On a very hot Saturday morning in Canbury Gardens Laura and Claire were joined by new GoodGymer Lola on her first mission and Claire's Dad to provide some gardening advice.

Armed with weeders and forks we tackled the weeds and brambles poking though the plants and gave the laurel a trim. Having completed the less exciting weeding task it was planting time. Claire laid out the plants she had grown with the taller ones towards the back and everyone dug nice deep holes and popped them in the soil.

With the hot weather the flowerbed was in desperate need of a drink so we headed off to he river for the main work out. Buckets were launched into the river to fill up the wheelbarrows and then push them up to the flower bed. 3 trips and some damp feet that quickly dried in the sun the plants were well watered.

Lets hope the new additions like their new home and add to the lovely colours in the flowerbed for all to enjoy and we hope to see Lola at her next GoodGym mission soon.

On a lovely sunny Saturday morning 3 GoodGymers arrive bright and early in Canbury Gardens to spread some mulch on the GoodGym flowerbed. Mulch to our surprise it had vanished leaving the remnants in its place. Undeterred the hour was well spent doing some other much needed tasks including dead heading the tulips and daffodils, weeding and watering. Emily fought with the weeds and brambles at the back of the bed whilst Saber made numerous trips to the river for wheelbarrows full of water to make sure every plant was well watered. Claire meanwhile gave the bed a good weed and tidy.

It was lovely to have one lady come over and say how much she enjoyed looking at the the flowerbed, especially all the tulips.

Hopefully we can get it just as colorful for the Summer.

On a beautiful Spring morning Levita, Sabir and Claire met in Canbury Gardens where the GoodGym flowerbed had sprung into Spring. It was full of daffodils, hyacinths and tulips. However some were a little hidden under the mountains of leaves and shrubs. Sabir got to work pruning all the salvias whilst Levita and Claire pick up piles of leaves. For a smallish flowered we cleared a lot of green waste.

Just over an hour later the flowers shone brightly in the Sun and after a quick photo shoot we headed our separate ways to enjoy the weekend.

On a bright Autumn morning we met at the Goodgym flowerbed to prepare it for winter. The first job was to find the flowerbed underneath all the leaves. Sabir got to work with the rake followed by Mark and created a massive pile of leaves whilst Emily, Sahil and Julie picked the leaves out of all the tricky places in between the plants. Once Claire arrived back from her trip up the gardens for rubbish bags we will filled them with the leaves and Julie was queen of the leaf castle as we tried to squash them into the bags.

It was then time to plant the rest of the bulbs that Claire had donated from her garden. It was tricky to find a spot without any bulbs already so it should look pretty in the Spring.

We left the flowerbed full of Autuumn colour with the Aster and Salvias still in full bloom and will return next year in the Spring. Welcome to Sahil on your first mission and we hope to see you again soon.

Two wheelbarrow loads of water and some feed topped up the plants after the recent rain. Hopefully it will keep them going for a few days.

We found ourselves on the edge of a Saxon Encampment Aethel's town at the GoodGym flowerbed as the Saxons had moved in to Canbury Gardens for the weekend.

The flowerbed was pretty weed free so Emily and Susannah tackled the brambles and weeds around the edges whilst Sabir went to the river for water and fed and watered all the plants. Claire meanwhile planted a rudbeckia and an aster which will hopefully bring some colour to the bed. We were finished in time to see the Saxons heading off on their parade.