your beautiful garden in peace, now roll on the sunny weather!

Congratulations DD on such a wonderful effort on your first opening. You must be really pleased (if a little tired)

Despite all that challenged you you came up trumps, you must be feeling very proud - and so you should.
CONGRATULATIONS.

Oh my goodness, so many kind comments, where to begin, firstly thank you all very much for all your lovely and helpful advice, we did find it hard going Puddleduck, 11 years ? gracious me, Andrew yes we are tired but very pleased it is a charity close to our heart, so it does make it all worthwhile.
Cristina I enjoyed every opening, it is great to meet so many gardeners in one place, you learn so much too......our granddaughter took a couple of pictures, it is impossible to take them yourself, you have people wanting to ask questions all the time, I had a terrible sore throat by the end of the day, at one time there was a queue!! Grannyb it is fairly simple, find a suitable area heavy soil if possible, sink in a barrel or suitable container add a small pump, plant up barrel and bog plants cover with a heavy mulch and keep watered every day if possible.
Thank you all once again, just going to chill out now.....

A very well deserved rest is in order now,Dd..you have all done a wonderful job,and glad you raised so much money too...great ! Glad you enjoyed your first experience..it must have felt very daunting at first..but you did it ! well done.:o)..oh,and by the way,your garden is just beautiful..almost forgot that bit ! Lol.

It must be a wonderful experience to do that, and well done for raising so much money aswell :)

lol glad you enjoyed it .......... hope you recoved now .....
love your prize , very nice ....... i was 3rd haha ... got more cuprinal paint than the shop now !!! .
have put puddles pics up now on a blog , take a look .
hers is stuning too!!

Well done on raising so much for charity :o)

Bloomer, Hywel, TT, although the experience was a daunting one, it has been my ambition to open a garden for the NGS for over 20 years!! so better late than never lol Cristina going to look now......

Very well done DD - to be repeated next year ?

Hi Dotty, just catching up on here as had a few days away to Norfolk. We still comment on our visit to your Open Day, as it really was a pleasure to see it 'for real'! Congratulations on raising so much for a good cause. Take it easy for a while now, you deserve a rest after so much hard work. Don't suppose there's any cake left over? No, thought not . . .

Hi Shirley lovely to hear from you, Norfolk is such a restful place to spend a few days, we love it there.....thanks for your kind comments, sorry no cake today!! so much for a rest we have a private viewing on Sunday lol

Forecast to be a sunny day ... hope your visitors appreciate the effort you all put in. : o ))

Congratulations DD...and well done with the fund raising...Small is definitely Beautiful....Have a well earned rest...good luck...

Criss thanks, very kind of you, I am going to pop over to your pics........

i know im late dotty but just wanted to congratulate you both on a succesfull day and raising so much, well done you deserve it after all the hard work :o)

San thanks very much, how you doing these days? things any better? xx

Just wonderful to hear how much money was raised, Dd, and the work you and your OH put in was so worth all the long hours. Your garden was stunning! I am so glad that we came over to support you on this venture....Time to really sit down in that oasis of yours and appreciate the beauty of what you have achieved...Well done my dear friend, congratulations!!! \0/xxx

Flori thanks for those kind words, but it is onwards and upwards a new design taking place.......can't sit still, might never get up again lol love to you and Andy xx

Can you really improve on perfection, Dd? hahahha...You will have to keep us updated my friend...Love to you and Peter too xxx\0/

Will do.......one border done already!!

It really is hard work - especially the first time, as you've discovered. I send my congratulations to you both as well. Next job - set the dates for next year! lol.