Another opportunity this week to get the GoodGym shirt out and lend a hand with setting up for the Sustainable Merton Spring Brunch, an event focussing on sustainability and community. After arranging the seating and tables there was plenty to do with setting out the food and drink which included some innovative recycled food, reducing waste. During the networking session we picked up a few more contacts for jobs in need of our help in the coming months.

Our second session at this community garden at Canons House, Mitcham, and it was lovely that the trees were in bloom this time and plants were poking their heads through the soil. From shovelling compost and wheeling it to the rhubarb beds, to replanting strawberries, this gave a taste of all the things to come this summer and made for a very fruitful task. It was nice to see new sign-up Bhav again too.

After sorting the potatoes and planting some lettuce it was time for a weeding workout - clearing grass to make way for the sprouting daffs and to allow the little tree some breathing space.

We aim to support Phipps Bridge community garden once a month but the volunteering team is there every week on a Wednesday and Sunday so get in touch if this is something you would like to be involved with more regularly, or keep an eye out for the next session and sign up/join us.

3 GoodGymmers descended upon Canons House Community Garden today, to get their hands dirty helping to prepare the beds for planting. Armed with trowels, forks, and a healthy dose of enthusiasm, we tackled the overgrown beds with gusto. From pesky dandelions to tenacious thistles, no unwanted weed was safe - we cleared, pulled and piled - leaving neat, tidy beds, ready to receive their new inhabitants. There was a lot of Goodgym chat going on as we worked with Paul sharing stories from his extensive experience with the existing teams at Wandsworth and Hounslow with the less experienced members of the reasonably new Merton team - we hope to have created some interest from the other volunteers to join us at a session sometime too.

A huge thank you to Sustainable Merton for having us, it was a pleasure to contribute to such a worthwhile project, and we can't wait to see the garden flourish in the coming months. We're already seed-ing forward to our next visit! Join us if you can: https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/help-with-planting

Today I carried on spreading woodchip to make the paths more accessible for the many volunteers whilst there was weeding and racking soil going on.

Today was our first session helping out at Phipps Bridge community garden and it was great to get involved in an outdoor task, despite the cold weather. On arrival we were given a tour of the various vegetable plots and then set to work redistributing woodchip along the walkways and even had time to help dig up some invasive bindweed. Thanks to Gillian and Nick for having us, we hope to be back with more Goodgymers soon.