Richmond

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Meets, Roots and Leaves!

7 GoodGymers made their way 3.4km to help the Petersham Common Conservators in Richmond.

  • Sam
  • JP
  • Lucy Hill
  • Richmond runner
  • Ken MacKenzie
  • Liz
  • Richmond runner
 
Monday, 6th of March 2023
 
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Despite the rain and yellow weather warning, a couple of diehard runners met at Richmond and ran to Petersham Common where they met the rest of the crew.

Ken gave us a brief introduction to the task of planting native hazel and common hawthorn trees as part of the 25,000 understory songbird habitat restoration project in the woodland. We were planting in an area that only had ivy on the ground and then an upper canopy of trees and we were there to create bird blocks for nesting habitat and foraging areas that will form the understory. It was challenging digging on the slope in the rain but we managed to plant a total of 89 trees in 40 minutes before we set off into the night on our return run and journeys home with a big thank you from the Petersham Common Conservators.

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Movement, giving back, socialising, organising and spreading positivity. These things make me feel good and GoodGym has them all!

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