Sheila and Laura joined another volunteer at Braywick Plant Nurseries. After doing a quick scout to remove any ailing plants from the sales area, we settled down to the main job of the morning - trimming the straggly petunias to stop them all getting tangled up with each other and to encourage more flowers. Several buckets of trimmings later, the plants were neat and tidy and we had earned ourselves a nice cup of tea!

Sessions at Braywick Heath Nurseries are back after a Winter break. The warmer weather means that some of the plants will soon be able to go to the outside sales area. Meanwhile many weeds had taken up residence in the shingles. Anna and Sheila took on the task of removing the pesky plants to make the area look more presentable. Five bags of weeds later, including a couple of run-ins with some nettles, the area had been cleared and looked much tidier. We were pleased with what we had been able to achieve in a couple of hours

Karen, Laura and Sheila gathered at the Braywick Plant Nursery on what is the last scheduled Goodgym community mission here. The finances are not working out and this fantastic facility is planned to close at the end of the year unless a rescue plan can be devised. We worked alongside 3 young men from Talkback, who gain valuable experience and skills in Horticulture from their weekly visits. We were sorting and trimming the perennial plants being over-wintered, and by the end of the session we had gathered a dustbin full of trimmings including several acorns which had fallen into the pots whilst they had been outside. Goodgym has been supporting Braywick Plant Nurseries since April 2023, and 55 different GoodGymers have carried out 96 tasks. Let's hope that a rescue plan can be found.

Karen and Sheila were delighted to be joined at Braywick Heath Nurseries by Bejay who was doing a spot of GoodGym touristing all the way from Ruislip. Our task today was all about moving plants around - putting the best ones on display for sale, particularly those for the authmn/winter season. We all got loads of steps in, moving the plants from the glasshouses to the outside sales area to tempt the customers. It was great to meet Bejay - do come and join us again!

This was Sheila's first visit to Braywick Plant Nurseries since the announcement was made that it is due to close at the end of the year. Despite this, we continue to care for and nurture the plants. While the students from Talkback pruned the overwintering perennials, I was given the task of re-labelling the plants which had lost their original labels. It was a great test of my plant knowledge!

Today's session at Braywick Plant Nursery was setting things to rights after the storm. I spent the morning righting pots which had blown over, re-uniting labels with their plants and clearing twigs and branches which had blown down from the oak tree