2 Month Streak
Crystal Palace
๐2 High St SE20 8RZ
For remembrance
Mon 6th Oct at 7:00pm
Crystal Palace Report written by Cat
Tonight we had a short run to the Blenheim-Arpley estate in Penge to meet Jami and the other volunteers from the Residents Association. We were tasked with helping the team shift a huge woodchip pile donated by Bromley council which they needed depositing around the estate. We made great progress (even with a brief interlude while Jami calmed down some anxious residents who spotted our red t-shirts and headlamps and thought we were the Russians coming to invade!) and you can see how much we shifted by the markings on the floor in the "after" photo. Great work tonight team!
Mon 6th Oct at 7:00pm
Suppress weeds, conserve water and boost the growth of tiny trees
Read moreMon 22nd Sep at 7:00pm
Crystal Palace Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
Wire we here again?
Oh yeah, to finish dismantling a big old chicken run!
We had a nice run past Penge's latest street art down to Dorset Road Allotments where we were greeted with a wheelbarrow of tools and half a chicken run left after last month's dismantling sesh!
This time in the dark, we got snipping and chopping the chicken wire off and pulling apart the wooden frame, leaving only a few bits left to do for next time.
Nice one, gang!
Mon 22nd Sep at 7:00pm
Help out this great community-based allotments site
Read moreMon 15th Sep at 7:00pm
Crystal Palace Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
Last night we were in a spooky Cator Park helping to tidy up some of the bushes and paths ahead of the friends group's dog show this weekend.
After a quick dog vs cats chat in the pub, we jogged down to meet Millie in the park.
We were equipped with hoes, secateurs, shears and a wheelbarrow and worked on a couple of the big hedge sections to neaten them up and clear weeds and pine needles from the path.
It didn't take long for it to look much more presentable, and mean the paths were wider.
Nice one, gang! โ๏ธ
Mon 15th Sep at 7:00pm
Help get the park in shape for this popular community event
Read moreMon 1st Sep at 7:00pm
Crystal Palace Report written by Mark Gilyead (he/him)
Some stellar clearing of a couple of beds in Crystal Palace Park tonight, right next to our regular Water Tower Base haunt, and a similar task in a way.
Invisible Palace look after a bunch of flower beds around the park and are taking on one that is particularly overgrown. Their volunteers had made a great start and we were continuing to clear out grass, weeds, brambles, bindweed and a huge buddleia.
We got a good workout in and made a really big difference to the space.
Nice one team ๐ฅ
Mon 1st Sep at 7:00pm
The bed will be replaced with more appropriate plants
Read moreMon 14th Jul at 7:00pm
Crystal Palace Report written by Cat
We had a NEW TASK tonight helping Mary and Rachel from Barnmead Road Allotments clear a big patch of brambles so that the area can be turned into a community garden. Many hands and some decent tools made light work and we managed to clear a good chunk of the area in just 45 minutes (see photos). After working up a sweat, we were treated to some delicious fruit (and spare strawberry plants!) by our lovely hosts while Catherine made friends with an allotment cat .
Great work team!
Mon 14th Jul at 10:55pm
Ace punning Cat ๐ And nice job everyone ๐ Here's the link to next week's session: Bollard painting in Cator Park (Remember when you freed that bollard Clare?!) - https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/bollard-painting-cator-park
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