Former Barcelona star Eto'o had begun his evening by wasting an opportunity to put his side further ahead in the opening skirmishes as aJohn Terry mistake left him to head tamely at Ross Turnbull from close range.
Master gardener John Coykendall briefed us on heirloom bean varieties, and later garden manager Jeff Ross took me on a horticultural tour that extended from the deep woods where ginger grows wild to the flame azaleas by the main buildings.