Alex Murtough

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Camden

Area Activator for Camden. Used to sell healthy ice cream. Prefers cake. Secretly harbours dreams of late-blossoming Olympic stardom.


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Wed 2nd Apr at 6:15pm

Story Garden + A Caravan of Tools + Spring Twilight

Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)

Camden is a wonderful place where odd things usually happen.

This is why Camden residents rarely look twice.

Some tourists aren't like this and regularly look twice. This has resulted in many Camden tourists leaving the borough with neck aches, cramps, and twists.

They realised too late that oddities are normal in Camden, and that looking twice really isn't polite.

However I do wonder whether our wonderful group took second glances as we made our way through sunny and busy King's Cross.

Thirteen of us - Alison, Auriela, Charlie, Danya, Gosia, Helen, Imogen (on their first good deed - welcome!!), Jackie, John, Michael, Siobhan, and Steve - met at the (remarkably special) Story Garden.

Carley, our brilliant host, was waiting for us with a caravan of wheelbarrows and trolleys, each piled with tools, bags, and high-vis jackets.

This was the moment when our team of red t-shirts trundled everything over to the other side of Coal Drops Yard.

Our destination was the Story Garden's new (and gorgeous and permanent!!) community site on York Way. It's called The Triangle because it's shaped like a triangle, and it's mid-way through being built and transformed.

We were there to rescue and prepare a mound of earth that will soon be sewn with bee-loving flowers.

And yesterday - rescuing and preparing meant collecting, snapping, and bagging the thousands of weed sticks that covered the mound - the group's laughter and wood-snapping sounded like a happy family sat around a bristling bonfire :)

Many industrial bags filled and with the twilight fading, we made our return journey through the evening city - and I think the addition of huge bags of sticks made even Camden regulars take a second look...

...thank you for a wonderful evening, everyone! Your work made a big difference!!

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Tue 22nd Apr at 6:30pm

FRIENDLY GROUP SESSION FOR THE NHS: 💪 🏋️ Spreading Mulch at the Listening Space Garden in Kentish Town 💚⚡

Join us for an active + healthy evening helping the Caversham Group NHS Practice in Kentish Town :)

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Sat 10th May at 11:00am

FRIENDLY GROUP SESSION: Installing + Planting Herb Boxes @ Bayham Place Estate (Camden Town)

Come join us for two hours of green-fingered (and sun-covered 🤞) fun making a difference in Camden :)

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Sun 4th May at 10:30am

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Wed 26th Mar at 6:30pm

Adelaide Community Garden + 200 Sacks of Soil + Wonderful Teamwork :)

Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)

Hidden behind a nook - somewhere just north of Camden Town - is a secret garden called Adelaide.

A door that's inconspicuous. A sign that's easily passed. And rows of houses that disguise the scale of what's inside...

...it was our first time visiting Adelaide Community Garden this Wednesday, and as we walked (and walked (and walked)) through this special sanctuary, we were all left wondering: "does this garden have an end?"

Which it did, and which we were all thankful for. Especially as our task, as the light fell, involved scooting up and down the full length of Adelaide's pathways.

This wonderful group - Emily, Gosia, Helen (on their first GG good deed - welcome!!!), Jackie, John, Nivia, Sarah, Siobhan, and Steve - made a huge difference this week!

Our task was to distribute a total of 200 sacks of (freshly delivered) soil and fertiliser - in piles of 7 sacks - to specific named plots.

Cue wheelbarrows ferrying, sacks aloft shoulders, and trolleys busying - and all amidst shouts of plot-owners' names - "I have 2 manures for Marie!" - "can anyone see Brian's, I have 3 sacks of fertiliser!" - etc!!

As night truly landed, our happy group finished this mammoth task. It made a big difference, and it was an evening filled with fun, connection, and teamwork!!

Here's to next time!!

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John Shirley

Fri 28th Mar at 11:38am

Nice report

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Fri 28th Mar at 11:39am

And welcome Helen!

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Sat 5th Apr at 8:45am

Hampstead Heath ParkRun

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Wed 19th Mar at 6:15pm

Camden + Nearly Spring + Happy Evening

Camden Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)

Every month it gets a little brighter.

That was our feeling as our wonderful group - Charlie, Emilie, Kathleen, Jackie, John, Siobhan (on their first GoodGym good deed - welcome!!), and Steve - met at our regular haunt for green-fingered activities, Cecil Sharp House.

Spring is nearly here - we all said - even if - we still need our head torches.

With the garden lit and tools distributed, this special group swiftly started on a list of helpful tasks:

✅ Charlie, Emilie, Kathleen, John, and Steve tackled (magnificently) the sneaky weeds living between the cracks (and who were about to shoot high for spring!)

✅ Jackie bagged leaves and picked weeds behind the shed and by the front gate (making a huge and very visible difference!)

✅ Steve (taking a break from the sneaky weeds) and Alex pulled 2 severed rope-esque roots from (deep) in the ground!

✅ Siobhan (also taking a break from the sneaky weeds) filled watering can upon watering can and gifted the greenhouse a spot of hydration :)

Thank you, everyone for your time and energy - it was a wonderful evening!

Here's to next time!!

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Wed 2nd Apr at 6:15pm

FRIENDLY GROUP SESSION! Helping 🏋️ the **NEW** Triangle Site Story Garden in King's Cross 🌼

The Story Garden is a gorgeous community space by King's Cross, and we'll be making a big (and active) difference!!

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Sat 12th Apr at 11:00am

WWF x GoodGym Camden: Going Down to the (Community) Woods today... in Tufnell Park!

We'll be making for a safer secure woodland 🌳 and a better habitat for wildlife 🐛

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Wed 16th Apr at 6:15pm

WWF x GoodGym Camden: 2-Mile Run (Optional) + Green-Fingered Volunteering at Lismore Circus Community Woods

We'll be outside and making a difference at the wonderful Lismore Circus Community Woods!

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