We had a beautiful evening for it today as three of us went along to Richard Cobden Primary School in Camden Town, to provide them some muscle for their rooftop garden.

There were about 40 big filthy bags of soil to get from the car park up to the roof. Thankfully we had the use of a hand truck and a dumb waiter which lightened the load somewhat, but nonetheless 10 or so trips carrying ourselves up and down to the stairs (we weren't allowed in the dumb waiter ourselves, boo!) was quite a workout.

We left them with just 7 more to do, had a quick rest to enjoy the high-altitude evening air before saying goodbye.

Last night, we enjoyed a lovely summer's evening of gardening at Thornhill Square Gardens. It was also the first time we needed to bring out the headtorches and flood lights this year!

8 keen volunteers joined us for our task (including a few new starters- welcome to Anna, Rebecca and Sara). Four of us also ran 1.2 miles from our new "group run" start point and bag drop location at The Packington Gallery, Prebend Street.

Upon our arrival, we met up with Christopher, our task coordinator, and we got straight to work! Job 1 involved thinning out a big patch of teasel plant bushes, which had become a bit overgrown. We were instructed to leave about 10% of them behind, as the goldfinches like them! We chopped then down to manageable size, and we used a wheelbarrow to deposit the green waste to a composting bed.

Job 2 involved picking out thistles from another plant bed, using a hoe to loosen the roots and shift them out of the dry ground. Trainer Simon also helped with a bit of plant watering, while snapping pictures of Goodgymmers in action!

We made some significant progress on this big task- all being well, we'll be back soon to finish the job. Well done folks!b