Tuesday 20th April 2021
SESSION ORGANISER
Find out about GoodGym TaskForce
Report written by Tim Wheatley
7 of us arrived at the last working Windmill in Central London, Brixton Windmill. After a demonstration of how to use the tools we got to work cutting down bushes and tidying the edges of the path. Daniel, Sarah and Nathan took the choppers and started attacking the overgrown shrubs from the inside. Me and Alex took a tiny saw each and started chopping branches from the outside. Tracey and Laura got to work on the edges of the path pulling off any overgrown grass. By the time we were finished we had a pile of branches higher than the original bush but the view to the Windmill was now clear and looked great. The paths looked fantastic and our last job was to mix the cut of pieces of grass and mud with water in front of all the benches to create a slurry puddle, we were assured this would turn into a strong grassy patch. The friends of Brixton Windmill were very happy with our work, so we all ran home for our tea!
The Friends of Windmill Gardens (FoWG) were formed in 2003 with three aims: * to get the Grade II listed Brixton Windmill restored and opened for public visits – in 2002 it had been put on English Heritage's buildings at risk register; * to make Windmill Gardens park a more welcoming space for local people; * to have a new education centre at the windmill. Windmill Gardens gained a Green Flag Community Award in 2015 and we have just been judged again so our fingers are crossed that we will retain the award for the next two years.
See more