Marlpit Community Garden

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77 GoodGymers have supported Marlpit Community Garden with 16 tasks.


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Steven HitchamStephen ReedLizAlinaSarah

Goodness Rakeness Me

Monday 14th July

Written by Steven Hitcham

On another quaint evening at Marlpit Community Gardens, GoodGym lent a hand or few.

Stephen had the grand job or repositioning a mass pile of horse manure, which he made light work of!

The rest of us were raking up piles of the cut long grass.

Congratulations to Liz who was completing her 10th GoodGym deed.

To finish the evening, they allowed us to pick some berries for self consumption.

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Sarah WardJonathanEloiseRose CoplandJennifer Bettinson

A hit at the pit

Monday 9th June

Written by Steven Hitcham

It was another lovely summer evening at Marlpit Community Gardens.

The main take was to do some weeding around the vegetable patches.

We were kindly treated to some red lettuces.

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Sarah Ward
AlinaEloiseStephen Knock

We made good intoads

Monday 12th May

Written by Steven Hitcham

It couldn't have been a more tranquil evening, as we visited Marlpit Community Gardens as the sun started to lower and the cattle grazing in the adjacent field.

We had a tough task on our hands as we started to make inroads to move a pile of bark to the other end of the gardens (about 200 metres away).

There were 7-8 wheelbarrows and it was a grueling task of shoveling the bark into the barrows and transporting them before unloading.

Liz discovered a Toad in the pile of bark, which was then safely transferred to the pond area.

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Sarah WardSteven HitchamElizabeth H
JonathanAmy Young

Spring, Shovels, Sweat & Soil

Saturday 22nd March

Written by Eloise

On a lovely spring morning, 9 GoodGymers, 2 Vision Norfolk volunteers and 1 enthusiastic puppy took on the challenge of shifting 6 tonnes of soil - that’s the weight of 1 elephant or about 12 horses. Armed with jaunty wheelbarrows, we transported the soil across Marlpit Community Gardens into Vision Norfolk’s three newly built raised planters. Thanks to everyone’s hard work, the planters are now ready to grow a mix of potatoes, seasonal vegetables, and fresh salad. A warm welcome to Wayne, who joined us for his first mission!

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NorwichGroup run
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Jonathan
KathrynMaddy CoxRose CoplandSarah

Goose bumps

Monday 17th July 2023

Written by Steven Hitcham

This evening saw us return to Marlpit Community Garden on a lovely calm summer evening.

The team split into two group. Group 1 were clearing weeds from around the fruit trees, and Group 2 were clearing a vegetable plot.

At the end if the evening we were kindly invited to take some rhubarb, redcurrants and gooseberries.

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Andrea AuburnMark WebberMaddy CoxSamRose Copland

Stop the Rot

Monday 5th June 2023

Written by Steven Hitcham

Tonight we visited the lovely Marlpit Community Gardens, on what was a rather chilly June evening. The 4.5km run there sure warmed us up a little though!

During the winter they had cut back lots of willow trees, so our task was to collect the branches and transport them to an area where they could be stood up so they don't rot. So basically a lot of lifting was required... we definitely got our strength training in.

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