Pear and square

16 Goodgymers helped their local community in Wandsworth
Annabel Richardson
Adrian Lance
Ellen Finn
Veronica Martinis
Kevin Li
Jason Kurtis
Ali
Katie Hodges
Jordan Royster
Stephanie Stevenson
Jordan
Sophie Humphrey
Anastasia Hancock
Lorna Gott
Pritesh Mistry
1 / 28
Wandsworth

Monday 2nd June

Credits
Hounslow runner

BACK MARKER

Anastasia Hancock
Anastasia Hancock

SESSION ORGANISER

Pritesh Mistry
Pritesh Mistry

PHOTOGRAPHER

BACK MARKER

Find out about GoodGym TaskForce

Report written by Anastasia Hancock (she/her)

Share the love

We kicked our big task off last night with a warm up and a debate about the best breakfast. From leftover pizza to avo on toast, fritters got a mention and the classic eggs – any which way – got the most votes. With that settled, we set off for our ongoing garden transformation project.

The big news was that we received a grant from the NHS to put towards the garden! 🎉 Thanks to this support, we’ve been able to take the space to the next level. Check out the before and after photos from when we first started at the garden.

At the weekend Jordan and I went on a garden shopping spree, coming back loaded with plants, tools, and an ambitious planting plan. The aim for the garden is to grow fresh produce to donate to local communities living with food insecurity so we wanted to get as much in the ground as possible.

On arrival, we got stuck straight in. There was a lot to plant – from herbs and flowers to a new pear tree, courgettes, chard, peppers, and tomatoes. The potatoes were looking especially healthy, the gooseberry tree had started to fruit, and the fig was looking fabulous. Unfortunately so were the weeds, so they were the first to come out.

After a good stint digging, planting, watering and sowing, we popped across to the square opposite for a our workout – mixing cardio with strength-building conditioning.

We finished up back at Omnibus for a good stretch and a lovely post-session social.

This Saturday we have a great mission helping to marshall at West London Queer Project’s 10km walk. It’s going to be a fun day out supporting a great cause – come along if you can! We also have a new weekly task on Thursdays during the day helping people with Parkinson's get active starting from next week.

Next Monday we're back for our regular visit to Doddington community garden - see you there!



Discuss this report
Join us on our next session

Wandsworth

*New regular community mission!* Helping out at the Doddington community garden kids club
🗓Today 4:00pm

Can you spare an hour to help inner city kids enjoy this outdoor community space