Sunday 20th July
Report written by Gosia Rybacka
Emily, Tom and Gosia visited Hogsmill Community Garden today to help out with a couple of maintanace tasks requested by our lovely host - Julie.
It has been raining this weekend (almost all the time), so it was hard to expect anything else this morning. Fortunately, the weather was quite merciful and gifted us with a calm cloudy sky and just an occasional light rain ๐ง.
Our first task was to cut back overgrown lilac tree ๐ณ, mulberry bushes ๐ซ and some pesky vines which occupied one of garden's fences (one on the left of the entrance). The shed was very well equipped and we got a pair of shears โ๏ธ for each, which allowed us to tackle the task in around 30-40 mins.
In parallel, we also poured out accumulated water from trays placed near the same fence (which were used for flower pots and planters ๐ฑ). Some extra water from time to time is nice but certainly we didn't want these plants to drown ๐โโ๏ธ.
After completing our first task we sat down at the table for a tea โ๏ธ and a great chitchat ๐ฌ with Julie. We learned a bit more about the history of the garden, as well as events already hosted and planned for the future.
After this small break we kicked off the second task which was to take down a garden pavillion ๐ช. Completing this task wouldn't be possible wihout a wonderful collab between GG and our host (one person per each corner). All was dismantled and put intro a polytunnel (as instructed) in around 15 mins.
Julie was very happy with the outcome and she invited us again (as there is always plenty to do) ๐. It was a great productive start of the day and certainly we shall be back
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