The forecast was “a bit soggy” - it was a Bank Holiday so it was always going to be a bit soggy - but not enough to put GoodGym Bristol.

The weeds have benefitted from the recent dampness with the warmth and are making by a bid to take over somebody the beds that have been bare over the winter. So we concentrated on one with grass and stickybud instead of the normal bramble and buttercup.

Top work, chatting about natural burials in mycelium coffins and then lunch at a new spot - Stokes by the Orchard which got a huge thumbs up.

Happy Easter Monday!

It’s that time of year again when the bindweed is coming up everywhere - so we targeted a small space to at least make a start.

Hopefully the Bank Holiday Monday will mean a session to pull out LOADS of it!

Much buttercup and bramble was dug/pulled out to give the lovely plants a chance to thrive. It’s making a real difference but we still have about 10 years of Monday mornings before we’re on top of it all!

Two cherry sucker/saplings from Royate Hill Nature Reserve’s Community Mission yesterday are now planted in the Cemetery Gardens, and hopefully will get enough water to survive.

Fantastic sunshine for the first Group Walk/Run since the clocks went forward for British Summer Time and we were making the most of it at Brunswick Cemetery whilst the ground (and gravel) were dry. All after the prunners (the prun being the pre-run run) arrived finishing off their ice creans after a harbour loop/photo shoot.

Many hands and a few trowels and forks made light work of the "finding the spiral path AGAIN" task, hoping that the new Council mowing system of not leaving all the clippings and seeds on the mown grass will make a difference this year. We can hope - at least the gravel had dried enough the grass and other weeds were easy to pull out!

Meanwhile, Harsheh and Darren werr putting the root puller to good use taking on the bramble roots between the tombs.

With lots of progress in the Cemetery, it was time for the runners and walkers to head back to Queen Square and on to Pho (now pronounced Fuh, not Fe) for much good food and company.

Spring is here!

A gorgeous morning for not just clearing lots of weeds but actually planting things - rescuing some from other places in the Cemetery or from other spaces we help in - sharing the love (and pulling out the buttercups and brambles). Perfect 👌

Another Monday morning of making the space a good bit tidier and really making a difference compared to a couple of years ago - you can actually see the plants!