Pump it up, pump it Downs
3 GoodGymers made their way to help their local community in Hackney.
- Friday, 18th of September 2020
- Led by Eva Sharpe
Patrick, Jo and Eva met on a warm Friday evening to water the plants at Hackney Downs station.
The Energy Garden charity has planted over 20 flower beds around the station to brighten the platforms for London commuters.
The trio kitted themselves out - Eva and Jo took 10l watering cans and Patrick armed himself with a 16l spray hose watering backpack. It didn't take long before we found a problem - it needed Jo to pump it up while Patrick sprayed the plants down. So while Eva watered with the cans, Jo and Patrick travelled in convoy to use the spray pack.
After about half an hour, all the plants were watered and we returned to base to drop the kit off. At which point, we saw the picture on the box again and realised Patrick had been wearing the backpack backwards and it was supposed to be self-pumping! Oh well!
Report written by Eva Sharpe
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Thanks for the report and photos, Eva - just to clarify the backpack wasn't on backwards; just the pump handle!
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