Goodgym continues to support Braywick Plant Nurseries in planting up thousands of plug plants, ready for growing on ready for sale. Today it was 4 different colours of Lobelia followed by some Petunias. We kept the staff busy topping up the compost and taking the plants away so we could fill up the trays again. It was so satisfying seeing the fruits of our labours all laid out in the greenhouse. A great team effort

4 Goodgymers responded to a request for an extra session at Braywick Plant Nurseries. They have received dozens of trays of plug plants that all need potting up so they can grow ready for sale. Regulars Laura and Sheila were joined by Kate for her second session there and Claire, who was inspired by Gardeners World to return to Goodgym and do something practical with plants. The four of us had a great production line going, potting up Heuchera, Salvia, Delphinium, Lavender, Rudbeckia, Nepeta and a Sunflower variety called Sunbelievable Brown Eyed Girl- thanks for the great report title! Hundreds of pots later, we had filled all the trolleys and bench space and had all loved such a productive and chatty morning.

Didem, Laura and Sheila welcomed Kate to her first session at Braywick Plant Nursery. We had lots of odd jobs to do. Firstly we moved some grasses from the outside area at the front to the sales area at the back and replaced them with pots of herbs that they are wanting to sell off We then moved on to transplanting some of the viola six-packs to ensure that each had their full complement of 6 plants. While Didem and Kate continued this job, Laura and Sheila got distracted by sorting the pre-printed plant labels so they can be used again. Re-using the labels can potentially save the nursery hundreds of pounds, as well as save on plastic waste,so is worth doing even though it's quite a time-consuming job!

For the first session of the year at Braywick Plant Nurseries we were asked to help sort a whole load of donated pots from under some benching. This is part of a larger reorganisation project, and will allow the benching to be moved into its new position. The nursery likes to re-use as many pots as possible, but we had to remove any that were broken, too small or had the names of plants or other nurseries printed on them. The remainder were sorted into stacks of similar sizes and stored in a large wooden crate. There are so many different pot dimensions, and we were all a bit goggle-eyed by the end! But we cleared a large area, enabling the good works to continue. It was great to see Christine back for her second session, and to catch-up with Viv and Laura

Laura and Sheila welcomed Didem to her first mission at Braywick Plant Nursery on a chilly morning. Our warm-up task was to repot some Festuca grasses into larger pots, to allow them to continue to grow over the winter. We then moved on to removing any dead stems and leaves from the Pelargonium and Impatiens plants which are over-wintering in the glasshouse. One large pot of trimmings and a few cold toes later, we made our way home

It was so nice to go to Braywick this morning in the sunshine and blue skies seems like its been ages! Firstly I must apologise for the really bad photographs. I dont have the best phone camera and I am rubbish at selfies! Todays task was to get rid of the last of the summer bedding still hanging in there. Some of it I just tidied up got rid of dead stems and leaves in the hope that overwintering in the greenhouse some might survive. These were mainly begonias and geraniums. There is a table in the working greenhouse where sick plants go to see if they can be revived. It hadnt been sorted for a while so there was alot to get rid of. Amazing the difference a tidy up can do to the look of the place. This ofcourse if I had been Sheila I would have taken a before and after photo but sorry folks just my dreadful pictures. I did however enjoy my time there today very much! eeeh! They are soo bad!........

Laura and Sheila got creative at Braywick Heath this morning. Our first task was to transport the 6-packs of dianthus and wallflowers from the glasshouse to the outside sales area as they were growing too fast inside! We were then asked to arrange some of the other plants on a set of tables outside, so it would draw people in to have a look. We arranged grasses, herbs, heuchera and ajuga around some taller focal plants and everyone was pretty pretty pleased with the result