The Run before the Storm

On Monday evening Liz welcomed us all to Goodgym Brent, and it was great to have her back with us again. Liz led Samina, Tabitha and Pete through a warm up to get us all ready for the run, then we set off for the short sprint to Brondesbury Park Station .

Energy Garden supports communities to install and maintain gardens on railway stations across London, and they had requested the help of Goodgym to help water the plants. When we arrived at the station we met Amy who we were very happy to see. We had received instructions of what to do so managed the first task of letting ourselves in to the garden where there were a number of watering cans waiting for us. We used these to water the vegetables in the gardens, while trying to guess what was what... squash, runner beans, kale, chilli, something green looking...

We were shortly joined by Energy Garden's regular volunteer Beatrice who showed us how to connect a hose to the water Butts, as well as fill the watering cans directly from the Butts. (I am sure there are lots of puns about Water Butts, but I will avoid those).

Our final Goodgymer Becka arrived shortly after and quickly learnt the ropes. The team then shared the jobs with filling and re filling watering cans to ensure the whole garden was well watered. The garden runs along the full length of the platform, and the vegetables, flowers and fruit trees all welcomed the water. Unfortunately, the full Energy garden had not survived the earlier summer heat wave as the Butts had not collected enough water to keep the garden on the opposite platform alive. They are hoping it will revive shortly, now the weather has cooled and the rain is returning.

Once the ground was suitably wet we regrouped for a team photo then ran back to Willesden for a cool down, and then a drink and some celebratory cake!