It was a welcome return to the Windmill Community Gardens for four GoodGymers. Tasked with trying to clear the (almost) dried up brook of lots of overgrown brambles and ivy we all got well and truly stuck in. It’s always surprising how much we can get done in just one hour but we were about assisted by Lu and Linda (who shared her amazing knowledge of spiders) from the gardens.

So this was my second Good Gym mission, and I’m happy to say I’m feeling very accomplished. Even though it was only me this time from the Good Gym team, I had some other lovely volunteers (passionate gardeners) from around the area to work along side. With only a few of us, we managed to get A LOT of work done, and none of us were afraid to get stuck in. Team work makes the dream work!

The space will now be levelled out and have some wood chip placed over for future use (whilst keeping some much neater brambles up around the perimeter for crumble & pie purposes🥧)

Tea and other hot drinks were provided for our efforts in their beeeautiful shed, thanks to the lovely people at the Windmill Community Gardens.

Looking forward to helping out again in the future!

(Many a ladybird and one worm were rescued during this task)

Well done to Sehrish who went along to the Windmill Community Gardens to help clear up after their annual Pumpkin Day event. Tracey and the team at the WCG were extremely grateful for your help!

Well done to Stephanie who did her first GoodGym task helping set up the Pumpkin Day at the Windmill Community Gardens. Tracey and the team were very grateful for all your help (and the extra pairs of hands you took along too!).

Finishing off our task from earlier this week, I headed out around Hyson Green delivering leaflets for Pumpkin Day!

Just gutted I can’t actually go!

It was a rare Monday night task for GoodGym Nottingham last night as Peter, Tom and Rachel took to the streets to help promote the Windmill Community Garden’s annual Pumpkin Day.

The task had been postponed from Saturday when the weather was not very pleasant, but we had a lovely mild and dry evening, perfect for delivering leaflets into doors around the roads adjacent to the community gardens.

We didn’t take a count, but we worked through a decent pile of leaflets between us and Peter even managed to get the staff at the David Lloyd health club and a local newsagents to take some to display for their customers.

The Pumpkin Day is an annual event celebrating all things autumnal and pumpkin-related – apple pressing, fancy dress, pumpkin carving, foraging, games and more. We have two GoodGym tasks running on Sunday 27th October to help set up and tidy away this event – if you are free on Sunday and fancy helping out, please sign up!