The weather is warming slightly and the days are starting to get longer. With the winter sliding slowly away and Spring knocking gently at the door we were pleased to be at Mulgrave Community Garden. Lucien had organised the session with Khan the inspiration behind this gem of a garden. There were two large bags of bulbs to be planted that will bring colour to the garden later in the year.

Sophie concentrated on a neglected corner beavering away under the light of torches which Bekah managed to capture well on camera whilst multi tasking as both gardener and photographer. It was Dan's first time at the garden and he has left a legacy of both a cleaner area by litter picking before planting a whole load of bulbs. Meanhile Siân who usually has to be coaxed away from a litter pick) surprised us all by walking past the litter picks and getting stuck right into the garden creating spaces and getting those bulbs planted up. Lucien cleared litter not only from the garden and surrounding areas but also from the various planters along the street which, without some TLC, can become filled with litter.

Whilst all this was going on I seemed to spend a lot of time chatting I did pick up some litter that the others had left me. Thankfully Eleanor had been planting bulbs all eveing and keeping an eye out as to where the bulbs had been planted so could direct me and the final bulbs for the night into the patches we hadn't yet gone to. This mind map will be so important as next Monday we are returning to plant the larger bulbs.... hope to see you there.

This week we were on Timpron street with Vicky from Litter Clear Volunteer with an array of tasks to do!

After what sounded like very hectic day for Vicky she arrived with various tools to help us clear the local area. Some of us set to work litter picking whilst some weeded and planted in the beautiful raised beds and another group of us began to clear the tarmac of weeds.

It was clear that there were some flower beds hidden beneath the weeds and moss and we were soon using whatever tools necessary to scrape back and reveal some beautiful Diamond shaped flower beds!!

Excellent work team we not only tidied the place up but were able to reveal some real beauty in this unassuming street corner. We will be back to help Litter Clear Volunteer tidy up another patch of Liverpool soon!