This month was a bit special at the Berry Maze, as it was time for the annual Get Growing Trail in Bristol. this is a great opportunity for community gardens to get placed on the map and lure more volunteers out into green spaces. Which worked quote well as one of the locals came to help, bringing one of the cutest doggos ever.(who got in the way a lot, but hard to stat mad at such an adorable thing!)

Despite animal distractions, we all managed to clear a tremendous amount of weeds, with special mention to Emma, who did a fantastic job of pulling the hogweed out by the roots. also extra thanks to Dave for being the photographer after my phone crashed. excuse his squinting, it was very very sunny!

Thanks for coming along everyone! back to the usual ti.e next month, see you there!

Another great turn out at the maze in May! We had hoped that Germinal was there so we could start reparation work to the mosaic, but not this time sadly. Still a job for the future!

Instead we spread throughout the maze and tackled different spots of weeds that are rampaging through the maze. WE welcomed Freya to the maze too, who instantly dived in, and got the hang of our regular sessions there... Grab a trowel and chat away! It's nice to have some relaxed tasks every now and then.

Thank you for coming along all, see you again soon!

Fresh from our stint up the Northen slopes, we met Julia(fresh from a run) and Jason and Janka(fresh in general) at the Berry Maze for a refreshing weeding and maintenance session. Now it's getting dry, we were able to perch on the ground for a casual weeding/chatting session.

We had a bonus task of getting 3 posts in the ground. Jordan once again shined as he dug the most perfect holes for the posts to go down. Great to have him on the team!

Fantastic work, thanks for coming along everyone!

We had a fantastic day down at the Berry Maze, mainly celebrating Danica's amazing achievement, 400 tasks with Goodgym! That's awesome dedication to the cause. Thank you!

This day was a bit different, as we had joined up with Jackie down at the Berry Maze to help with their Litter-pick/Easter egg hunt. To anyone outside of Goodgym and the local community, that sounds like a strange combination, but that's just the way we roll down here! A few neighbours, with their egg hunting kids, joined Jackie and the four of us as we scoured the areas around the berry maze looking for litter and other un-pleasantries.

How did Danica celebrate? By getting stuck right in the river, helping the locals pull out shopping trolleys, toys, and who knows what else finds it's way down there. Frances found an empty bottle of Rain Repellent, which would have been very handy during the 10 min down pour that happened halfway through.

As you can see from the photos, 90 mins of community action can get a lot done. Heaps of litter removed from our local rivers and green spaces, making it a much nicer place to be.

Thanks for coming along every one Incredible work all round!

We had a fantastic turn out at the berry maze this weekend, with 9 goodgymers rocking up to help Barney and Jackie at the berry maze. Only due to some last min issues arising, there was no Barney or Jackie! They left me some instructions and given how well we've been taking care of the place, they had faith we'd do okay without their weed identifying powers.

We had some lovely spurts of sunshine accompanied by some great goodgym chatter, and within one hour we managed to de-weed a good third of the maze. We also settled a debate I've been wondering about for a long time, as I had been mistaking bluebells for Hyacinth(don't ask), so thanks to David and his wonderful AI App skills for working that out!

Props to Emma who not only managed to mow the majority of the maze in one session, but did a great job of rescuing some bulbs that that started to grow in to the path. Nice one!

Also, we welcomed some new goodgymers to the berry maze, thanks for coming Nadia and Arron! Loved that you both got stuck in. Arron has also suggested that we named the unofficial berry maze mascot 'Horace the horse' whicjh I'm on-board with.

Cheers everyone! There's another berry maze session later this month, check it out here

This Saturday 5 awesome Goodgymers headed to the Berry Maze for some post bashing, moving and weeding to get the maze ship shape and ready for the berry plants to have an excellent season in 2024. The sun came out to greet us and we left the maze looking spic and span. Thanks everyone!