For the first session of the year at Braywick Plant Nurseries we were asked to help sort a whole load of donated pots from under some benching. This is part of a larger reorganisation project, and will allow the benching to be moved into its new position. The nursery likes to re-use as many pots as possible, but we had to remove any that were broken, too small or had the names of plants or other nurseries printed on them. The remainder were sorted into stacks of similar sizes and stored in a large wooden crate. There are so many different pot dimensions, and we were all a bit goggle-eyed by the end! But we cleared a large area, enabling the good works to continue. It was great to see Christine back for her second session, and to catch-up with Viv and Laura

Sheila and Didem welcomed Viv to her first community mission at Braywick Plant Nursery. We were given 2 tasks so we chose to do the coldest one first so that we could then go and warm up for the second. 45 mins later we had trimmed any dead stems and leaves from the over-wintering perennials. Then a complete change, and we challenged our creativity by decorating wreaths for sale in the shop. We all had different styles, but variety is the spice of life! Hopefully they will sell!

Laura and Sheila welcomed Didem to her first mission at Braywick Plant Nursery on a chilly morning. Our warm-up task was to repot some Festuca grasses into larger pots, to allow them to continue to grow over the winter. We then moved on to removing any dead stems and leaves from the Pelargonium and Impatiens plants which are over-wintering in the glasshouse. One large pot of trimmings and a few cold toes later, we made our way home

It was so nice to go to Braywick this morning in the sunshine and blue skies seems like its been ages! Firstly I must apologise for the really bad photographs. I dont have the best phone camera and I am rubbish at selfies! Todays task was to get rid of the last of the summer bedding still hanging in there. Some of it I just tidied up got rid of dead stems and leaves in the hope that overwintering in the greenhouse some might survive. These were mainly begonias and geraniums. There is a table in the working greenhouse where sick plants go to see if they can be revived. It hadnt been sorted for a while so there was alot to get rid of. Amazing the difference a tidy up can do to the look of the place. This ofcourse if I had been Sheila I would have taken a before and after photo but sorry folks just my dreadful pictures. I did however enjoy my time there today very much! eeeh! They are soo bad!........

At Braywick Plant Nursery, Anna and Sheila were tasked with looking after the perennials that had been brought inside for the winter. We have them all a top dressing of plant food which should give them a boost, then cut back any spent foliage. They looked much better by the end

Laura and Sheila got creative at Braywick Heath this morning. Our first task was to transport the 6-packs of dianthus and wallflowers from the glasshouse to the outside sales area as they were growing too fast inside! We were then asked to arrange some of the other plants on a set of tables outside, so it would draw people in to have a look. We arranged grasses, herbs, heuchera and ajuga around some taller focal plants and everyone was pretty pretty pleased with the result