Tonight Tanya, Ellie and I visited the Bath Quaker burial ground for the first time and we were not disappointed! The beautiful evening was matched by the serene garden located at the bottom Widcombe Hill and we were given lots of jobs by some of the lovely local Quaker friends including weeding, planting, watering, and moving heavy logs from a 34 year old tree that had recently been cut down to form nice communal seating areas in the garden. Tanya had arrived early and had got stuck into the thankless task of removing weeds from the plant beds whilst Ellie and I shared some of the other jobs as pictured. Along with the Quaker friends, we were joined by two very friendly and energetic dogs that provided entertainment throughout! At the end of the evening we were rewarded with some sweet treats as a thank you and invited back to help out again soon.

4 painters worked very hard with thier paint brush strokes. Olive green and dark black paint were precisely applied. Wooden structures and steps were coated nicely to ensure radient objects will shine and be a welcoming feature to the garden for many years to come.😊 Lads and a lass seem pleased with thier work and left feeling fulfilled for the day ahead. A nourishing morning was had.

Today, we header over to the Quaker Burial Ground for a regular garden maintenance session.

Sam and Emily did some heavy duty clearance of some unwanted vegetation, and a bit of planting.

Art and Aaron did some work on some patches of turf which are being seeded.

Jer was feeling a bit under the weather, and filled up a bird feeder and cleared leaves off the lawn.

And then we had some tea and biscuits. They always treat us well here :)

With Jer back from his hefty endurance race sporting a new haircut, he was straight up a ladder to dish out another one! This time on a tree.

Back in the Quaker Burial Ground to prepare the garden for Autumn, the team set about clearing walls of crawling ivy, digging up deep rooted plants, cutting back weeds, watering beds and thinning out trees.

Rounding off with a few packs of biscuits and taking in the view!

We pootled along to one of our favourite venues - the Quaker Burial Ground in Widcombe - to give the garden some TLC.

We've been here a few times earlier in the year, and it was lovely to see some of the bits we've already worked on in full bloom.

Today we handled a few bits of light maintenance, which was perfect for a sunny summer's evening. Our tasks, in no particular order:

• Jer (height advantage) climbed a tree to refill a bird feeder
• Meyrick (power* tools!) did some powered lawn edging
• Aaron (leave me alone) collected up some leaves from some of the memorial stones, and then gave them a sweep (cf: report title) to properly spruce them up
• Max and Jane (attention to small detail) harvested some wild flowers and set about collecting up their seeds for future use.
• Emily and Jer (bouldering team) climbed up the perimeter wall to trim the top of the neighbour's ivy
• Meyrick and Aaron (ball, but no bat) finished up with a game of imaginary cricket, or something...

*N.B. It was a very small battery-powered lawn trimmer, nothing like a chainsaw or anything like that, which we definitely don't do at GoodGym!

3 GoodGym runners made their way to the Quaker Burial ground in Widcombe. It was incredibly warm so we found some shady spots to work in!

We started by gathering the dead leaves that have fallen under the trees onto the flower beds. And we finished by watering the plants. This took a while because we had to refill the watering cans using the water butts but it was actually quite mindful and relaxing to patiently wait for them to fill.

This is a beautiful and peaceful public space and we always really enjoy helping out at the ground. Looking forward to next time!