This was our first time at Holy Trinity Lamorbey Church where the parish administrator, Pat, and parishioners Annie and Rosie (with her children), gave us a warm welcome and explained the task: clear a tangle of brambles and weeds from a flowerbed, and pull up the underlying plastic membrane, if possible.

With the church summer fayre taking place in just a few days, the pressure was on to make things look neater and tidier!

We were a hive of activity as we jumped to it: cutting back the growth, digging out roots, heaving up the membrane, and barrowing the cuttings to a compost area.

We downed tools at one point to rescue a toad and carefully move it to a new home in nearby bushes 🐸.

We think we also disturbed a bumble bee nest as there were lots of them buzzing around our legs. Simon got stung through his socks twice, ouch! 🐝🐝🐝

Several passers by stopped to comment on our work - the red GG tshirts certainly make us stand out!

And what a difference between before and after! We cleared the whole area and we could hardly bee-lieve how much we got done in just an hour.

We'll bee back again across the summer to help with more tasks in the garden. Hop along and join us.