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Frogs and logs (and thankfully no bogs)!

7 GoodGymers made their way to help the Sneinton primary school allotment clearing in Nottingham.

  • Tom Oliver
  • Nottingham runner
  • Rachel Watson
  • Nigel Rowden
  • Natalie Cooper
  • Rebecca Furlong
  • Oliver Thompson
 
Sunday, 14th of April 2024
 
Led by Nottingham runner
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A motley crew of GoodGymers headed over to the Sneinton Primary School allotment for another morning of renovations.

Most of the team headed up to the top of the plot where we've previously cleared bushes and bricks and created a dead hedge by weaving bamboo sticks Kathryn had brought along. We then moved loads of dead branches and brambles over to make the "hedge" itself. Hopefully the frogs we saw hopping around will move in over the next few days. Kathryn explained the benefit of this kind of boundary lies in the fact that you've always got somewhere to put trimmings as it slowly rots away, and that it creates a habitat for wildlife.

While this was going on, Rachel weeded some of the children's flowerbeds and Tom pulled out some very deeply rooted brambles. Oliver did some strimming and Natalie got heartily stuck in to moving bricks around to create some borders around the fruit trees.

Some of the team even decided to stay on a bit past 12 to finish the job!

Thanks again to all who came, as Kathryn said, "you guys are legends"! Apologies that I forgot to grab the group pic from Kathryn, I'll upload it once I get it!

Report written by Nottingham runner

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