Communi-tree garden make-hoe-ver
6 Goodgymers helped their local community in York
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Thursday 8th July 2021
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It was our third and final task working on the Southlands Church community garden makeover.
Katie and Cara bagsied the hoes and got to work on the the front flowerbed, digging out the bindweed.
Laura and Leanne went with forks to turn over and weed the soil in the last few beds out back, and Paul Kelly dug some big holes to put trees in.
David turned up early to meet Laura, and was dragged into the fold to help drag a now half-emptied sack of compost to spread onto the remaining flowerbeds.
In under an hour, the garden was transformed and ready for admiring glances of the visitors at this weekend's York Open Studios event.
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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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