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All Saints' garden - we know where it's at

3 GoodGymers made their way to help the All Saints Asylum Seeker project in Portsmouth.

  • Rosie Sayers
  • Judy Knapp
  • Lynn Spencer
 
Sunday, 2nd of May 2021
 
Led by Judy Knapp

Lynn & Rosie joined me to discover the hidden treasure of the All Saints church garden.

While the traffic crawled past into Portsmouth, with beeping horns and occasional shouts of road rage, we enjoyed the tranquility of this oasis, with the sound of birds enjoying the tree cover.

We joined Anita and other volunteers to continue preparing beds for planting. The 3 GoodGymers sorted out the compost bins and loaded in the green waste from last week, as well as clearing weeds from the paths and in the garden area which is likely to be adopted by the Brownies.

I was lucky enough to be given a gentle warning by a bee to stay away from their nest in the compost heap and was welcomed to the garden by a kindly bird pooing down the back of my GG t.shirt!

From next week, asylum seekers will join us to garden and to improve their English.

Report written by Judy Knapp


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Wilson
Wilson
Monday May 3rd, 2021 08:44

Nice one you guys - lovely photo too :)

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