East Barnwell Community Centre

East Barnwell Community Centre
With volunteers we have created new edible plant beds and a courtyard garden at the community centre for local people to enjoy.

3 GoodGymers have supported East Barnwell Community Centre with 1 task.


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Alice Lightowlers
Harriet Prior
Sunethra Sathyanarayanan

Here comes the sun!

Wednesday 18th March

Written by Harriet Prior

For this morning's task 3 goodgymers put on our gardening gloves to help Abbey People at the community centre garden.

The aim was to dig a large wildflower bed which would be fed by a rainwater planter.

It was lovely to welcome Alice for her first goodgym good deed and to see Sunethra back for her second good deed.

We dug up a lot of soil, from which grass then had to be removed. This was used to add to the raised beds. It was great to see how good the soil was, judging by the abundance of earthworms we encountered. Wildflower seeds were then sown which will provide some great colour and wildlife habitat in the future.

The whole experience was very enjoyable, especially as it was so sunny

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