Bales and bales of fun in the sun

Today, we split into 2 groups to tackle a few tasks for Marston Community Gardens.

Anwen and Jo helped out in the Forest Garden to lay down cardboard, hay and wood chip in the Medicine Herb Circle, which is now looking much more homely and polished ever since we first helped out. Seems like all those hours digging out the trenches are paying off now!

Katie, Sophie and Ben were put to task at a wildflower stretch on Boults Lane Recreation Ground. A nearby house with a new fence backing onto the recreation ground had used weedkiller to prevent weed growth which, unfortunately, also put waste to the wildflowers sown nearby. As a compromise, Alistair from the community gardens had agreed to lay down matting, hay and wood chip as a more nature-friendly way to prevent weed growth. We removed any large weeds, successfully laid down the matting and spread out the hay and wood chip before the more arduous task of removing loose weeds, dead wildflowers and long grasses from the bank. This area will hopefully be replenished with donated turf from the Broad Street Meadows but the area is already looking much better now!