It was a cold February morning but that didn’t stop two GoodGymmers from helping at the Ziggy Returns event organised by the Community Brain, based in Tolworth.

Rachel and Fung were tasked with decorating the perimeter of the venue located in the car park at Tolworth Station. We put up bunting and hung mobiles made out of 7 inch vinyls. It was a job to untangle them but we got there soon enough. While all this was happening the stage was being put up and the music was flowing. We had a great time and that was before the event even started!

On a fine summer evening Andy greeted six good gymmers and set us to work giving some TLC to the rose beds on the community garden at Fishponds Park. Adam, John and Jassy dug deep to uproot a blanket of weeds, Emily and Victoria untangled the rose branches of bindweed, and Fung Yee dead headed and pruned the roses. We also upturned some wondrous wildlife - an eerie looking but endangered stag beetle larva and a family of small frogs - which Andy made sure to relocate safely. Several sacks of green waste later, we loaded them onto the compost and parted ways, leaving the rose bed looking considerably sharper for our efforts. Thanks to Andy for having us. We look forward to seeing this site blossom over the coming missions.