Today we went to Tiny Forest in Peckham Rye to take part in their tree survey. We mainly recorded the tree heights and stem diameters, which is useful for the Tiny Forest project so that they can measure amount of carbon stored in the forests. We managed to measure 20 trees in 30 minutes.

What a night!

We had a years best attendance with 16 people joining us over the course of the evening.

We started out with two tasks. The majority of us headed to Peckham Rye's Tiny Forest. There we helped weed around the small trees, making sure they have the best chance to grow. We also cleared out any litter we found as well.

Emma led a smaller group to Traid in Peckham to help with changing their clothes over.

We then headed to Peckham Bowls for our monthly social, where we were joined by Andrada and Anna B. We played an hour of bowls, including a pizza break. Well done to Emma and Rosalind and Chloe and myself for winning the bowls in the competitions.

Finally, we headed to the Ivy House, managing to squeeze in between tables to watch England win 4-2!

7 GG-ers helped our weeding the tiny forrest under a glittering sky as fireworks went off around us 🎆🎇

Last week, 7 Goodgymmers went to Peckham Rye Tiny Forest to do some weeding.

First to arrive at our meeting point, Old Spike, were Steve and Nelly. I arrived late to find them waiting outside, having a jolly natter. David arrived next, followed by Rosemary and Goodgym tourist Pippa 👋

After a quick warm up and ice breaker, we set of for an artificially long run whilst Steve walked there - this was a smart move since in the humidity, running felt surprisingly hard! A slog around the park, but worth it because it will make us stronger..

We arrived at Tiny Forest - James was already there, and Steve too. They'd already got stuck in. We followed suit, wading and weeding in between the trees. It was a chilled out kind of task, with chatter about recent news reports (someone got arrested for carrying gardening tools?!) and where to go for a drink after the task. The consensus was Franks cafe, which coincidentally was also someone's answer to the ice breaker question: "Whats your favourite place in London to go to in the summer?" 🌇☀️

On Wednesday 14 of us went to do some weeding at Peckham Rye Park and Common Tiny Forest (which has grown a lot since our last visit!) followed by a game of bowls at Peckham Bowls. We did get caught in the rain on our loop of the park but it stopped by the time we got to Tiny Forest. And luckily was dry for the rest of the evening.

On a cold winters night 8 GoodGymers met at Old Spike. After a quick warm up we headed on a 2.5k run through East Dulwich to the Tiny Forest in Peckham Park. Our task for the evening was weeding around the planted sapling trees so they are able to grow and not get out competed by plants and brambles. This wasn’t the easiest in the dark but we made do with head torches and lights. We are looking forward to revisiting in the Summer to see the trees flourishing!