Another Saturday morning visit to the wonderful Zen Garden , lakeside allotments!!

Two Goodgymers made it there to help out Springboard ! Today Springboard needed help shifting some shale stone gravel for the base for the new cabin that will be coming very soon . Nigel and I arrived at 10.30 to meet Esther, enthusiastic and cheerful as ever, ! and accompanied by another 6 awesome volunteers. We had 2 hours to shift 2 and a half tonnes of gravel 🫣 It was tough going as we had shovel it into bags, load it in the van and take it off the other side and re bag it all .!! Ready for it to be used for hard-core. Definitely a good work out and we only just got done in time!! 🙌 It was followed up by a well earned cup of tea☕️ sitting down chatting and eating cakes that people had made . Nigel made a shortbread , and there was some apple pie 🥧. A great mornings work !! 🙌 And I look forward to the next visit to Springboard.

The 3 of us enjoyed a glorious sunny morning helping out at Springboard allotments.

Nigel snipped back the artichoke while James and Laura sorted out the jungle of weeds surrounding the leeks.

Nigel and Laura's visit was short and sweet but we made the most of the time we were there. James stayed until the end where the volunteers gather for a chat, drinks and snacks.

We look forward to the next visit

4 Goodgymers made there way to a house in Earlsdon . Andy the owner had decided to kindly donate a greenhouse to Zen / Lakeside Lake view.

The Greenhouse was at the bottom of his beautiful garden and we needed to take it all down and load it into the van and take it to Zen. This was no easy task as it it was tricky work carefully removing panels and Labeling as we went .

Graeme, Jackie and Nigel did an excellent job removing the panels and clips! Like seasoned professionals, We were up against it for time and the heat, although glorious, made it that extra bit challenging.
We were accompanied by the lovely Esther who helping with labeling and arranging the glass ready for James to take to the van.

The Greenhouse was that well put together that it would require a second visit, as the base was pegged and concreted in!

Most of the Greenhouse was taken and off loaded at Zen Garden stored carefully, ready to put back together at some stage .

Another task for Goodgym maybe?!

Two Goodgymers went to the Team Springboard CIC allotment to help celebrate their 10th birthday with the other regular volunteers.

Although the weather was grey and rainy, it was lovely to see some of the other volunteers, have a cup of tea and a chat and have some delicious BBQ food, all within the beautiful surroundings of the allotment.

Here's to another 10 years!

(picture from a sunny day @ Springboard - in case we start forgetting what they look like!)

Two Goodgymers went to the Team Springboard Zen Garden for a lovely morning in the sunshine. Our tasks for the morning included weeding around the broad beans, removing mares tail from raised beds and potting seedlings on. After we finished our weeding, we had a lovely cup of tea and biscuit and a catch up and chat with the regular volunteers.

On a radiant Saturday morning, 2 enthusiastic GoodGymers attended the volunteer day at the Springboard allotments to lend a hand.

Despite the briefness of our visit we managed to rid some beds of pesky weeds helping to ensure the garden stays healthy and productive.

Lovely morning!