*Monday Fun Day *

With rain forecast (again) we were lucky to find another window in the weather to return to one of our favourite tasks at St Botolphs Church.

When we arrived, our task host Val had a clearly illustrated on a cork board a choice of tasks that she would like done.

Barbara Daisy and John got stuck straight into the tasks whilst Belinda and i headed off down the road to Heene Community rooms garden which GG have been working on all winter to do some weeding and planting. Sue and Paula also arrived and joined the St Botolphs based team.

With two tasks happening alongside one another, its a good thing that GG Worthing are such an authentic group and don't claim extra good deeds !

Great job everyone !

See you all next week :)

Julia x

What a joy

What an absolute joy to return to this task for our second visit.

Margaret was ready and waiting at the gate to let us in. What a wonderful surprise we had. Since our last visit Margaret has worked miracles to present an absolutely wonderful garden. Her presence spills over in every way to provide a calm, tranquil and beautiful space to enjoy her enduring work.

Barbara Paula Daisy and I contributed in a small way to support Margaret with her aspirations and vision for the garden which she has adopted as her own in her new home.

Tasks like these don't come much more special ❤️

Julia xx

A storm in a tea cup

Wow the weather nearly wiped us out tonight! With torrential rain, wind and a tornado like wind just before we were due to meet , we all hunkered down in our cars or homes a little bit longer than planned.

Luckily it blew over very quickly and the sun came out so we all met a little later but the task was back on.

We were met by the Head teacher Helen who pointed us in the right direction of the pond and raised beds where we were carrying out the task of clearing the 2 remaining raised beds ( we did one of them last time ) together with some further pond maintenance carried out by our resident pond team consisting of BelindaPaulJohn and Barbara

Paul literally waded into the pond with his wellies on to remove a lot of weed whilst John assisted with his long pond tool. Paul also assisted when the end of John's tool fell off and Paul rescued it. What a hero! Barbara and Belinda was also assisting where necessary as well as pruning around the decking in preparation for the little people to investigate their natural surroundings.

Meanwhile - at the raised beds the team were tusselling with some very overgrown and neglected shrubs whose roots had grown well down into the earth below the timber construction. Ryan and Sarah braved the weather ( surprisingly brave - Sarah !! ) together with Paula Daisy and Gillybean who all worked tirelessly to try and shift the shrubs, weeds and grass all deeply embedded into the earth.

in the last 10 minutes committed members of the pond team joined to give some much needed help on a final push to clear the beds. We then returned to the pond to admire the hard work and spot the living world underneath the water.

Many apologies for the late report- blame Teddy!

Next week there will be 2 tasks - 1 in Ferring and one meeting at Splashpoint. I will share the details on what's app today.

Have a great ( rest of the week)

Julia xx

Sweeping away the cobwebs

Thank you to my team tonight - Barbara and Paula were all set when I arrived . We were then joined by Paul who was fresh from ski-ing and also Gillybean who it was great to see back again.

We had been invited back to Linfield House garden which is a regular task for us during the spring and summer months. However today it looked as if we were beaten to it. Both green bins were fairly full and nearly all the beds looked very tidy and in order. However we did find some weeding to do and also a fair bit of pruning of the clematis to remove the dead wood underneath it.

50 minutes later we ended with the only photo of the night ( Belinda - I think Ive forgotten to take them since you have been in charge of photography the last few weeks!) and mulched our debris into the green bins.

Looking forward to seeing you all next week at our new task and Birthday celebrations

https://www.goodgym.org/happenings/english-martyrs-school-pond-and-garden-help

Any questions please do let me know.

Have a great week !

Julia xx