Total eclipse of the stinging nettles

7 Goodgymers helped their local community in Croydon
Natasha Wright
Jenna Lothammer
Ruro Umukoro
Shelley Kebir
Ingrid Buchanan
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Croydon

Saturday 29th March

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Ian, Hannah, Ruro, Shelley and Ingrid welcomed Jenna and Natasha for their first GoodGym session. Ruro's mum, a keen gardener, also joined us. It was a beautiful day at Coombe Wood Gardens and Pam welcomed us along with her group of volunteers.

We were split into groups to tackle the various tasks which included working in the vegetable garden to clear nettles, plant potatoes and install fencing to prevent deer eating the produce. In the main garden, a section of bedding was tidied up and mulched.

Pam then gave us an informative session on propagation including repotting Begonia seedlings, taking cuttings and sowing sunflowers.


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Friends of Coombe Wood Gardens
Transforming unkept gardens, in particular a large pile of mulch now needs to be applied.

Gardens were previously award winning but council budget cuts meant professional gardener was let go about 3 years ago. We started volunteering here in October 2023 and have already made a noticeable difference with just 2 volunteers.

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