Wednesday 10th August 2022
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Report written by Elizabeth
Today, three GoodGymmers met up to help Energy Garden by watering some planters in Hackney Downs Overground station.
Having never done this task before, both Anne and I were glad to have seasoned watering professional Rupesh on our side: He rocked up to the task with a casually slung, but totally colour-coordinated, watering can. He then gave a password ("We're here to water the planters") and a secret handshake (๐๐พ) to the station staff to gain us access into the station, before guiding us to the taps and official station watering cans in the office between platforms 2 and 3.
We worked quickly, despite occasionally leaving a Hansel-and-Gretel-esque trail of water behind us as we moved between platforms. I suspect this spillage was in large part due to the lack of nozzles on the watering cans, which resulted in a... "powerful" pour. Luckily, we could use this trail to tell us which train platforms our team members were currently working on. This allowed us to chat together in an attempt to solve one of the great questions of our age: whether Rupesh was a guest star on the "Anne and Liz show", or whether Rupesh was the main character and Anne and I were merely joining him for the day.
The group watering experience also allowed us to simultaneously experience the intense excitement of discovering the tap-that-wasn't-really-a-tap, and to wave excitedly at Rupesh's girlfriend, who was located on a nearby balcony (another guest feature to our show!). I guess lots of waving makes sense for a watering task.
Shortly after waving at Rupesh's girlfriend, we finished the task and celebrated with some Turkish delight (in no way to be confused with afternoon delight), which means that today's episode of the Anne and Liz show (ft Rupesh) most definitely resulted in a happy ending ๐
It was fun seeing you guys, and hopefully catch you soon! ๐ฅณ
Hackney Downs has 20 planters that need regular watering. Raised above the city on 4 concrete platforms, we are growing edibles, herbs and perennial flowers to provide forage for bees and beauty for the commuters.
See moreWed 10th Aug 2022 at 11:34pm
The excitement was intense! Always good working with you both. Thanks for another good write-up Liz!
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