On a sunny, cloudy, windy and rainy Saturday morning Isaac and Steve arrived to help out at the Marsha Phoenix Trust, led by local professional gardener and GoodGym friend, Sue. The Marsha Phoenix Trust is a longstanding organisation offering shelter to young women in this corner of Lewisham, and the garden we would be helping look after is an important part of daily life and recovery here.

The three of us started with some tidying of the beds and bushes at the front of the building before moving to the main even of the large back garden. Here there were palm fronds to be gathered and composted, a lawn to be mowed and sadly a mature plum tree full of fruit that had toppled and split.

By noon it was time for a customary cuppa, and biscuits were supplemented with some fresh plums salvaged from the tree. A little more time tidying and clearing away debris and tools and were were ready to say goodbye and head off to enjoy the rest of our weekends.

This mission occurs roughly every month, so please keep an eye out for it on the GoodGym website, and sign up next time!