It was nice to meet Sara and shift 4 heavy wooden sleepers for Bromley Mencap this evening.

We're building some new planters with them in a few weeks time which will house some new plants outside their community hub in Norman Park! 🌷

A great workout for a great organisation! 💪

Louise, Andrew, Sara and Hannah joined the friends of the Palace Park for another volunteering session! Things got off to a ceremonial start with Bromley‘s mayor coming by to cut the ribbon for the official entrance to the park; he then joined a guided walk around six of the Bromley parks with several other interested parties. Meanwhile, we headed over to the other side of the lake to get back to clearing away ivy, brambles and laurel (and rubbish) to make space for more plant diversity. Andrew managed to tackle a huge overgrown holly too. Great work!

A lovely chilled session supporting Greener & Cleaner at their Community Garden.

We completed a couple of tasks:

🐎 Louise shifted a load of manure onto the compost heap so it can rot down with all the green waste and make some “black gold”

🔩 Meanwhile Hannah and I put together some weird metal tables for use at some workshops.

👍 Top Job

Ria and I met up with Ian and the Friends of Beckenham Green group to do a tidy up now that the weather has decidedly shifted for the better!

We were tasked with raking the last of the fallen leaves from last year out of some bush. Between that and a bit of weeding, it looks much clearer.

We also helped with litter picking - Ria acquired a small bottle cap collection 😀

Great to join the assembled Friends of this park giving it some love and attention after a lot of neglect… and saving it from possible threat of encroaching redevelopment. Today lots of new plants had been acquired (and some rescued from the adjacent old Civic Centre site) so years of overgrown ivy, brambles and invasive trees needed to be cleared to make some space.

Ratchet loppers and various types of saw saw plenty of action. Brilliant people and brilliant secret spot in Bromley. (Plus, an actual ha-ha!)

This week, myself and Mia joined Viv, Lumin, and local volunteers for another gardening session at the Silverdale Planters.

We started with some much-needed weeding to keep the planters looking their best. Then, we got to work planting two new rhododendrons on the slope.

We also moved more of the iris flower rhizomes, giving them extra breathing space and ensuring a good scattering of colour across both planters.

Spring has officially sprung, with daffodils popping up in both planters.

With the planters looking fresh and full of potential, we’re excited to see how they develop—join us next time! 🌱🌼✨