Putting the planters in their proper places

8 Goodgymers helped their local community in Lambeth
Sarah Beck
Frances Collier-Wright
Samantha
Steven Jarman
Anne-Sophie
James Channon
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Lambeth

Monday 19th October 2020

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The folk at Agnes Riley Gardens had made two planters and set them up in one corner of their lovely community garden only to discover that it was too shady to let anything grow. So they asked GoodGym Lambeth for some help and help we did

Arriving at dusk, we quickly emptied the soil out of one of the planters into buckets and barrows, and then gracefully(ish) carried the empty planters all the way across to their new sunny spots. And then filled them all up again.

It was all over so quickly, Adrian couldn't really believe it but that's the power of GoodGym.


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Agnes Riley Gardens
A green space for local residents to enjoy

The park is located next to a number of large social housing estates. Clapham Park Estate, just over the road, is being redeveloped and large numbers of people will be moving into the area. There are three primary schools in the immediate area, plus a new secondary school soon to be developed. We already have some very committed volunteers giving their time to gardening in the park and they have told us they would like some support to run weekly gardening sessions which can help people grow some of their own food. We also want to help children better understand where their food comes from.

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