It was great to see 5 Goodgymers out in Windsor for tonight's task. We met at the lovely Trinity St Stephen's First School and found our task leader Sonia and other parents from the school.

She explained to us that the Year 4 parents had brought 3 bug hotels, as a leaving gift, for the school to create a pollinator garden and help aid the children's eco-learning. To create this wildlife haven we needed to dig a border flowerbed to allow space for the hotels and loads of pollinator friendly plants and flowers.

We got dug in straight away creating the flowerbed by removing the top layer of grass and soil. We were aided by some of the children who watered the ground for us to make it softer. Once the grass was removed, we turned the soil over and then added the peat-free compost. With our best Charlie Dimmock impressions we then arranged the plants and flowers, making sure we mixed colours, heights and varities to create a welcoming haven for bugs and insects to explore and make their home.

We think the little garden is a great legacy for the children to leave as they move on to their new schools and we hope that many children, and bugs, will enjoy this little haven.

Didem and I met at the school and after being signed in and given passes we were escorted through the school to our outdoor work area.

Our first task was to top up some new planters with compost. We then moved round the corner to line and fill some further planters. This also involved a couple of trips across the playground to collect more compost with a trolley that was more challenging to manoeuvre than a supermarket trolley.

We also tidied up an older planter, removing some leaves and litter.

It was a perfect task for the small team of two and before we knew it our time was up and we tiptoed back through the school (so we didnt disturb the stage production of Alice in Wonderland.

It was round two of soil shifting at Windsor Girls Schools tonight.

Didem, Helen and Jen met at The Binoy and set off walking. They soon bumped into Agni on her way to the task, followed by Mandy catching our tails as we arrived at the school. Adam met us at the task.

Equipped with a wheel barrow, spades, a fork, two trolleys and 3 bins we soon got to work moving the soil from a lawn at the front to a large planter at the rear of the school, working on pairs lightened the load.

Lots of to-ing and fro-ing, chat, laughter and Mandy's jokes helped the time fly by. Just time to share round the Heroes chocolates Gina had supplied for her 'Goodgym heroes' and a round of activity cards including counting in different languages and it was time to head our separate ways.

Braywick Plant Nurseries needed more help with potting up their plug plants, so they can be grown up ready to sell. Didem, Karen and Sheila got a good system going, and got through several trays of plants, keeping Bob busy finding space for them on the sales benches. Great work, team!

Adam and Jen walked from The Binoy to meet Didem at the task. The taskowner showed us the soil pile and took us round to the quadrangle where the soil needed to be moved to.

Using a trug, a trolley and a bin, before the squeaky wheelbarrow was dropped off we relayed the soil round to its new location and emptied it into the bed. Four or five trips later and it was time for one last job - relocating a 4- seater picnic table.

There is still plenty of soil to move so we will be setting up a return visit and look forward to having more hands on deck.