5 GoodGymers planted herbs – and herbs – and herbs – and... more herbs!

There is a very special community non-profit called Think and Do Camden, and they have pioneered a lovely nature-bound project over the past 18 months.

Their bee-line boxes are sustainable, hardy, and ethically-sourced herb planters that attach to balconies.

This past week they've partnered with their third Camden estate (in Holborn) and we were there to fill the planters with all the right herbs!

This special group – Danny, Imogen, Majid, and Olga – spent two hours amidst mint, marjoram, oregano, rosemary, and thyme, and they planted tens upon tens of freshly affixed planters :)

It was a joy to see the balconies spring to green life, and everyone made a truly meaningful and material difference – thank you, everyone!!

The wonderfully creative folks at Think & Do Camden have made something special happen...

...just south of Camden Town sits Bayham Place Estate - 4 blocks around a very wonderful green space...

...but their planters had been removed and discarded for fire safety...

...until the wonderful Hafiz and Nicole at Think & Do ran this week's Beeline Box project!

These special planters are recycled, super high quality, and fire safe - and they add colour and life to the estate's terraces. There's one for each flat, and local young people will be in charge of watering and maintenance. It's a gorgeous project and we were very happy to play our small part today!

Alex, Cherian, Emily, John, and Siobhan were on the herb run. They ferried pots (upon pots upon pots) of lavender, marjoram, oregano, mint, rosemary, and thyme up stairs (upon stairs upon stairs) and planted beeline box (upon box upon box!)

Thank you so much, everyone - what a lovely and sunny task!!

A treemendous effort from all runners today. We had some big ol’ holes to dig for 10 adolescent trees to be transplanted into the estate. Not an easy task since the soil was rubblesome and many of the stakes were too high. The weather was sunny and snowing and hot and cold all at once. But with the help of much elbow grease, pickaxe action, hoedown throwdowns, a master gardener, digging for victory, croissants and teamwork, we did eventually make the tree-dream work. Looking forwards to seeing these new upstanding fellas flower and flourish over the forthcoming seasons!

You WOOD not believe how POPLAR we were, showing up for some no twigs attached fun, got to the root of the issue, until it was time for us to LEAF! (was that a bit aCORNY?)

A rather mild evening made it perfect for finishing of the bulb planting in Kentish town.

We had hundreds of tulips, daffodils and alliums to get in the ground, the will hopefully looking beautiful in a few months time!

It might have been cold but the mission is complete! Meadow now relocated to Camden school for girls.