Our good weed for the day

7 Goodgymers helped their local community in Islington
Eilidh Wagstaff
Sam Chapman
Lora Louise Walsh
Katriona Goldmann
John Shirley
Beth Sawyer
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Islington

Saturday 15th May 2021

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A super sextet headed over to Highbury Quadrant to continue the good work we've carried out over many months on behalf of the redoubtable Fran. It was an early start but even Sam nearly made it on time. Paul and John renewed acquaintances, having been inseparable GoodGymers at one time. Eilidh travelled only a short distance, while Katriona came from Scotland - though not today. Beth arrived full of joy following her recent race success.

First we had to move some bags of soil by wheelbarrow, from the wall plot to another area. We knew they'd be heavy, because it was GoodGym who'd carted them to the wall plot when they first arrived. That part of the task was soon done and we then spread the soil out and levelled it.

We also spread some black sheeting over another bed to deny the weeds any sunshine, while other weeds were tugged out by the now-experienced hands of GoodGymers. Beth found a bone, though it might not have been human.

Having inadvertently continued over our allotted time, we returned the tools, said "au revoir" to Fran and headed off in different directions with most of our Saturday still ahead of us.


This task supported
Octopus Community Network
Octopus Community Network is a collaboration between the largest multi-purpose community centres in Islington

We run lots of projects including 'We Can Grow' which encourages food growing on housing estates around Islington as well as engaging with residents to increase environmental literacy and access to outdoor spaces.

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Beth Sawyer

Sun 16th May 2021 at 12:07pm

Fantastic report John - thank you! Lovely to see you wonderful goodgymmers at this task, really enjoyed it!

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