Turfed out the common

29 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lambeth
Katie Welford
Michael Welsh
Rosie
George Clarkson
Jon Rennison
Alex Watkins
John Gutteridge
David Drury
Lucy Ranson
Alfie
David Ewens
Tessa Hall
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Paul Fawcett
Meagan
Sophie Powell-Cook
Rose Cornish
Sarah
James Kerry-Barnard
Jessica Evans
Emma
Andrew Gilyead
John Hunter
Sylvie Besse
Tom Clark
Victoria Rennison
Jim
Aislin Mageean
Lavinia Walsh
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Lambeth

Tuesday 6th March 2018

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Katie Welford
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The snow had subsided this week and HOORAY to that as we had some serious work to do on Clapham Common. After a nice warm up from George C we headed off to Windmill Drive to meet the Two Davids. David One runs our pals Bandstand Beds, who we help out regularly. David Two is a wild flower expert and is leading the Colour Your Common initiative to plant a wildflower meadow.

We are helping them out regularly over the next few months to get a lovely wildflower area planted up in time for summer. This week, we broke ground for the first time and took top soil off the first strip of land! We had diggers and wheelbarrowers and overseers and headtorchers. It was a riot of action and people. After 35 minutes hard work, we had finished off the strip and put up some protective fencing.

We ran back to base and did some stretching, then Sarah handed out some lollies that she had as a reward. Great work Lambeth - we look forward to enjoying the finished meadow!


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Colour Your Common Initiative
Creating a wildflower haven on Clapham Common

Colour Your Common is the initiative of Clapham Common Management Advisory Committee and aims to create a wildflower haven on Clapham Common where wildlife can flourish and people can picnic, relax, read a book do yoga, or whatever else takes there fancy. It will consist of 2m wide strips planted with indigenous wild flowers, interspersed with bands of mown grass. The project aims to increase biodiversity on the common and create a garden open for all.

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