A Gardening Education
3 GoodGymers made their way to help the Brixton Windmill in Lambeth.
- Tuesday, 29th of June 2021
- Led by Sarah Beck
Nia, Shauna and I headed to the Windmill on very quiet streets as England v Germany was still going on! ⚽️
Anique was there and had an eclectic selection of jobs to help with as well as some gardening tips:
- Tasting some sorrel, which is a lemony tasting lettuce. Surprisingly nice 😋
- Tying some string around the wheat planter to keep it upright in the wind and rain. It's grown to show children who visit where bread comes from!
- Tying up some tomato plants to their stalks and learning about how to grow successful tomatoes.
- Pointing some Hop plants in the right direction up the big metal fence at the back. Once they start growing they'll go all over the fence and flower in a months time which will look great!
- Moved some bags of woodchip to another part of the park, hid them under wheelbarrows and locked them to the gates!
- And the main event, weeding some planters behind the children's play area. All sorts of things were growing in there which were unwanted: fennel (which is very tall), lemon balm, grasses and a plant with deep roots that I can't remember the name of.... Shauna also deadheaded some chrysanthemums which were 15 years old 🌺 and the planters were transformed.
We left some jobs for the group coming at the weekend including moving a huge bit of timber and weeding the herb garden by the children's play area which we made a brief start on.
Report written by Sarah Beck
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Thanks for the tips! And great job guys 👌
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