There is a woman in town who owns a successful landscaping business she named after herself. She is claiming that she was fired by Falmouth Road Race after donating plants, time and resources for the work her company did on a beach front garden that is actually on town property and not all the property of Falmouth Road Race. She further claims that she created the garden by request of the "Falmouth Road Race Committee" and that she is owed thousands of dollars in back pay.
The Falmouth Heights Beautification Committee, formed years ago by residents of the area received permission to create the original garden. Photos show citizens of retirement age (and much older) raking and planting the area. They commemorated the place with a brick walkway, some of which are engraved, benches with dedication plaques and a large stone at the entrance that reads, "Falmouth Road Race Garden" as the location is adjacent to the finish line of the over 50 year old race.
Unfortunately, the Falmouth Heights Beautification Committee no longer exists as many of the members are no longer with us. Also unfortunately, everyone who passes by the location is led to believe by the entry marker that the care of this garden belongs to the Falmouth Road Race.
A few years ago, the daughter of the head of the Falmouth Heights Beautification Committee approached the race to become caretakers of the garden as it had become overgrown with weeds and was sadly in need of some t.l.c. Not in the gardening business, Falmouth Road Race approached the aforementioned landscape company owner and commissioned work with a clear contract including agreed upon responsibilities and payment structure.
One can guess by the landscape company owner's ranting in a not so "fabulous" facebook group that things are not currently going as originally planned. Her business has been replaced by another local company whose owner approached the Falmouth Road Race with an offer to donate materials and labor.
The raging on facebook has continued for weeks with many nosy and righteously opinionated Falmouth residents chiming in with their ill-informed narrative of the situation and Falmouth Road Race's perceived role in the one sided battle.
While those involved with the Race know the real story and are incredibly upset about the bad press and abundance of lies and misinformation being spread about the organization, they have decided not to respond. This is clearly the hill that the irate landscape company owner is seeking to die on and not a garden that the "Falmouth Road Race Committee" is willing to tend to.
Gardens I will personally tend to include ingredients for summer cocktails to numb myself from foolish facebook gossips. See below for two refreshing, mind clearing cocktails to make this summer.
Garden Cucumber Martini
(serves 1)
3 oz vodka
3 inches, peeled seeded and diced cucumber
5-6 basil leaves, torn
1/4 oz simple syrup
1/4-1/2 oz pineapple juice
cucumber wheel
Chill a large martini glass.
Add all ingredients to shaker and add ice. Shake it to shit as we are not muddling the cucumber- no one has time for that.
Strain 2x before pouring into chilled glass. Garnish with cucumber wheel. If you are hungry for dinner make the following garnish.
Garnish/snack:
Thinly slice 2 cucumber wheels. Place1 tsp of goat cheese onto one wheel and top with the second wheel to make a sandwich. Slide a skewer or toothpick through and garnish cocktail.
Tomato Martini
(serves 1)
Sorry but you are going to need to get your head right to make this one correctly- muddling tomatoes is a must here but we are worth it. We are also worth using the best tomatoes in season so don't make this cocktail in the middle of winter.
A handful of cherry tomatoes or any kind of tomoto, cut into 1/4 inch size pieces (You will muddle these)
1/4 oz vermouth
3 oz gin (can sub out vodka)
1/8 oz lemon juice
pinch of salt
basil leaves
cherry tomatoes
Chill a large martini glass.
Add tomatoes for muddling to shaker- smoosh with a muddler or wooden spoon to release as much juice as possible. Add ice, vermouth, gin/vodka, lemon juice, salt and 3-4 torn basil leaves.
Shake the shit out of it until ice crystals make your hands stick to the shaker.
Strain 2x into the chilled glass. Garnish with skewered cherry tomato and basil leaves.
