We had a lovely time at the Food Union Allotment. Welcome Joey who came to her first session.

Last night, we picked blackberries for the Pod Cafe’s upcoming supper club and cleared an area that had become a little overgrown in preparation for the planting of a fig tree. We also explored the site and enjoyed the beautiful summer’s evening.

Seven Coventry Goodgymers walked, ran and cycled to the Food Union Allotment to support with the general upkeep of the site that provides the Pod cafe with ingredients to make their lovely vegan menu!

For this task, we split into two groups, one group collected water from the river to water all of the thirsty plants (although it did try to rain whilst we were there), whilst the other group weeded around the courgettes and squash, carefully avoiding the cape gooseberry and cosmos that had seeded themselves! An excellent job well done and in a lovely location too - well done everyone!

8 jolly Goodgymers made their way on a sunny Tuesday evening for the first visit to the Food Union allotment for 2026!

Our task for the evening was to clear the edges of the allotment that had become quite overgrown and weed around the raspberries so they have plenty of space to produce fruit later in the year. We had ten minutes spare at the end of our task so we all worked together to clear a path and beds of grass and weeds. Job done, smiles all round and a lovely evening spent in a fantastic green space in Coventry.

On Tuesday evening, 4 GoodGymers headed to the Sherbourne allotment to lend a hand to the food Union . Over a relaxed 1.5 hours, Kicking things off, we teamed up to dismantle a tent marquee, with a bit of teamwork involved to take it down and store in the shed.

We then tackled two planting bays, clearing out old cardboard from a previous grow that didn’t quite take off. We also got stuck into some light weeding and soil prep, making the bays ready for their next planting spree.

. The evening was filled with great chats and good vibes as we worked together, enjoying the allotment . It was a chill, productive session, and we left the allotment in better shape.

Big thanks to everyone who came out and made it a great evening!

No running this eve as it was more convenient for everyone to meet at the task.

We enjoyed a lovely sunny evening taming the wild jungle of overgrown nettles, brambles and bindweed. As usual, everyone dove right in and we were on a mission to get this area cleared. We filled wheelbarrows to the brim and added it to the huge pile of weeds just outside the allotments.

To top it off we treated ourselves to some apples from the plot and James generously shared his giant plums - picked fresh from his garden :)

11 Goodgymers went to the Food Union allotment.

Our task for the evening was to clear weeds, grass and nettles that had started to take over one of the corners of the allotment. Food Union feels like an oasis of calm not far from the city centre, and we had a good catch up chat whilst tidying up the beds. Trying (and sometimes failing) to avoid the mega nettles at full strength, we cleared lots of bindweed tangled around the fence, played with galium and newbie Kyle demonstrated his musical skills with only a blade of grass (well done for completing your first task with GG!). We posed for a few photos around the fire circle and found out about the summer solstice event next week.

Great to see you all, see you again next week for some more goodgym fun!