Friends of Whirlowbrook Park - Plant Swap

Receiving donated home-grown plants, arranging them, keeping tables tidy, talk about plants (and bats) , take photos, tidy up.
Environmentally friendly restoration of gardens and park including a Climate Action Project with eco-audits and citizen science. A bat survey has recorded six species of bat in the park. The aim of the Plant Swap is to fundraise for bat boxes to attract more species.

11 GoodGymers have supported Friends of Whirlowbrook Park - Plant Swap with 5 tasks.


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Andrew WatersRachelCeline

Swapping plants ๐ŸŒฑ for trees ๐ŸŒณ

Saturday 11th May

Written by Rachel (she/her)

We were invited back for a 3rd year running to help out at the annual fundraising plant swap + sale for Friends of Whirlowbrook Park, and it was certainly the weather for a morning outside ๐ŸŒž.

We helped with set up, assisting people to cars with their purchases, recruiting donors and take down at the end. Not only was a lovely time had by all, over ยฃ900 was raised towards a new orchard area! ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒณ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ๐ŸŒณ

You too can help out completely free by voting for FoWP to win more funds here: https://ticketsource.wishpondpages.com/ticketsource-community-fund-2024/entries/205493928

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Rachel

An Egg-cellent Easter Activity ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฐ

Saturday 30th March

Written by Rachel (she/her)

Friends of Whirlowbrook Park put on lots of fun family activities today for the Easter weekend. There was archery, face painting, a book sale and the main attraction, the Easter Egg trail!

Families followed the bunny hop footprints around the park to find eggs with letters on, then rearranged the scrambled egg letters into a seasonal punchline, which they then exchanged for choccy eggs:

What do you get if you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?

Our volunteer role was marshaling the car park, directing visitors to free spaces and also controlling traffic where the trail crossed the road.

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CelineBecca WYvette Lavelle

Broom with a view

Saturday 6th January

Written by Rachel (she/her)

It was a beautiful day for our first community mission of the year and a great turnout of 6 Goodgymmers (plus hanger-on Devon - maybe he will be tempted to join us proper...). We had an energetic start - most of us on our bikes and 3 of us having been to Parkrun beforehand! ๐ŸŒž๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšฒ

Jobs included:

  • Hammering staples into a new boardwalk for grip ๐Ÿ”จ
  • Pruning Magnolia โœ‚๏ธ
  • Brushing/scraping leaves and soil away from the edges of paths and car park ๐Ÿงน

Shelagh says they would welcome us back any time for their regular volunteer session on the 1st Saturday of the month. I will be listing a task with them on Saturday of Easter weekend marshaling an Easter Egg hunt (that seems so far away!) ๐Ÿฅš

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RachelAnnie Anthony Mays
Celine

WOW! What a day!

Saturday 13th May 2023

Written by Rachel (she/her)

GoodGym members joined Friends of Whirlowbrook Park to help set up and run a plant swap and sale raising funds for kid's activity trail through the woods, nicknamed the "WoW" trail.

We helped set up and take down signs to advertise the sale. One was a very prettily painted and large. We found it tried its best to blow away with any big gust of wind...

It's a plant sail!

During the sale, we were on hand to help people carry their heavy goods to their cars and we all took the opportunity to pick up some plants for our own gardens too.

The event raised more than ยฃ700, doubling last year's total! ๐Ÿ’ฐ

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How many GoodGymers does it take to put up a sign? :) :) :) :) :)

Saturday 2nd July 2022

Written by Sheffield runner

This morning we helped out Friends of Whirlow Brook Park (FoWBP) in their summer Plant Swap/ Sale event set up to help fund new bat boxes for the park.

First things first - directions! Our trusty group of GoodGymers got to work erecting signs to guide the public to the location.

Highlights included: - A morning with GG friends - Meeting FoWBP volunteers :) - Icecream for sale to support the bats - so we had to purchase of course, eating icecream to support wildlife - win-win - A large variety of plants for perusing - with our GG volunteers purchasing a fair few - Learning fun facts to support bats, and posing as bats in our GG and FoWBP joint picture
- Explaining to FoWBP the work GoodGym does and how we can help with events/ gardening volunteering as future GG Community Missions - they said they would be in touch :)
- And finally, post community mission lunch at the new cafe at Whirlow Hall Farm - we definitely recommend a trip to :)

See you again :)

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