Today we went back to the community garden at Geffery's Hall. It was in a bit of a state when we started visiting a few months ago but it's gradually getting into shape!

We all grabbed our tools and got to work on different bits of the garden:

Mina was working on one of the beds, clearing out dead vegetation - it looked so much tidier in the end!

Paul was digging out a load of roots from one of the other planters including a tree which I replanted elsewhere.

And Rich helped to get the strimmer going before tidying up around the planters.

Great stuff, team!

I've never heard so many tree puns in one night. Which is kind of ironic because we didn't find many trees...

But it was still a good night for a run/stroll and we did find a few trees!!

We split into a few groups:

Charlie, Paul and I had a bit of luck finding two trees (one massive, one little) and one branch on the way to the tree drop-off point.

Catherine, Cat and JC (visiting from GG Greenwich 🥳) did a long route but alas only found a nice statue and a plastic tree :(

James, Clare and James took the hilly route to Sydenham Wells Park. No trees but 6k in the bag 💪

Better luck next year?!

Well done anyway for your combined energy and jogging. See you next week!

It was a chilly morning, but a nice one with blue skies and sunshine!

Helen (brand new to GoodGym 🥳) and I met at the Bridge House for a jog down to Alexandra Rec, where we met Linda, Kelly and Merrin for some hyacinth, tulip and crocus(?) bulb planting.

When we finally found our way to the bulb's true destination, we got cracking to stave off the cold.

Helen, Merrin and I focussed on the sensory beds whilst Kelly and Linda planted along the railings.

30 minutes later and we were done. It will be nice to see some new flowers there in the Spring!

Top stuff, everyone! 👍👍

After a nice little jog, Rochelle, Marco, Alison and I joined Rich outside Elmstead Woods Primary for a quick bit of weeding and tidying up in a little play area/courtyard bit. We met head teacher Cat who had prepared a bunch of tools ready for us to get cracking.

It was super chilly so we gloved up and got straight to it;

🍂 Rochelle and Marco were pulling up weeds and gathering leaves in a couple of the beds

🧹 Rich was sweeping up

✂️ Alison was trimming back the bushes

🌱 And I was mostly weeding between the slabs

After 30 minutes the space was looking much tidier! We popped our bin bags out the front and took a quick selfie.

Top stuff everyone - It was nice to kickstart the weekend with you!

Shout out to Marco, Rochelle and Alison for their first GG sessions! 🙌

What day is it? Pews-day of course!

We had a top team today for a session at Mottingham Community Garden behind St Ed's church.

To me, to pew

First up, Neal wanted us to move an old pew around the other side of the garden, so we shimmied and shuffled it around many corners, ably navigated by Mina!

Once that was in place, Mina and Marcia did some clearing up a Christmas crib which was made out of recyclable materials but was all over the grass...

Rich, Paul and I got going on some "wildflower clearing" - Neal isn't a fan of the word weeding as the things that we negatively describe as weeds are actually very useful and only tend to pop up where there are no other plants growing. Seems logical!

Marcia and Mina joined for some "wildflower clearing" 😉 after that.

Nicely done everyone! Hope to see you at another session soon.