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

47 GoodGymers have supported Saffron Acres Community Heathland with 27 tasks.


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Upcoming sessions
Gardening at Saffron Acres

Friday 12th September 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm


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SrinivasNick PrykeStu 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 LeeSarah
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 BillingtonLynn RandallDawn LeeSarahNick PrykeStu 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-SmithNick PrykeStu 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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Lynn RandallNick PrykeStu CoeJulie Dowman

Bimble Bramble

Friday 11th April

Written by Sarah

A good session catching some rays and boosting our vitamin D at Saffron Acres. Today's task was clearing most of the old bramble patch.

The Goodgymmers were in their element with nature finding a sleeping hedgehog, old birds nest and both their bee hives swarmed and flew off while we were there.

Weldone everyone fantastic efforts as always, see you next time.

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Lynn RandallNick PrykeStu Coe

Bimble Bramble

Friday 21st March

Written by Nick Pryke

Good fun this morning clearing a path through a bramble patch, weldone everyone.

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