Lambeth

Mission

We SAW the apples falling

3 GoodGymers made their way to help an isolated older person in Lambeth.

  • Beth Hoskins
  • Gosia Rybacka
  • Lauren
 
Saturday, 7th of September 2019

Beth, Gosia and Lauren (doing her first mission ever! ๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽ‰) met up in Southwark today to help Mrs V with end of season spruce in the garden.

The garden was small and lovely. An apple ๐Ÿ and pear ๐Ÿ trees were growing with many heavy fruits hanging on both ready for collection. Due to recent strong winds ๐Ÿ’จ some of the branches were broken, now lying lifelessly on the ground, making it really hard to use the garden ๐ŸŒต.

We quickly kicked off with the work, right after receiving more detailed instructions from Mrs V, proper gloves ๐Ÿงค (Lauren got even a stylish super tick santa ๐ŸŽ… pair), and a set of garden tools.

We started with bagging all leaves ๐Ÿƒ, rubbish, fruits and twigs we found on the ground. It made the space look already much clearer. If any snails ๐ŸŒ were found along the way we put an effort to ensure these will survive the operation harm-free.

After this initial tidy-up, we took on more specific tasks. Beth was mainly looking after de-weeding the flowerbeds ๐ŸŒบ and pruning the overgrown bushes. Gosia and Lauren grabbed saws and started to deal with the (surprisingly strong!) fallen branches ๐ŸŒณ. We tried to cut them into portions that will be more manageable and nicely fit in the bag.

After tidying up the back garden, we were asked to do a bit of work in the front garden - incl. cuting down some bushes and getting rid of the weeds.

Mrs V was really glad and thankful for our help, she said the garden looked much better. She also offered us to take some of the apples and pears if we want to. Not everyone of resisted this sweet offer ๐Ÿ˜Š.

Report written by Gosia Rybacka


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Bristol runner
Bristol runner
Monday September 9th, 2019 09:57

Great work ladies and lovely report and photos too! Nice first mission Lauren, in very capable hands with Beth and Gosia! Well done all!

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