A super bunch of 15 GG-ers gathered at Glass Mill ready to run and/or cycle up the hill to Luxmore Gardens.

We moved on to a new flower bed on this visit and at first glance it didn't look like there were that many weeds in the flower bed but on closer inspection and once we got started, we found there was lots of us to get stuck into!

I could already see the plants breathing a sigh of relief that they had space to breathe and grow.

The clear highlight of the evening was the GIANT alkanet root that Tam dug up!! There are multiple photos with members of the group for scale and to highlight just how long it was!

We even had enough time to tackle the next flower bed a long - great work team!

We always make a huge difference at Luxmore Gardens as there is a lot of space for a small group to keep on top of.

Our weekly good deeding took us up the hill to Luxmore Garden this week. With my legs not feeling up to the challenge post-50miles it was down to Oli to lead the group whilst I kept everyone together at the rear.

There were a couple of tasks at Luxmore Gardens:

1. tackle the overhanging branches and overgrown tree - once done it revealed that the tree has grown through a fence post. Nature wins!
2. remove the green alkinet that is beginning to take over the plants
3. sweep the paths

The difference we made in 45minutes was fantastic. The green waste pile went from nothing to nearly as tall as us!

One of the perks of going to Luxmore Garden is that it's mostly downhill on the way back. After a quick cool down it was time to head for pizza and pasta!

Next week we are heading to Lewisham Unity to help in the garden and to dig up a tree.

It was meant to be a 2 tasks week but due to the last minute dramatic reduction in sign ups, it turned out to be a 1 task week and we all tackled the longer run to Catford to flyer for the Downham Door Knock!

The Downham Door Knock is happening on Tuesday 16th May and is all about having open conversations with residents in the area. The aim is to meet isolated adults, link people with groups and services, raise the profile of Downham and Improve knowledge of the area to help plan activities and make funding bids.

We split into groups to tackle the streets and in pairs they streets were ticked off! There was only half a street left when disaster struck and we couldn't find one of the team. This being a regular occurrence at flyering tasks (I'm looking at you Miguel and Adam...), I sent pairs off in different directions with the instructions to meet back at Goldsmith's Community Centre. Oli managed to find Laura and we all regrouped at the Community Centre.

Time to say our goodbyes to Michael from Community Connections, who was very glad he didn't need to flyer 1000 houses on his own! And back to Glass Mill only 5 minutes later than planned.

Next week, we're handing out programmes for Brockley Max at various stations across the borough and also delivering some flyers for Give A Song.

P.S. Technical issues mean I'm unable to upload photos!