Hot Monday night, and 6 legends made their way to ARC. We welcomed Joe to his 1st Goodgym session. Some of us 🏃‍♂️ and the others just 🧙‍♂️ at the meeting point. Mission tonight was to water the fruit trees and the beds as very hot and the plants are in need of water. The team took the water from the water butt's and we had enough time to litterpick in the garden. Making our way back we collected rubbish in Canal Square where we found empty bottles of water, energy drinks, vodka, buzz balls and plastic bags of rubbish. Da Marcus was smiling alot : was it the laughing canisters he found? Two bags of rubbish where collected. wat-er session .

The team were back helping volunteers from Stoke Newington Common Users Group (SNUG) with the monthly weeding and plant care. With the ground so dry, we didn't want to disturb it too much. So we agreed to focus on deadheading any flowers that had passed, and getting rid of bindweed. There is always bindweed to be removed. As we worked, we discovered several self-seeded saplings to be pulled up too.

After an hour, there wasn't a strand of bindweed in sight, and with the morning rapidly heating up, we agreed it was time to rehydrate.

Talking of which - we'll be back on the Common Wednesday to water the trees! Would be great if you can join us.

Despite the recently announced Thames Water hosepipe ban, we are still able to care for the young trees and shrubs on Stoke Newington Green because they were planted within the last 3 years, making the watering task exempt from the hosepipe ruling.

Rasheed(https://) joined the team for his first ever GoodGym session and the start of his GoodGym leadership experience. Clearly cut out for the task - Rasheed got stuck in with the enthusiasm of any seasoned GoodGymmer. Great to have you on board!