Saturday 20th August 2022
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Report written by Katherine (she/her)
2 Goodgymers returned to Lord Leycester Hospital to help with maintaining their beautiful gardens.
Today's task was to tidy up a walled garden at the front of the medieval buildings which is visible from the road. It obviously looked blooming at some point over the past few weeks as there were lots of dried out flower heads that were now looking a bit sorry for themselves.
Katherine started by cutting back the dried out columbine plants and crocosmia while Nigel set to work trimming back a Yew tree hedge and the other larger shrubs.
We were very well looked after with two offers of cups of tea :-)
Unfortunately we didn't have time to fully complete the area but it certainly looked a lot tidier when we left and can hopefully return again soon to get the job done.
The Hospital is a historic group of medieval timber-framed buildings on Warwick High Street dating mainly from the late 14th Century. Of historic significance, they represent one of the finest examples in Britain of medieval courtyard architecture. Clustered round the Norman gateway into the town, the 12th Century Chantry Chapel sits above it. For nearly 200 years this site was home to Warwick’s medieval Guilds.
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