March 1st brought with it some much welcome sunshine, so it was with a spring in our step that 5 GoodGym-ers met Tim and Edna at the Community Garden in Charlton's Maryon Park for today's task. We were soon busy with cleaning the greenhouse (cue power washing!) as well as carting wheelbarrels-worth of matured leaf mulch to be spread over the growing areas. Cleaning up the entrance path, clearing moss growth and other deposits was our last task, before a lovely chat with a cup of tea and cookies to end our session. The garden is looking lovely with freshly sprouting daffodils & crocuses. You'll also be welcomed by the unmissable aroma of wild garlic. A great start to the month.

Thanks to all involved and Happy GoodGym Anniversary to Marta!

Today was our first non Parkrun task of the year and It was no ordinary task as we were celebrating Julian's 600th good deed! That's a whole lot of good Julian's done in south east London 💥💪🏼🎉

We were back at the Maryon Park Community Garden today with an array of things to keep us busy. Laura was sweeping, Julian and Khai turning the compost and Marta and Cat weeding and getting rid of the dead leaves from the beds while me and Arthur were de-Christmasing the tree. We spotted a fallen over fence so Julian got to work fixing it and after a busy while it was time for coffee and lovely treats that Edna gets ready for us.

Great job team and a lovely start to 2025! On Wednesday we're at St Richards for some weeding!

Until next time.

2 GoodGym-ers helped out at Maryon Park Community Garden today. Our mission was to help get the area tidier ready for the Urban Harvest Open Day next Saturday. Our tasks included sweeping away fallen leaves from the paths & tidying up with Edna in the polytunnel used for growing seedlings. We were supervised by a friendly Robin who has made the garden their home, and finished the task with a crash course in the rules of cricket from Tim! Everyone welcome at the open day next Saturday 14th September.

A wet blustery Autumn day in July saw 3 GoodGym-ers meet Tim and Edna at the community garden in Charlton's Maryon Park. Our first task was to clear some worn out rugs from the Art Therapy green room, much to the annoyance of some resident spiders(!) We then moved onto turning over the compost bin - which is more of a mixing up process so the dryer, stringier plant material gets mixed in to the compost. Something essential to keeping the variety of plants including flowers and fresh veggies in good growing conditions. Finally, a cuppa and a chat at the end of the task left us ready for the rest of the weekend.. Thanks to all & see you soon!

The first Saturday of the month means a Goodgym morning at the lovely Maryon Park Community Garden in Charlton. 4 of us were greeted by a hill of woodchippings followed by chat with Tim & Edna about the task ahead, which was to re-locate the hill up to the forest school area beyond the allotment plots. Shovels at the ready, we and some brilliant MW volunteers got to work, wheelbarrow races ensued and soon the mountain had become a molehill, with the woodchippingy mulch raked over the area it was needed and any leftovers spread around the plots. We were super lucky that the rain held off & the sunshine was on our side, and even more lucky to be rewarded with tea & biscuits after the task. Thanks to all involved & have a great Bank Holiday weekend! 😊

Two tasks, two robins and two hosts were waiting for Good Gym as we turned up at Maryon Park community garden to be met by the wonderful Tim and Edna.. The team split in two, Sarah and Johnny set to work turning a big old pile of compost whilst Marta and Julian got on with chopping back a large overgrown bush to create a lighter space for the garden's beans to flourish in. The two robins were much more interested in the compost, possible due to there being a smaller risk of being cut in half by wayward loppers. An hour later, the compost was turned and the bush had been pared back significantly and so it was time for team, biscuits and pizza.