A Fruitful Morning

6 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
Laura Barrett
Tamar Goudie (Tay)
James Tilburn
Antonia Van Koeverden
Mitch
Leanne
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York

Saturday 12th March 2022

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Six of us ran and walked to help Southlands Community garden plant 5 fruit trees. James and Antonia got going on the first hole and made quick progress. Tay and Laura had less luck with digging the second which seemed to be full of large rocks, very solid clay and finally a water or sewage pipe which luckily we didn't dig through. Leanne and Mitch quickly completed the third and fourth holes and the final one was dug by one of Southlands volunteers. Once the holes were dug they were filled with compost and the trees planted. We look forward to seeing them in fruit in future years


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Southlands Community Garden
Developing a community garden for the benefit of Planet Food Customers and local people

The garden will provide a growing space, for food and flowers for Planet Food (part of the Junk food project) which serves over a hundred people weekly at their cafe, as well as selling waste food. The space will also be used by our artists in residence, for workshops, and will be open to the public to rest and enjoy. Finally it will be used by the church for its activities. We have reclaimed a piece of wasteland at the side of the church to develop the garden, but because of covid the beds became too overgrown to plant - so we need help to clear, to plant.

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