97 GoodGymers have supported Bristol Parks - Friends of Brunswick Cemetery with 91 tasks.
Monday 28th July 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
Monday 4th August 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
Tuesday 5th August 2025 6:20pm - 8:00pm
Monday 11th August 2025 10:00am - 12:00pm
Monday 21st July
Written by Melanie Young (she/her)
It was great to welcome George to GoodGym Bristol and Brunswick Cemetery, where there was (as ever) a variety of tasks to get our teeth into.
Having started on some deep-rooted weeds on the spiral path whilst I was nearby weeding some of the shrubs that some “helper” had strummed to ground level in early spring, we discovered the heatwave had revealed A METAL EDGE marking the end of the grass and beginning of flowerbed. This was declared VERY EXCITING INDEED and George showed his flexibility by switching to de-grassing the bit we now know should be flowerbed.
Such exciting times, and together with 5 of the Friends of Brunswick, we left a huge pile of brambles, branches and bags of weeds for the Council to collect.
Brilliant to meet you at the community mission, George - here’s to many more!
Monday 14th July
Written by Melanie Young (she/her)
Oodles of plants and weeds going to seed in the Cemetery gardens so we’re scooped up and bagged or piled to limit the number of new plants (especially of the weed variety) next year.
The soil was bone dry so some weeds were easily pulled out and others were holding on as if planted in cement.
When 12 noon approached, we tidied up and headed to a café for, well, coffee and the heavens opened with much-needed rain bouncing off the vehicles passing by and pedestrians dashing for doorways to shelter. And me declaring this was one of my favourite smells - summer rain. Queue Richard’s extensive general knowledge to tell us this has a special word, Petrichor - the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil or pavement. Will wonders never cease?
Monday 7th July
Written by Bristol runner
Jerusalem sage, buttercups, brambles. These are all our enemies at the moment and our job to clear today along with other adhoc neatening of Brunswick Cemetery. I marvelled at the fancy secateurs, which you really have to try to appreciate the genius. We also had an additional task of looking out for a yellow ball that a dog had lost, but this eluded us. A lovely morning out in the deceptively hot sunshine.
Until next time…
Monday 30th June
Written by Dushyant Goel
Removing brambles and buttercups from the cemetery - it's a dead serious business. I reached the cemetery at 9:00 and found Melanie, Di and M removing weeds. We cleared the path around a few plots.
We de-flowered the buttercups - its seed got everywhere and it was a pain to get it off our gloves and clothes. The brambles put up resistance at being pulled but we nipped them at the root.
Di showed us pictures of the space from a decade ago. Looking at the overgrowth I could appreciate her grave concerns.
The sun had been hiding behind the clouds and came out just as we were finishing. Looking at the the cleared graves in bright sunlight lifted our spirits. We collected up the brambles and green waste and laid them to rest, at a convenient place for gardeners to collect.
It was totally worth digging in. With a few more session we will bring the place back to life.
Thanks, Dushyant
Tuesday 17th June
Written by Melanie Young (she/her)
A very warm evening greeted Bristol GoodGym with Matt making his first appearance - hopefully the first of many!
Runners and walkers set off for Brunswick Cemetery after the usual health and safety chat with the plan to take out as many buttercup seed heads before they could scatter to make more weeds next year. The hot weather has meant they're "ripening" really fast this year.
A breakdown in communication meant the runners had started on pathfinding the lovely spiral that keeps disappearing with some swapping to the buttercup blitz.where we filled black bags and were still only halfway through the park!
It was soon time to head back to Workout for a well-earned drink or two to chat a bit more about life, the universe and everything. More to follow next week!
Tuesday 27th May
Written by VaguelyNorthernDarren
Who doesn't like to clear brambles and bindweed on a balmy spring evening? We absolutely love it, and so does Dushyant who came for his difficult second good deed and even Jordan managed to stay awake to come this week! We made light work of the task and cleared loads and loads and we reckon the weeds have had enough now and won't grow back! The inaugural 'jumping after 3' award, goes to Richard who was the only person to achieve the minimum required height, this young man will go far and I see a gold medal in the next Olympics!
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