Saber and Petra met Brian at Hogsmill garden to help cutting back the hedges after a long summer break. Both hedge trimmers fully charged, job got done in no time, making the inner path between hedges and flower beds once again clear for people to use. See you in a month.

Today I met Dani and one other volunteer at the hive to clean up the place and surroundings. Painting was done, graffiti cleaned and a litter pick done before a cup of tea and chat.

A familiar story as GoodGym Kingston headed to Canbury Gardens but this time for a double mission. Not one but two lots of watering to do. Split into two teams Sabir, Emily and Marie filled up the barrels from the river to water the Community Garden and ensure a water stock for the next shift.

Meanwhile over at the GoodGym flowerbed Anna, Matt and Claire planted a few plants that were getting far too big for Claire’s garden. Having popped some stakes in to keep them standing tall multiple trips to the river took place to gather lots of water so that the plants could all be fed and watered.

Having completed the planting and watering Marie and Matt fixed the wheel barrow and it was time to reward ourselves with a few fresh tomatoes 🍅 and beans 🫘 from the community garden.

This evening Levita and myself welcomed Chris to the group . Before we all got stuck in ducking buckets in the Thames to refresh the soil around the produce In the community garden to continue to make it grow and produce lovely products for someone's table. It was a most enjoyable hour with much laughter and posing for photo''s, the chickens also strutted their stuff. I then also couldn't resist buying a plant to put in the Gg garden tommorow, it's vibrant colour spoke to me.

This afternoon I arrived at Mrs C's to deal with all the weeds that were bothering her, having shot up all over the garden again. Most were cleared in the time allotted.

Tonight Marie, Levita, Sabir and myself met to sink our buckets in the Thames to revive the plants in our goodgym bed. Mission accomplished, no wildlife tonight investigating but plenty of laughs, it seems pink is the colour