Watering Norman Park's Micro Forest 🌲
Connect with fellow volunteers while helping maintain the borough's parks and green spaces
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Watering Norman Park's Micro Forest 🌲
Connect with fellow volunteers while helping maintain the borough's parks and green spaces
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About this session
ℹ️ Summary
This August we are relaunching GoodGym Bromley with a series of Monday Night Run Clubs via the parks and green spaces close to the town centre.
- Help us revive this fledging micro-forest in Norman Park
- Meet in the cafe at The Pavilion by MyTime Active for a gentle warm-up
- Area Activator Sam will lead a gentle 2km run or walk to Norman Park
- Upon arrival we will water the parched saplings using cans and a water butt on-site plus do some basic weeding if required
- After approx 45 min we'll head back to base for an optional social
📍 When and Where
This task will run from roughly 18:30 to 20:00 on Monday 31st August
Meet for the run / walk: The Pavilion by MyTime Active @ 18:30
Location: The cafe in The Pavilion by Mytime Active – access to the left of reception – look for fellow volunteers in red GoodGym T-shirts Google Maps: The Pavilion by Mytime Active, Kentish Way, Bromley BR1 3EF What3Words: ///humans.palace.bring
Alternatively meet at the task: Norman Park @ 19:00
Location: Hook Farm Road Car Park (free parking if driving) Google Maps: Hook Farm Road Car Park, Bromley BR2 9SX What3Words: ///season.mostly.finest
Mytime Active have kindly said we can leave belongings in lockers at The Pavilion and there are toilet facilities on site, plus the cafe for water, etc.
Any issues, you can call Bromley Area Activator Sam on 07790 553 886.
🌱 The Task
After a gentle warm up we will set off around 18:45 with a leader and back marker ensuring nobody gets left behind, aiming to arrive at the micro forest close to Hook Farm Road Car Park in Norman Park at 19:00.
Please bring gardening gloves if you have them to hand. There we will support with watering, weeding, planting and tending to the fledgling micro forest.
☕️ Post-Run Refreshments
Around 19:45 we will head back to the The Pavilion for roughly 20:00 to pick up our belongings and finish with a gentle stretch.
The Railway Tavern by Bromley North station has said we are welcome for post-run refreshments. It's an eight minute stroll from The Pavilion and it'd be lovely if you can join us.
The Railway Tavern, Bromley, 45 East St, Bromley BR1 1QQ
If you've come before, come again and please feel free to bring a +1.
This task supports
Together we aim to support sporting activities, protect wildlife and improve amenities.
The Friends of Norman Park are a non-profit community group with a shared love of the park and neighbouring Elmfield Wood. Together we aim to support sporting activities, protect its wildlife and improve amenities.
See moreWhat to look out for
Make sure you've read our general guidelines for safety for taking part in a GoodGym session.
This is a GoodGym group run, with the option of walking too. You'll meet other GoodGymers at the start location and run or walk to the task together. If you're worried about any aspect of the session, contact your area activator Sam Rider - Bromley Area Activator (he/him) by email at samrider@goodgym.org.
Options are available to run between 4km and 5km in total.
Remember that we will be running or walking to and from the task, so you'll only be running or walking for half this distance in one go.
Led by Sam Rider - Bromley Area Activator (he/him)
No, I'm not *that* Sam Rider. I'm a health and fitness journalist, dad, part-time runner and the newly minted area activator for Bromley.
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