Tower Hamlets
📍Ravenscroft Park E2 8LT
We're back with the team at the Columbia Tenants and Residents Association for our first visit of 2025!
Mon 31st Mar at 7:00pm
Tower Hamlets Report written by Lucinda
A team of at least a dozen goodgymers (I lost count) came to help out the lovely Janet and Eileen at Cranbook Community Food Garden. Thanks to the clocks going forward we were treated to some actual daylight for the first time in ages. Shout-out to John for reminding me to take some photos to prove that we weren't slacking off in Laura's absence.
We split off into mini groups, each with a dedicated task. Some performed quality control checks on folding tables, keeping the good ones and retiring the rest. Others sorted out sheds at the back, clearing out any rubbish. Litter and leaves (oh the leaves) were were picked/raked/bagged up. Special mention goes to the new rake sourced by Janet which was red and white - a homage to our Goodgym colours perhaps? Or most probably, just a rake.
By the end of the task, the impact of a hard-working group of Goodgymers was clear with Eileen showing her appreciation by bestowing a bar of chocolate on us (thanks Eileen!)
We parted ways (without a stretch this time) having all enjoyed an evening in fine company.
Shout outs to:
Until next time...
Mon 28th Apr at 7:00pm
Our first Spring visit to the Cemetery Park!
Read moreMon 7th Apr at 7:00pm
We're back with the team at the Columbia Tenants and Residents Association for our first visit of 2025!
Read moreMon 31st Mar at 7:00pm
We're back to see Janet and Eileen at the Cranbrook Community Food Garden!
Read moreMon 10th Mar at 7:00pm
GoodGym Tower Hamlets are taking a night off for a fun night out at Flight Club in Shoreditch.
Read moreMon 24th Feb at 7:00pm
Tower Hamlets Report written by Laura Williams
A chilly evening saw a team of 15 enthusiastic GoodGymers in the James Middleton Garden to help with the creation of a new ecology pond.
This addition to the community garden will provide a rich habitat for local wildlife (including a dedicated Frog Hotel and a Bug Hotel). Enhancing biodiversity in an already flourishing green area, the pond is set to become a thriving ecosystem for amphibians, insects, and other small creatures.
We were joining Margaret and Ash from the Teesdale and Hollybush TRA tonight, who do a great job improving and enhancing the Estate’s gardens.
The main task for the evening involved digging out an irrigation area close to the new pond. Good drainage is crucial, ensuring excess water is effectively managed during heavy rain and preventing oversaturation of the surrounding soil.
Most of the team headed to this area, putting their spades to work and making swift progress, while a smaller team transported the excavated soil to a designated corner of the garden.
Another group was dispatched to the far end of the site to re-home a sizeable pile of woodchip, spreading it around the planters. (This layer of mulch helps to retain moisture, suppress weeds, and enrich the soil).
And guess what? The time flew!
It was nearly 7:50 when we started to gather tools and pose for the final pics.
The team then rallied together to return the wheelbarrows and tools to the Rocky Park toolshed.
Another satisfying evening in East London.
Until next time.
Mon 24th Feb at 7:00pm
In the third of our 2025 sessions to the Hollybush Estate, we'll be helping the team with another big physical task!
Read moreMon 17th Feb at 7:00pm
Tower Hamlets Report written by John Shirley
We split into two groups at Rocky Park tonight: Team Roots and Team Big-Pile-of-Earth.
Team Roots consisted of Kareem, sleeping-bag Anna, Ruby, Sam, Kat (welcome back Kat!), and Ilana (still denying she's banned from the George & Vulture). They were concerned with digging out roots from a planting area. Our hosts Ash and Margaret had already removed some of the more complicated roots from the planting area, but there was much still to be done.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the space, a large mound of earth had been compacted by rain into the ground. It needed loosening with forks, and all worms rescued, before being shovelled into large bags, handily held open with string. This team was Maddie, me, Rohan and new-boy Gareth, doing his first ever Good Deed. Welcome Gareth, who was working so vigorously the picture was blurred! And while the other team were digging out roots, Maddie was revealing her roots (Scottish).
We'll be back there next week; sign up here: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/the-big-monday-night-task-february-fitness-gardening-on-the-hollybush-estate
And if you can make it, don't forget to sign up for the Kent Coast Walk on 15th March. Join the GoodGym train at St Pancras or Stratford: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/the-kent-coast-walk
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