Tonight we had a last minute switch of task to tidy the car park flower beds up. We'll have to come back soon to sort out the Acorns garden again. Armed with many appropriate gardening tools and Sarah's chisel (trick of the trade!) we set to work. The flower beds are part of a sensory garden so we got to appreciate all the lovely smelling herbs as we tried to free then from the weeds. We don't know what was more tricky, getting the grass out of the dry soil or not pulling all the plants apart that were tangled in the bind weed! We were rewarded for our efforts with some lovely bunches of roses in need of new homes. We look forward to joining Rose Road again next month.

So good to be back with Aldermoor Community Farm this evening and with a fantastic turnout. Team work made the dream work for the best short, back and sides for the bushes! Well done to our runners who joined in for a hill session outside the farm before pruning too.

Richard gave us a lovely update on the farm and was ready with gloves and tools for the job. His request for a chamfered bush may have been a step to far.... but we can build up to that! Derek caught his finger on the barbed wire, much to Richards delight as it meant he could put an entry in the accident book.

It was lovely to be joined by Sanat, a new member to Portsmouth Goodgym. Thankyou for coming to our session Sanat, hope you enjoyed it and hope you visit us again soon 😊

We cleared the living room of Ms. J. in preparation for her return home from a hospital visit.

A hospital bed will need to be installed in the living room, so we cleared as much space as we could, which was difficult since it seems she is a bit of a hoarder.

We were joined by a building manager who very politely but repeatedly told us she didn't really want us there but she wasn't allowed to have her employees do the work instead.

We took no additional photos to protect the privacy of the resident.

We cleaned the Rose Road vehicles - inside and out..... we were tasked with doing 2 maybe 3, cleaning the inside and then the outside if we had time, but many GG hands make light work and we managed to clean 4!

Well done team - you were all awesome 🤩🤩🤩