Lewisham

Group run

Sycamore, no more!

7 GoodGymers made their way 5.2km to help the Lewisham Unity in Lewisham.

  • Kim Parker
  • Kit
  • Greenwich runner
  • Matthew Tipler
  • Adam Letch
  • Julian Osman
  • Alison Pike
 
Monday, 29th of May 2023
 
Led by Kim Parker

The last of our May bank holiday group runs was taking us to Catford to visit our friends at Lewisham Unity. A surprisingly shorter run that anticipated, a nice change from my usual longer than anticipated group runs!

There was a list of tasks for us to tackle: - moving the sand to create a path around the cherry tree and to protect the edges of the raised beds from weeds - watering all the recently planted vegetable plants and herbs - remove a sycamore that had self seeded and was now taking over - great work Julian! - mowing the lawn (a task that sparked a couple of reminders of childhood chores) - litter picking - moving a huge bag of leaves that we filled over a couple of visits in the cold dark months of winter

It was wonderful to visit the garden in daylight and see the difference we made during the winter visits when we could barely see what was there! We made a huge difference tonight that would have taken Simone and the team longer than the 45min that it took us.

Next week we're heading to Luxmore Gardens for more weeding and maybe some watering.

Report written by Kim Parker


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Kim Parker
Led by Kim Parker

Area activator for Lewisham. Runner and owner of GoodGym Lewisham's dog mascot, Molly

GoodGymers helping out
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    Make sure that no one is left behind

    • Alison Pike

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