It was another beautiful evening soaking up the end of summer in Wandsworth. To help ourselves get over the end of summer, we discussed things we were looking forward to about autumn with fireworks being the clear winner!

We headed on over to the gardens and armed ourselves with tools to take on round two with the hedges. I think it’s safe to say we all got stuck in with some people being very reluctant to stop when the time came! Some excellent wheelbarrow relaying was carried out to get those extra steps in (I think the final count was 7 wheelbarrow loads). With a final grab of any branches and a sweep, the road felt a lot more appealing and accessible.

Well done GG Wandsworth!

Surrounded my towering sweetcorn, leafy raspberry canes, brightly coloured courgettes and many tomatoes plants heavy with fruit, we had an idyllic spot for our task last night.

Every month we head to Doddington, a former disused space on top of a car park, to help the volunteers maintain this thriving community garden. It's amazing how it changes every time!

We were delighted to have Charlotte join us for her very first session and Fi along for her first Wandsworth run - a huge welcome to you both!

After a very warm run down to th garden, we arrived to find some GGers already getting stuck into various jobs, and not to be outdone, we leaped into action. There was loads of topsoil to be transported and spread, deadheading to do, areas to be swept and herbs to be fed while Jordan did the rounds hydrating all the plants gasping for water in the warm weather. Not only that but Eva and Annabel got busy with a very complex design job making a teepee for some raspberries making an escape bid.

Enjoying the cool breeze we worked hard and soon it was time to call it a night - but not before fitness of course! There was the small matter of the 3 minute plank challenge to do first, a test of endurance which turned out to be closer to 4 minutes! Amazing job everybody.

Next Monday I'm away so it will be a community mission rather than a group run - same format but you have the choice to meet the group at the task, watch this space for more details as soon as they are confirmed!

There is also a great community mission helping to plant 3000 bulbs for the Battersea community festival on Saturday. It's a huge task so the more helping hands, the better!

A lovely sunny bank holiday is a rare occurrence but it didn't stop five GoodGymers meeting to tackle the litter problem around Paradise cooperative garden!

With sacks and new litter pickers, courtesy of Wandsworth council, at the ready, we started off in the car park. We were watched (approvingly, we hope!) by the wardens for the prison opposite, and soon began collecting all sorts of rubbish. We agreed that there should be a banned list for some of the things we found, including plastic coffee cup lids, make up wipes and sticky traps for rodents. We cast our nets far and wide, tackling Trinity road and the surrounding areas, discovering that once again the main culprit was those annoying cig butts! Difficult to pick, and harmful to the environment, they were everywhere - although there were significantly fewer once we were finished!

Job done, we headed over to Wandsworth common for a fitness session based on strength and stability. With a friendly dog as our companion, we set about tackling various movements and static holds focused on conditioning and balance. There was some very impressive non-wobbly form on show from everybody!

Next week we're back at Doddington for our monthly session there, hope to see you there!

There's nothing better than chasing away that Monday feeling than coming along to a GoodGym session - you'll never regret starting the week with some activity that leaves you buzzing and is also very rewarding!

Last night a dozen of us were up for just that, and we started off the evening with a warm up, before naming our favourite green spaces in London. It was little surprise perhaps that Battersea Park came out top, but special mentions go to Wandsworth common, Hyde Park, Fulham Palace and of course, our GoodGym garden!

We set off for Doddington and our task for the evening. It is always a pleasure when we climb that metal staircase to see how the garden is changing and developing all the time. Last night the transformation was particularly evident as this community space had been given loads of fabulous furniture and other bits and pieces from the Chelsea Flower show.

Our first job was a particularly precarious one. We were trusted to move an incredibly heavy - and even more expensive (several thousand pounds...!) table into position. Our first attempt wasn't successful so we drafted in more GGers which did the job. We were also told the chairs were designed and donated by Jay Blades of Repair Shop fame, which is pretty exciting!

Our next task was to transport and spread two tonnes of top soil. Now, we're always up for a challenge, and yesterday was no exception. We only had a series of trugs to be able to do it, which added that extra element of fun. Bonus upper body workout!

After all that lifting, it was only right we worked our lower body as well, so we went downstairs for our legs blast. Six intense minutes and loads of different variations later and we were done. Great work everybody!

Next week we're back at our own GoodGym garden - come and check out how we're doing!