I turned this into a mini-GoodGym as I brought my children to the family session at the Community Garden in Handsworth Park. Gardener Eleanor showed us the new chalkboard which had the day’s tasks written up. They were to prepare the meadow area and to weed around the paths.

She also showed us the inspiration in a meadow guide from a magazine, before preparing us with gloves and spades. We were instructed to dig up the grass but leave the weeds for a change, because the meadow was all going to be wild plants and flowers.

We then got underway, digging up lots of grass, my eldest son enjoying putting clumps of turf on the compost, my daughter enjoying tidying the paths using a litter pick, and the littlest chasing Eleanor’s daughter around the garden.

After an hour of digging, with the wind picking up, we packed ourselves off home for some well earned lunch.