Saturday 7th June
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Report written by Alex Murtough (he/him)
7 GoodGymers visited Camden's secret community allotments for an impactful (nature-bound) workout!!!
GoodGym teamed up with the lovely folk at EarthFest for this special session.
Earthfest is London's ultimate festival of sustainability, and we spent yesterday making an active difference in one special spot of nature!
Steve, Abigail (on their first good deed – welcome!), and I met at a very wet Earthfest, and we quickly headed out into the rain for a gentle 2 mile run through Camden Town.
Arriving 30 minutes later at Adelaide Community Allotments in Primrose Hill, we met up with the lovely group of Imogen, Majid, Natalia, and Richard, and our brilliant host Jeff directed us to our task for the next hour.
The Adelaide Allotments have been serving the local community for 50 years, and they're a bountiful collection of budding plots, each growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers. Our mission was to empty one of Adelaide's four compost heaps, which month-by-month had been breaking down into healthy fertiliser.
Over the next 60 minutes, our active group turned a task into an efficient human chain – they paired up and rotated between shoveling, wheelbarrowing, and bagging – and all while sharing stories and connecting :)
This group of 7 made easy work of the heap, and they left over 20 bags of compost, all of which will head straight back into the allotments – sustainable recycling in action ☺️
Thank you, everyone, and here's to next time!!
Camden
Join us for 2 hours of active + social helping in Central London :)