Digging In

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in Newham
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Newham

Wednesday 27th July 2022

Report written by Brahma Pochee

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Grey skies yesterday compensated for by bright smiles, the kind of smiles you get from helping completely transform a small public space in just under an hour. To top it off we welcomed Tony, usually found in Waltham Forest and Dimple, who Paul expertly guided to our community embrace. Hope you both had a decent eve with us, was great to meet you both.

Chit chat was had first in the form of our Random Weekly Question, it wasn't that random as my brain has dried up, however it was insightful: "what was the highlight of your weekend?" Playing with your cat. Going to a music festival. Constructing a massive shed for one of our GoodGym partners. Having a drink with old uni pals. Attending a wedding in Hayes Marina. Looks like we had a bit of everything, Small joys to the bigger life events, and everything in between.

We made the jog over as one unit, then realised we didn't actually know where we going... I had one job. It was quickly rectified as we nipped around the corner to find the group. We established our roles and began weeding, digging, planting and watering. The large delivery of plants was the priority, get them in the ground and give them water. The ground was rock solid, but we dug hard and persevered. A lovely selection of succulents, long ornamental grasses, vegetables and more were planted in. Circa an hour later, we took another look at our efforts, enjoyed some kind words from the locals and jogged back in a few different directions.

Next week we head back to the amazing Up Garden, sign up here. This wonderful upcycled garden is where the team built a shed last week, they've got loads to do so any help much needed.

See you fine folk there,

Till then

B


Session Leader
Newham
Area activator
Attendees
Dimple
Kevin Prince
Rosa
Paul Cornick
Tony
Brahma Pochee
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Redbridge runner

Thu 28th Jul 2022 at 1:05pm

great job! Brahma - I'm glad I'm not the only one 'getting lost' on jogs to the task hehe:)

Brahma Pochee

Thu 28th Jul 2022 at 4:37pm

Cheers Julia. There's probably a GG Activator lost somewhere right now...