Calendar Girls come to Carouge. "Pick your Own" fruit and Flowers in Rolle and Nyon
- Catherine
- Jun 16, 2013
- 2 min read
Calendar Girls. "Pick your Own" fruit and flowers
The Geneva English Drama Society will be performing the play "Calendar Girls" from Tuesday June 18th to Saturday June 22. The weekday performances are at 20:00 and the Saturday show is at 19:00. There will be a special gala performance on Friday June 21 in the presence of the original Miss February- Angela Baker! Proceeds from the evening will go to benefit two Geneva cancer charities. Photo below: The "Calendar Girls" of GEDS in rehearsal.
The play will be preformed at the Théâtre Pitoëff, 52 rue de Carouge, Plainpalais. For more details of the production click here. For tickets, click here
Synopsis of the play: When Annie’s husband John dies, the ladies of the Knapeley WI (Women’s Institute) decide to raise money for a new settee in the family waiting area of the hospital. They realize that they need a more compelling way to raise money than their traditional calendar with views of Yorkshire. As Annie’s friend Chris puts it, “a slight shift from a WI Calendar of Spectacular Views, to a calendar of Spectacular Views of the WI.” The ladies produce a calendar of them performing the standard occupations of the WI such as baking, playing music and knitting. The only catch is that they are all nude! The amateur rights for the play have only been released for one year in order to have as many productions worldwide as possible for a Guinness World Record.
The warm weather has finally arrived in Vaud and with it the seasonal fruits have now appeared. There are quite a few farms in the Nyon area that offer a "pick your own" service. The farm Pré-de-Vers just outside Rolle on the lake road (details and map here) has lots of delicious, succulent strawberries to pick right now. You can pick them until the 20th June 00 on Monday to Friday from 14:00 to 19:00 and Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00. Call 078 691 32 73. You can either take your own container which will be weighed before you start picking the strawberries, punnets are also provided for those who arrive empty handed!
There is also a small farm shop on the premises. There will be sunflowers to pick from July to September and then tulips in March to April. Photo above - a family from Lausanne picking strawberries.
Below: The friendly Madame Bonvin at the farm shop
Above - Apple juice and home made jams for sale - Below - You can't miss the sign for the farm shop on the Route Suisse!
If you like the idea of picking your own flowers, the farm called the Domaine de Bois-Bougy (on the outskirts of Nyon just past the tennis club) is offering a "pick your own" service. Flowers in bloom at the moment are beautiful white, pink and dark red peonies, there are some lettuces too. There are some lilies toowhich are almost ready (this post was written on Sunday 16 June). There is an honesty box next to the field to pay for the flowers collected. There are secateurs provided. This farm is also a bed and breakfast establishement.
Photo below - Flowers and strawberries picked locally and back at home.