Whip it real good!

Another special addition Saturday saw 11 of us out to plant tree whips, clear woodpiles and create a loggery for Lammas Park Enclosure, all before midday!

We met after Gunnersbury parkrun where we welcomed new member Claire for her first GoodGym experience and ten others looking to do some good to kick off their weekend. This was the second of our January weekend offerings and it was great to see that lots of us are looking to take part in community volunteering on these weekend slots, we'll definitely be arranging more outside of our usual Tuesday evening slot in the future!

Special mention to Chris who completed his 50th good deed with GoodGym today, nearly one year to the day since he started, that's dedication and for that we applaud you! Thank you for all your amazing contributions!

Chief whip!

We had a short 3km run over to the task where we met Walpole Park ranger, Vanessa and lots of other volunteers who had come out for this community planting day. There was lots to do including getting to work on planting some of the 100 tree whips donated by the Mayor of London. After digging out holes (tougher than it sounds when the whole area used to be tennis courts and you continually hit rock and gravel!) we dipped our whips in a special protective root powder before bedding them in ready to start their new lives in the park!

Logging a good deed!

Next it was onto a bit of heavy lifting and digging which gave everyone a fantastic workout! Our task was to clear a large area of logs and tree cuttings so that more whips could be planted in that part of the enclosure. Alongside this we also had to dig a large trench to create a loggery for bugs and beetles to use as their habitat. Due to the aforementioned underground tennis courts this was literally a hardcore challenge!

After digging what looked to be our own grave, we began adding in the logs sticking out at all different angles to create a bit of an artistic sculpture for the parks wildlife and bugs to use as their own. It was so great to see it come to life after initially just being an overgrown section of park!

After an hour and a half of hard work it was time for us to pack up and part ways knowing that every time we now run past the park we can look at the trees growing in this fantastic community space.