Friday morning at 7.30am we left Veenendaal for Beervelde in Lchristi, near Gent, in Belgium. This is the 40th time that Count Renaud de Kerckhove de Denterghem organises this, big for Europe, Plant Fair.
We arrived just before 11 and had until 4 pm to look around! The weather was Autumn perfect. Started at 3C in Baarn earlier this morning and was soon 15C! Then cooled off by late afternoon.
More than 200 stalls from different lands, including nurseries, new garden trends and decorative stuff for house and garden were there to tempt the visitors. It was well presented. A fine sfeer. Something for everyone!
The park is a beautiful place to walk around in. I heard lots of Dutch with many different accents being spoken, French, German and some English. Lots of 'city' country being worn by women while walking their dog, folks smoking, people chatting and between this pleasantry were the plant shoppers! By the end of the day lots of hand pulled trailers, portable shopping crates and lots of plastic bags full of plants were heading to the exit!
During the afternoon there was also enough to taste and time to sit and relax and fall asleep in the warm sun next to the "river'. Lunch was a fresh baguette with goats cheese and tomato! Coffee pause was a fresh pancake,the photo above, rolled up with brown sugar and a cup of real hot chocolate! We did by a few tall grasses for the new front garden lay-out at 15.30 pm before having a cup of coffee, loading the bus at 4 and getting back to Veenendaal at 20.00! The program said 6 pm, but how can one get from Gent to our part of The Netherlands within 2 hours on a Friday afternoon? Home at 20.30, give the new plants some water, have supper, download the photo's, watch Gardeners World then go to bed. What a lovely day!
Friday morning at 7.30am we left Veenendaal for Beervelde in Lchristi, near Gent, in Belgium. This is the 40th time that Count Renaud de Kerckhove de Denterghem organises this, big for Europe, Plant Fair.
We arrived just before 11 and had until 4 pm to look around! The weather was Autumn perfect. Started at 3C in Baarn earlier this morning and was soon 15C! Then cooled off by late afternoon. 
More than 200 stalls from different lands, including nurseries, new garden trends and decorative stuff for house and garden were there to tempt the visitors. It was well presented. A fine sfeer. Something for everyone!
The park is a beautiful place to walk around in. I heard lots of Dutch with many different accents being spoken, French, German and some English. Lots of 'city' country being worn by women while walking their dog, folks smoking, people chatting and between this pleasantry were the plant shoppers! By the end of the day lots of hand pulled trailers, portable shopping crates and lots of plastic bags full of plants were heading to the exit!
During the afternoon there was also enough to taste and time to sit and relax and fall asleep in the warm sun next to the "river'. Lunch was a fresh baguette with goats cheese and tomato! Coffee pause was a fresh pancake,the photo above, rolled up with brown sugar and a cup of real hot chocolate! We did by a few tall grasses for the new front garden lay-out at 15.30 pm before having a cup of coffee, loading the bus at 4 and getting back to Veenendaal at 20.00! The program said 6 pm, but how can one get from Gent to our part of The Netherlands within 2 hours on a Friday afternoon? Home at 20.30, give the new plants some water, have supper, download the photo's, watch Gardeners World then go to bed. What a lovely day!
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