Family Garden Tea with crafting and Easter Craft on Sale

Family Garden Tea with crafting and Easter Craft on Sale - Saturday, 28 March 2026

28/3/2026

by John-Peter Gernaat

As there was no Palm Sunday celebration planned this year, it seemed the perfect opportunity to draw attention to the start of Holy Week and the coming of Easter with a morning of family crafting while being able to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee with cake and purchase beautifully handcrafted decorations for the celebration of Easter.

The crafters who have been working diligently every Thursday morning began making hares and other handcrafted decorations to sell, and supplemented their craft with suitable items bequeathed by Anne-Marie van Dijk.

Miniature succulent gardens, high-quality woven baskets, second-hand books and a few select items of furniture were also on sale.

Bridgette had blown while hens’ eggs in preparation for painting them or decorating them with coloured tissue paper.

Mid-morning Ludmilla Hogerzeil and Carol Martin put on a table theatre puppet show of the Grimm’s tale of the Star Taler. The children sat enthralled by this beautifully presented tale.

When everyone had gathered again, Bridgette ran a workshop in basket weaving. The creeper that grows on the West Manse enclosure wall had been harvested earlier in the morning and prepared for this workshop. A varied array of shallow baskets was produced.

Home-baked cake and brownies from Sophia Siepker, together with purchased cakes and hot cross buns, provided a selection of delectables to accompany the teas, coffees and cappuccinos on offer.