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Thu 1st Jul 2021 at 6:30pm
Come and join the final week of the preparation for this big new creative environmental project.
Read moreFri 25th Jun 2021 at 7:00pm
Tower Hamlets Report written by Joanne Robinson
As the Eurythmics sang…'Thorn in my side you know that’s all that it was worth' this time though, the thorns came with a bundle of laughs to champion a blooming lovely and very bushy Hollybush Gardens.
This evening’s GoodGym team met with the wonderful Margaret this fine summer’s evening. Emma led an enthusiastic bunch of GoodGymers and with Leo conquered overgrown prickly brambles, itchy ivy and that sticky long stuff. While the remaining team got stuck into the compost heap and helped repot some blooming lovely petit pois and watered 24 community raised planters.
Everyone enjoyed supporting prep for London Bloom which will be judged at the start of July.
Fri 25th Jun 2021 at 7:00pm
We're heading to Hollybush to help Margaret and Michael prepare the gardens for a big competition.
Read moreSaturday 19th June 2021
Joanne Robinson completed 5 good deeds with GoodGym.
Joanne is a now a pretty committed GoodGym runner. They've just run to do good for the fifth time
Sat 19th Jun 2021 at 11:00am
Tower Hamlets Report written by Emma (She/they/them)
A whole bunch of wonderful GoodGymers turned up to help Alex and Nadia with the task of getting the playground ready for its grand reopening in a few weeks time.
Play areas were swept, cleaned and power washed, terrorising beasts were painted and brought back to life, the vegetable garden was tended to and growing pyramids created from bamboo, the shed was painted, and vast trees/bushes and parts of the garden was weeded. All done with lots of style and vigour.
Alex joked that he won’t need us for a while. I think we’ll be going back every week for a while, which is good news because it’s always such a pleasure to help out there.
Paula even stayed later to play ping pong.
Sat 19th Jun 2021 at 11:00am
Just 6 weeks until the playground re-opens. This weekend, we have a variety of tasks again...
Read moreSat 12th Jun 2021 at 2:00pm
Tower Hamlets Report written by Laura Williams
A good sized group met in the sweltering Ackroyd Drive sun today to meet Ken from Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetary Park (FoTHCP) and Bablu from Trapped in Zone One.
Did you know the listing postcode takes you to a church miles away?
The group managed to find their way to the task... Amazingly, as a well-meaning Area Activator had researched and listed the wrong postcode. Ahem. Thanks to the team, Grit and Rohan, for helping to rectify, and apologies to John and Emma who clocked up zillions of additional cycling miles.
After a brilliant intro from Ken, who gave us an insightful, dynamic introduction to the wild meadow area and the background of FoTHCP, we proceeded to tackle the invasion of the pesky Cow Parsley in the wild meadow area (producing large quantities of seeds, this plant is a somewhat invasive and unwanted addition to the area).
After we'd tackled said plant, the team moved to lopping elm, by roadside and arches.
It was hot, it was hard... It was thoroughly enjoyable. The time flew by and we really look forward to returning next week.
Sat 12th Jun 2021 at 11:00am
The team join Alex and Nadia for a wide variety of rewarding and challenging playground tasks!
Read moreSat 12th Jun 2021 at 2:00pm
Come and join this exciting new weekend task.
Read moreSun 6th Jun 2021 at 10:00am
Tower Hamlets Report written by Becs Clarke
Part two of the epic Hemlock removal saga!
10 GoodGym runners, Tunde, and several volunteers from the lovely Friends of Meath Gardens met to tackle the Disney villainous poison parsley (Hemlock) that covered a large proportion of the grassy area near to the canal at Meath.
After tackling one side of the path in a terrible downpour a couple of weeks prior (please see report here if you're interested to know more about this murderous plant), we met to attack the much larger area of Hemlock on the other side of the path, except this time we were armed with spades, forks, secateurs, and sunshine.
We got straight stuck in with hacking away, trying to cut as close to the roots as possible before the plant goes to seed, so that it is unable to grow again. A hefty workout, grunts were heard all round, mixed with cheers as clearings started to appear where we were working and we could eventually see each other from behind the tall plants.
With a large group, some real hard work and good company, we managed to successfully rid ALL of the Hemlock, a huge achievement for such a short space of time. In doing this, It means that the council will be able to plant a wildflower meadow in time, meaning Meath will soon be embroidered with colour 🌺
Thanks everyone for all your hard work on a sunny Sunday morning, you literally saved (dogs/ cats, and maybe some silly humans) lives 💪
Mon 7th Jun 2021 at 12:38pm
Great work! :)
Thu 10th Jun 2021 at 1:15pm
Well done Becs, for being our resident Hemlock Superhero. Not to mention your superb report-writing skills.
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