Godstone Gardeners’ Club is sponsoring a donkey in the Donkey Derby at the Godstone Village Fete this year. The problem is … we need to come up with a name! At our July meeting we will hand out some paper so that members can submit a suggestion, but we only have until the 10th July to name our donkey so we need to get our thinking caps on. Here’s a couple of suggestions that we’ve had so far:
- Scented Rose out of Manure by Garden Shed
- Climbing Clematis out of Compost by Shrinking Violet
- Brussels out of Boxes by Poirot the Leek
We’re quite sure that someone out there has a better suggestion, (clean ones only will be published!). If you have a suggestion, please post it here!


As ever, we weren’t let down by our members last night and we had some great suggestions to name the Donkey. Hare are some of those that were submitted:
And finally …
After much consideration by the selection panel, the chosen name for this year’s donkey is …
Am I too late to put in a suggested name for the Donkey.
Don Qui out of Oaty by Orange Tree Blossom
Certainly not! Good suggestion!
And the winner is ….
By popular vote:
Don Qui out of Oaty by Orange Tree Blossom!