Orsetta at Urban Growth gave the six of us a fab welcome to Brixton Orchard. We had a health and safety debrief then set to digging holes. And weeding. And bindweed eliminating. But mainly digging holes. We all had a go - to varying degrees of sweaty brows and required biscuit breaks.

This was all in aid of erecting fence posts, to make the Orchard entrance clearer to passers by. The hope is it'll become a thoroughfare for commuters, on their way to the tube station...Injection a little green into your commute!

It's a lovely spot, full of fruit trees (go figure, it's an Orchard...). Plus some friendly volunteer faces every Thursday (get involved if you like via Urban Growth). We did attract the attention of passers by too, as it's a, um, thoroughfare to the tube...Most passersby were keen to get involved or to throw us some words of encouragement - thanks Brixton, stay friendly.

Selina and Amy are relatively new recruits to GoodGym, and we could not have done it without them. Together with the regulars - Victoria, Freyja and Tessa, and visiting Wandsworth GoodGymmer Oliver, we all dug away in the blazing heat. Until next time.

Three runners went to the Pulross Centre Gardens and had a fab hour under the guidance of lovely Molly, planting fig trees, watering the plants, harvesting veg and even trying a golden type of goosebery! We all left with a tasty sprig of mint thanks to the lovely team there.

6 of us met at Age UK Lewisham & Southwark's day centre in Bermondsey to help them spruce up the garden. We arrived to find most things a bit overgrown with weeds starting to take over. With a vague strategy of strimming the longer grass and uprooting as many weeds as we could see, we set to work. Four of us started de-weeding the area around the vegetable planters, with two focusing on the overgrown grass in main view of the centre.

We were all almost certain we were going to get rained on but the weather held out for us and we even saw sunshine for most of the time we were there!

After an hour and a half we agreed it was a good point to down tools. There was still a lot more to do when we left but give it another visit or two and it will put it right in no time.

Great job gang!