Penn Rd Residents Association

Penn Road Residents Association is a group formed of the residents of Penn Rd, N7 London; we work together to make the garden at the end of the street a community space and organize a summer and winter party for residents and gardeners
We were the first community group to get a contract from Islington Council to maintain the garden at the end of our street, and have made it useable for the residents and a beautiful space for the community to enjoy

43 GoodGymers have supported Penn Rd Residents Association with 37 tasks.


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Ines B
Ines B (she/her)
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Previous sessions
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Byron HefferInes B

Spring de-weeding and trimming

Sunday 27th April

Written by Ines B (she/her)

Two GoodGymers helped the Penn Road Gardens community with some early spring de-wedding and edge trimming

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EmilyJohn Shirley

Dead Simple

Sunday 25th August 2024

Written by Emily (She/her)

John: On arrival, I was asked whether I knew anything about gardening. “I just do what I’m told”, I answered, based on my GoodGym experiences. Still. I was trusted to remove anything dead from a large area, which resembled a low-growing forest. But how do I know what’s dead, I wondered. This turned out to be simple – anything dry and crinkly, falling on its side or just looking limp. I soon discovered there were a lot of deceased plants, or more often parts of plants, in the undergrowth and the overgrowth. Two hours flew by, and there was more I could have done, but I had other plans, and anyway we’ll undoubtedly be back next month.

Emily: I spent an hour and filled about 5 bags of dead vegetation for the compost. As always the Penn Road volunteers were lovely and came round multiple times offering tea and biscuits!

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Ines B

Penn Road Gardens Community Gardening

Sunday 28th July 2024

Written by Ines B (she/her)

Lots of trimming all around the gardens :)

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Sevan

Like a Moped to a Flame

Sunday 26th May 2024

Written by Sevan

Sevan was back at Penn Road Gardens for the first time in ages. Arriving a bit early, he did a quick litter pick until others arrived. While tidying up, he found some cultured snails gathered round a biography of Stalin!

The residents told of the exciting/concerning event that had taken place since last month's volunteering session. A scooter had been dumped and set on fire next to the equipment shed. The residents had reacted quickly to damp down the flames and London Fire Brigade had arrived in a speedy 6 minutes. Still, there were plenty of signs of singeing on the nearby bushes.

Sevan spent the whole session in the area of the fire, trimming back anything burned or that'd withered in the heat. The advice to him was, if you're not sure, cut it back anyway

"It [the rose bush] looks unsightly. Cut it right back. If it survives, it survives. If not, it's a new planting opportunity" - Local resident

A few charred scooter parts were found too and binned while everything organic was fed to the wood chipper to have a second life as compost.

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DanInes BByron Heffer
Mehmet

Project Penn

Sunday 28th April 2024

Written by Dan (He/ him)

5 GoodGymers joined the residents of Penn Road Gardens to help out with a variety of tasks. Composting, saving snails and ridding the garden of invasive plants.

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John Shirley

The Big Twigs

Sunday 28th January 2024

Written by John Shirley

Emily and John arrived bang on time (almost) on Sunday morning to help tidy up Penn Road Garden, a quiet and peaceful green triangular public space that is regularly maintained by the local community. It's late January, but we still had many leaves to clear, which will be composted.

We also picked up numerous large twigs, and branches of all sizes, which had become detached from the park's trees following recent storms. While working hard, we were able to catch up with each others' lives over the two-hour task, while also removing green shoots and holly which were smothering tree trunks.

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