The Passion of the Flower

2 Goodgymers helped an isolated person in York
Ellie Dove
Leanne
1 / 5
York

Saturday 6th January 2018

Find out about GoodGym TaskForce

Report written by Leanne (she/her)

Share the love

2 GG Yorkies, Leanne and Ellie met at Mr J's house to help him clear out his green house.

On arrival, Mr J explained that Passion Flower was growing rampant within the walls of the greenhouse (and some of it was even poking out between the cracks in the windows and roof) making it impossible for him to get in there. Our task was to cut it all back and empty any plant pots that we found inside.

Armed with shears and secateurs, we got stuck in. There wasn't enough room for both of us in the greenhouse, so we took it in turns to stoop inside and pass out the cuttings and plantpots to each other. Despite a clear warning to 'Mind Your Head', I hit my head at least twice, so let Ellie do most of the work inside!

I feel like this is the closest I'm ever going to get to being in Jumanji (Ellie)

Ellie also seemed to know what she was doing when it came to pruning - making sure to make cuttings at least a centimetre from where they branched off so that it didn't completely kill the plant.

Wanton destruction complete, we found ourselves a broom and swept out the floor. While Ellie got carried away removing some moss from the footpath outside the greenhouse, I picked up a squeegee which I found lying around and had a go at making the greenhouse door and roof a tad more see-through!

As we left Mr J was already making plans to plant some sweet cherry tomatoes in his newly created space.



Discuss this report
Join us on our next session

York

New Year’s Day York parkrun volunteering
🗓Wednesday 1st January 2025 8:30am

Start the January Challenge with a bang and support your local running community

Vicky HearsonDavid BarrettNicola Gover
6 GoodGymers are going - 24 spaces left! 👀