Saffron Acres Community Heathland

Various Gardening activities
Several acres of orchards, Heath land , trees and meadows, lots to do a various points of the year e.g. Mulching in winter, fruit picking in Autumn etc

48 GoodGymers have supported Saffron Acres Community Heathland with 29 tasks.


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Nick Pryke
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Upcoming sessions
Gardening at Saffron Acres

Friday 14th November 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm


Previous sessions
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Mohamed
Dawn Lee
Sarah
Nick Pryke
Julie Dowman
David Snutch

Come Rain or Bramble

Friday 3rd October

Written by Sarah

Not even the rain could stop this brilliant bunch from getting stuck in at Saffron Acres today! Armed with gloves, loppers, and determination, half of us took on the tangled brambles and helped clear the way for the community space, the other half chopped the brambles ready for composting.

A big shoutout to Dave for keeping his word and sorting out the broken tap on the water butt, Saffron really appreciated it. Great job, Dave!

Also for Mo, who’s just completed his third good deed, clocking in an impressive 9km run. Keep up the efforts Mo!

As a well earned reward, we did a bit of foraging and came away with some tasty autumn treats 🍎🍏 nature’s way of saying thanks.

Weldone everyone we really made a difference yet again and the rain didn't stop play.

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Dawn Lee
Sarah
Nick Pryke

Appley Ever After

Friday 12th September

Written by Sarah

Goodgymmers Nick, Dawn, and Sarah made the most of a bright, sunny morning with another productive session of bramble bashing at one of our fave's Saffron Acres.

The team tackled the heaps of brambles with enthusiasm, helping to tidy up the area for new composting pen.

While working hard, there was plenty of chatter and laughter, making the session as social as it was productive.

To top things off, the team left with a healthy haul of apples, carefully selected to avoid the ones already claimed by some tiny creatures!

Another rewarding morning spent doing good, getting active, and enjoying the sunshine.

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Srinivas
Nick Pryke
Stu Coe

Brambusters at Saffron Acres

Friday 22nd August

Written by Sarah

A brambly morning at Saffron Acres as a small but mighty team tackled the overgrown fence line.

Goodgym ledgends Stu and Nick were joined by new GoodGym member Srinivas, who’s currently studying at DMU, great to have him join on his first Good Deed. Armed with shears, rakes and determination, they got to work clearing the grass and brambles along the perimeter fence. It was a bit of a jungle to begin with, but they soon made solid progress, revealing clear paths and tidy edges by the end of the session.

Also a big congratulations to Stu on his 401st Good deed, a celebration cake is owed the next time I see you! Weldone Stu.

Great work all round and a big welcome again to Srinivas hope to see you on more sessions soon!

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Dawn Lee
Sarah
David Snutch

Girl power plus Dave!

Friday 18th July

Written by Sarah

Today, 5 awesome GoodGymers headed to Saffron Acres to lend a hand in the glorious sunshine.

We got stuck into weeding and shifting wood to help create a brand new seating area, the perfect spot to overlook the beautiful new sensory garden taking shape.

Shout out to Gillian one of our newest members who achieved her 3rd Good deed, keep up the efforts.

Massive weldone to everyone who came along, small team, big impact as you can see from the before photo and then afterwards we have well earned seats!

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Jenny Billington
Lynn Randall
Dawn Lee
Sarah
Nick Pryke
Stu Coe

Barrow-loads of Goodness!

Friday 20th June

Written by Sarah

Today, a brilliant team of six GoodGym volunteers got stuck in at Saffron Acres, supporting their amazing community food growing project.

We tackled the sensory garden with some serious weeding skills and filled 6 wheelbarrows full of green waste that I did attempt to get on top of the compost.

Shout out to Jenny on her first GoodGym good deed, weldone getting stuck and she's already signed up for next week, brilliant! So lovely to catch up in the sunshine while making a difference fantastic efforts all round!

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Tina Glyn-Smith
Nick Pryke
Stu Coe

Here we go around the Mulberry bush

Friday 16th May

Written by Sarah

3 GoodGymmers trim the grass around/under the orchard trees. Centrica were also there for a team build volunteering day, also doing the trees.

Saffron acres appreciate the help on their community food growing project.

Shout out to Tina on her 1st GoodGym session and also taking the amazing photos!

Weldone everyone fantastic efforts!

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