Sunday 23rd August
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Report written by Kash
Mr C of Camden had a small garden at the back of his ground-floor flat, but was no longer able to maintain it after losing mobility in his left arm. The garden slowly became what seasoned GoodGymers would call a jungle. It was abundant in brambles, ivy, bushes and lost footballs, but lacked sunlight and room to move.
The space was dominated by an overgrown buddleia surrounded by walls of ivy. Clusters of thick brambles filled the gaps between the branches. On the left-hand wall grew something that could have been a sort of vine - Dutchman's pipe, perhaps? It had thin, dark stems and long, flexible branches capable of climbing walls and other plants. When Kash attempted to pull it, several metres of vine fell from the sky, while another few metres still clung to the ivy growing over the wall, giving the impression of the beanstalk from Jack and the Beanstalk.
Sevan collected most of the footballs in a single place, wondering why no children had knocked on Mr C's door, saying:
"Please, Sir, can I have my ball back?"
In 90 minutes, a remarkable transformation took place. The buddleia shrunk, the brambles disappeared, and sunshine finally shone into the garden. The GoodGymers didn't know what would happen to the footballs, but Mr C certainly had at least some of his garden back.
Sun 23rd Aug at 4:49pm
Looks like the garden at Mrs A in Ealing with no light to be seen - or at least it was the case :-)
Sun 23rd Aug at 4:51pm
Probably much smaller and with a collection of a different kind of balls! :)
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