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!

GoodGym Nottingham returned to the wonderful Windmill Community Gardens for our Wednesday night task. They are hosting their annual Feel Good Garden Party on Saturday and needed our help with a few jobs in preparation for the event.

Carley set us to work clearing a large pile of rubbish and wood, transporting it in wheelbarrows to a skip which was located a bit further down the entrance road. Our main challenge was avoiding all the rusty nails sticking out of the wood. Most of the pile was destined for the skip, but we managed to save some glass, plastic and metal for recycling. We also rescued several slugs and a dog made out of welly boots!

Once the first rubbish pile was clear, our next job was to fill our wheelbarrows with wood chip from outside the gate and transport it to the very back of the gardens where it would be laid to make a path. Not wanting to waste a wheelbarrow journey, we filled them with more rubble and wood for the skip on the way back out.

It was a warm, balmy evening in Nottingham (a rarity at the moment). So much so that at one point Nigel decided to take a shower…door, from the rubble pile. We finished with a quick photograph by our full skip and headed on our way.

What a smashing task!

See the pictures for details of the Feel Good Garden Party and other events at the Windmill Community Gardens.