Mission Accomplished at Cressingham Gardens

Our dedicated team of GoodGym volunteers got their sweat on while making a real difference in the community! We tackled a major garden transformation project that left everyone feeling accomplished and energized.

Tasks Completed

• Full garden weeding - cleared the entire space of unwanted growth
• Central area restoration - removed weeds, concrete blocks, and old wooden edging to create a clean, usable space

Highlight of the Day

The most memorable moment came when we discovered an unexpected family of residents - five adorable little toads! 🐸 This delightful surprise brought smiles to everyone’s faces and reminded us that our gardening efforts are creating habitats for local wildlife too.

Community Impact

Christine from Cressingham Gardens was absolutely delighted with the transformation. Her joy and gratitude made all the hard work worthwhile and perfectly captured why we do what we do.

Special Recognition

Huge thanks to Katie who stepped up brilliantly to co-lead the session meeting Jordan at Papa’s when Joao got held up with work commitments. This kind of flexibility and teamwork spirit is what makes GoodGym Lambeth special.

Another successful mission combining fitness, community service, and unexpected wildlife encounters - exactly what GoodGym is all about!.

Great to see Dan for his first Westminster task last night - welcome to our regular task rescuing food that would otherwise been thrown away and transporting it to Under One Sky who then hand it out to rough sleepers!

We joined up with Laura at the first of our three stops that evening, before heading off to collect all the goodies from the second bakery.

After loading ourselves up with flaky, crumbly goodness that would have tragically otherwise ended up in the bin, we made our way to Under One Sky.

Eagle eyed Dan spotted them immediately, so we quickly divested ourselves ready for our next pick up. It was great to have chance to chat as we waited at Pret, and the range of topics was fabulously diverse! From jousting, to learning Russian, to spaghetti westerns and the joys of stubborness, we covered it all.

Three bags of food later, we met up with Under One Sky one last time to hand over our haul. A job well done!

I pass this garden almost every day on the way to work, and never really noticed it, this week I did! and thought it could do with some TLC.