Our fantastic GoodGym runners really rose to the occasion this week, racing over to Thorlands Gardens where they were chamomile-ing at the bit to get stuck in! The team showed they had plenty of thyme on their hands as they tackled a variety of tasks.

We had two new members with us last night so Jenny and Maddy it was lovely to have you with us!

The volunteers were absolutely rooting for success as they laid cardboard with precision - you could say they really nailed it down! Their work was nothing short of ground-breaking as they created the perfect foundation for the chamomile garden border.

When it came to litter picking, our green-fingered heroes left no stone unturned, proving that many hands make light work. They showed that every piece of rubbish had met its match - talk about a clean sweep!

The real chip off the old block moment came when the team started shifting woodchip. They moved (small) mountains of mulch with an oak-kay attitude. You could say they were pine-ing for the perfect finish, and they certainly delivered! The border transformation was tree-mendous - our volunteers really knew how to mulch it up.

By the end of the session, the chamomile garden was looking scent-sational and weed-free. The team proved that with a little patience and a lot of sage advice, any garden can bloom into something beautiful.

Mint to be together, this group of volunteers showed that when you turnip with the right attitude, you can make any space radish-ingly beautiful. What an absolutely un-be-leaf-able effort from everyone involved!

Tasks Completed:

• Cardboard laying for weed suppression
• Community litter picking
• Woodchip distribution and border creation
• Chamomile garden area preparation

Another blooming brilliant session from GoodGym Lambeth! See you next week :0)

It was just myself and Simon at Thorlands Gardens today. After a good 15-20 minutes chat, we got started with the first of two tasks. Firstly l, he asked me to go and collect three crates of herbs and vegetables from Fabrice in Myatts Fields with the wheelbarrow. The second task was to bring over three massive wooden pallets from The Sun of Camberwell pub which is going through a refurb and wanted to get rid of their pallets, which they didn't need any more. These will be reused for planters.

The crew were back at it on Tuesday evening, ready and raring to go with our monthly task down at Thorlands.

AA Yianny met with Dan and Tilly and then set off at a very leisurely pace towards Thorlands due to ageing knees!!

On arrival we were met by returning marathon hero Michael who smashed his Newport Marathon run (see pics) and on one day rest was back at it with us helping out his community (proof that not all heroes wear capes!)

We also had our resident cyclists Marie-Noelle and Paul already tooled up and rating to get on with the task of weeding, clearing and chipping the fenced off area for future use by residents.

Other than a few Blackberry thorns all went off without incident and we learned plenty from Simon about the invasive and other species we were dealing with as we went.

Another lovely task down and we move on hoping to enjoy the weather as the nights grow warmer and a summer picnic looms... Keep your eyes peeled for that one :0)

Thanks all and see you next time!

Let's talk about last night's session back with Simon at the Thorlands project. The group was neatly divided by those meeting at Papa's fir the Group Run, those running directly to the task and thise cycling so we had all bases covered fotness wise!

AA Yianny was delighted to hear stories from GGers or holidays just taken to exotic climbs (and not AT ALL jealous...) leading to fun conversations about covonut cocktails and low cost flights on the run down to the land of Thor.

On arrival the three groups we reunited and ready to kick things off in the frosty evening air. Spirits were nevertheless high probably due to setting off while it was still light out and our tasks were clear, dig over the next section of garden 1 and collect and barrow in the woodchip to lay down preparing the next phase of this project.

The great spirit led to GGers discussing the best way to attract more members to the Lambeth community with some 'innovative' suggestions on fancy dress shall we say being floated.... Perhaps one to file under let's revisit after the next GG social?

By the end of the session all the planned work was complete, Simon was happy (and won his battle against technology!) and everyone could head home knowing another great task was in the books.

Huge thanks to all as ever and see you next time :0)

It was a biting cold evening in Lambeth, still dark by the time we met at Papa's but that won't keep our GGers away from doing good around the community.

Just Tilly and AA Yianny met for the run from Brixton over to Thorlands Gardens, while Michael ran directly to the task and Marie-Noelle and Paul cycled there - a full house of fitness and cardio right there.

Simon and the residents were impressed that the group turned out in the conditions but we are a) Barmy and b) always committed here in Lambeth so we were ready to continue the work on the middle garden with tasks to turn over the soil in the muddy patch, clear the leaf mulch for the pathway and collect and lay the fresh woodchip for those areas.

And so while Paul whistled us a tune to work to we set about the tasks and the various Snow Whites and Dwarves (I know which dwarf I am!) got stuck in 40 or so minutes later all the tools were racked away and the pathway was looking very chipper.....!

Big thanks to everyone and I look forward to seeing you next time :0)

It was our first group run to Thorlands of the year and there was 7 of us for the run (with Paul and Rosemary meeting us there). We took the same route that we took for our visit back in November.

Simon was there to meet us with the tools ready. We split off into two groups with one group clearing the leaves off the path in the Kitchen Garden to create a new pile that we covered with cardboard and a pallet to help it mulch down faster. The other group ran wheelbarrows of woodchip from the Community Garden which we then spread on the cleared path.

Simon sends thanks for our work and we’ll see him again later in Feb.