Tuesday 29th April
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Report written by Yianny (he / him)
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Lambeth GG were back at it last night as a smaller (intimate?) group of us gathered down at Loughborough Farm to help Heather with the Orchard.
The evening kicked off in different fashion with Katie having to make do with Chuck Taylors instead of her running shoes, Tilly bravely running straight from work to hit a cheeky 15km for the evening and AA Yianny setting off from base on a solo run - most importantly the weather was perfect and we all made it down successfully!
On arrival Heather met us with garden forks, shovels and wheelbarrows and that meant we were in business, heading over to the orchard to help clear a pile of (we were told) Sticky Willy nettles and drop them on the compost pile along with some woodchip.
The best thing about the vening was not only learning some new names for plants but also receiving a lesson on composting - every day is a school day as they say - so we left not only happy doing some good but also a tiny bit smarter. (Not hard I heard someone say....)
So that was that, task completed and Heather very happy and keen to book in another session so we all set off and headed home for a well earned ice cream / dinner!
Thanks team and see you next time :0)
The Loughborough Farm is a community food growing project in Loughborough Junction. The Farm is well attended and goes from strength to strength since its launch in August 2013, which GoodGym Lambeth contributed to. They are now in the process of building a network of growing spaces around Loughborough Junction on pieces of land that are currently derelict or underused. Food grown is for local consumption and volunteers get training that can suppport them in finding employment.
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