Putting the Easter into Cotoneaster

3 Goodgymers helped their local community in Windsor and Maidenhead
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Windsor and Maidenhead

Saturday 30th March 2024

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On a beautiful Spring morning, Roberta, Jen and Sheila met at Nature's Haven community garden alongside other volunteers and taskowners Claire and Aleks. Sheila had brought her shredder to use, as there are huge quantities of branches to get rid of, from shrubs which have been cut down to make way for a mini orchard. Whilst Sheila and Roberta fed material into the shredder, Jen replenished the pile from the upper area. As we shredded, the Cotoneaster, Hebe, Choysia and Vibernum branches released wonderful aromas. A beautiful Robin visited us all, hoping for some rich pickings from the disturbed soil. We made good progress, and the upper area is gradually being cleared. Work will continue at Wednesday's Goodgym session - hopefully many hands will make light work! Happy Easter, everyone!


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Nature's Haven Community Healing Garden
Our mission is to enable our community to access and learn about the therapeutic benefits of gardening and nature.

Nature’s Haven is an outdoor retreat to escape the pressures of everyday life. We aim to give our visitors a sense of strength and protection with the intention of providing a more tranquil state of mind. Our healing garden will be filled with a variety of plants that promote a sense of wellbeing and hope. Our garden designs are based on the principles of a physic garden, focusing on the plants' inherent healing properties. It will be a place of refuge where peace, healing, distraction and stress relief is promoted. Nature's Haven will create, maintain & continue to develop healing gardens to generate an abundance of positivity. The gardens will be restorative and yet enabling too, allowing the visitor to 'simply be', reflect & be fully present in the moment and/or actively engage in gardening through our social therapeutic horticultural programmes. We will provide events and opportunities to engage as many people in our community as possible as we nurture and promote a feeling of connectedness. We champion sustainability and we are guided by permaculture principles thus avoiding synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. The gardens are designed with accessibility in mind. Wheelchairs will be able to access all areas of the garden and the paths and raised beds will help the visually impaired navigate their way around. We will also have adapted tools to assist with any mobility issues.

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Amy L GoodGym
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Mon 1st Apr 2024 at 7:37pm

Happy Easter! Well done all. Sounds like a great session! X

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