It's a good sign that the reputation of GoodGym Worcester is gathering pace now that organisations are coming to me to ask if we can help without the need to search them out. That's exactly what happened with this week's task when an email arrived from Connor of the Wildlife Trust to ask if we could help with a wildlife garden project next to Ghulevelt Park. The fact that the project was for a cafe called Kyndfolk sealed the deal. Kyndfolk are exactly what GoodGymers are!

The now familiar path alongside Pitchcroft provide our pre-task run from the Hive then the 5 of us were greeted by Connor and Julie from the Wildlife Trust and the team from Kyndfolk. Gloves were issued along with warnings not to remove fingers with the secateurs then we were let loose in the brambles. The aim was to allow access to the garden area next to the cafe that had clearly been neglected for many years. Many pallets, various kitchen units, lots of litter and a huge heap of tangled undergrowth were quickly tamed by the combined GoodGym, Wildlife Trust and Kyndfolk crew. There will be a time lapse film of the work coming shortly but in 40 minutes the whole area was transformed and with all digits left intact!

Julie and Connor now have a blank canvas to start planning ponds, bog gardens and retreats for all creatures great and small. Seb from Kyndfolk explained that he hopes the area can be enjoyed by the local community including the nearby primary school and will make sure that an accesible path will be in place for wheels and feet to get around safely.

The famous five GoodGymers included Bertie and Ruth who clearly enjoyed last week so much they came back for more! A welcome return for Alison after a few weeks off and my sister Juliet was dragged along after carelessly planning a visit to Worcester on a Tuesday evening!

Thank you everyone for another great job completed!

When Stu from the Friends of Laugherne Brook Nature Reserve contacted me about this task a few weeks ago he was hopeful that we wouldn't be needed. An odd reply when asking for help but we all expected a bit of rain to have done the job of watering all the trees by now but it's stayed dry ever since. So with two new recruits on their very first GoodGym mission in the form of Ruth and Bertie we set off from The Hive to run to the most mispronounced area of Worcester (It's Lawn not Larf-urn). Stu met us with his 4 legged friend Otis and we made our way to the brook with a barrowful of buckets and quickly formed a human chain to began hauling out water. The nature reserve has been planted with a variety of different trees grouped together in wilding areas and most of them were wilting in the heat. A small Waymarker tree looked particularily sad so was given extra attention. After 3 rounds to the brook we were ready for rehydration ourselves and luckily Stu's house was nearby and he revealed that he had ice lollies waiting for us. How to make sure your GoodGym volunteers keep coming back! It's a beautiful corner of the city and we look forward to returning for some other tasks but hope that Mother Nature will do the watering for us soon.