Rockery III: The Greatest Challenge

3 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Leanne
Huw
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York

Thursday 19th October 2017

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Three GG Yorkies met at Hull Road Park to help track down a hidden rockery.

We met with TCV, a local conservation company, and some regular volunteers at 9.30am. By 9.40 am, we'd admired the vast range of tools available at the park and Egg had touched a rake, so it was declared time for a cup of tea. Only Huw declined a drink, on the principle that we hadn't actually done anything yet. The rest of us had no qualms. While we drank our tea, Huw did a bonus good deed and helped some people from the council take a collection of full bin bags to their van.

Tea 'break' complete, we were shown to the area we would be working on: our task was to destroy a section of overgrown bushes and brambles to reveal the rockery underneath.

We made great use of loppers, shears, mattocks, rakes and saws to tackle the unwanted greenery and left a much tidier (and more importantly much more visible) rockery behind.


This task supported
The Conservation Volunteers
Helping to make Sunny Worthing look beautiful for our community

Working in open parks and spaces to help make community grounds be safe and attractive for local residents and organisations to use

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