Potting up appearances
2 Goodgymers helped their local community in Merton
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Friday 17th April
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We joined the Merton Garden Streets team and a wonderful group of local volunteers for a high-production potting session.
Establishing several production lines of marigolds, cosmos, and other vibrant seedlings. Pot by pot, we filled each with soil and re-homed numerous seedlingd ready for watering.
There were hands from all across the borough pitching in, so the workload felt light and the atmosphere was incredibly relaxing and sociable. The perfect way to spend a morning - getting stuck into the dirt and helping Merton get ready to bloom.
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Merton Garden Streets is a volunteer-led initiative by local residents and businesses in the borough of Merton to make our streets greener. The project began in 2021 and was inspired by Wandsworth’s Green the Grid project and run by volunteers from Merton's Climate Action Group. Merton Garden Streets is now delivered by Sustainable Merton, with some support from Merton Council, and led by local volunteers. Through encouraging street and front garden planting, together we are improving community well-being and delivering important environmental benefits, such as increasing wildlife, improving air quality, and helping to prevent flooding.
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