Lynn & Rosie joined me to discover the hidden treasure of the All Saints church garden.

While the traffic crawled past into Portsmouth, with beeping horns and occasional shouts of road rage, we enjoyed the tranquility of this oasis, with the sound of birds enjoying the tree cover.

We joined Anita and other volunteers to continue preparing beds for planting. The 3 GoodGymers sorted out the compost bins and loaded in the green waste from last week, as well as clearing weeds from the paths and in the garden area which is likely to be adopted by the Brownies.

I was lucky enough to be given a gentle warning by a bee to stay away from their nest in the compost heap and was welcomed to the garden by a kindly bird pooing down the back of my GG t.shirt!

From next week, asylum seekers will join us to garden and to improve their English.