book club at a garden nursery...

Sunday was book club day, and since Anna and I were hosting it we thought we'd go out rather than have it at our place (our loungeroom is small and uninspiring).

We'd had recommendations from 2 people to go to a place called the Petersham Nursery, down the Thames in Richmond. The restaurant there is chef'd by an aussie lady called Skye Gyngell, and the nursery itself was said to be really lovely.

It didn't disappoint! It was very pretty, with lots of little elephant statues everywhere, other Indian things, and heaps of colourful flowers. There were heaps of glasshouses - a few of which had rustic tables and chairs where you could sit with a pot of tea and a slice of Skye's cake.

We gossip'd for ages and thought we'd better talk about the book, which was Brave New World. Quite a hard book to discuss in public, especially when the girls had so many thoughts on relationships, promiscuity, drugs, psychology and society. We were getting funny glances. We gave up after a while and wandered around the plants instead!