Elemen-Tree my dear GoodGymers!
4 GoodGymers made their way to help the NHS in Liverpool.
- Thursday, 27th of January 2022
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Led by
Ema Quinn
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On a dark Thursday evening 4 green fingered wonder women gathered to give mother nature aka Fiona the task owner, a helping hand. Steph arrived early as per usual and eagerly awaited the 2 newbies and her fellow red runners. Area Activator Ema arrived via taxi (due to injury) and was eagerly welcomed by both Steph and Fiona. Joanna and Izzy both ran about 3km to the meeting point. After a briefing regarding health, safety and if you fall down the ditch expect to hear laughter before assistance. We got to work digging holes and planting yearlings of various flora. Due to prior injury Ema and Steph tag teamed and Steph dug the hole while Ema planted the yearlings.
We planted various flora that had all been donated to the Broadgreen Hospital by the Conservation Volunteers so Fiona was even more made up that donations were also being planted by volunteers. We planted field maple, mountain ash/rowan (which will grow little red berries to increase wildlife) hazel, grey willow (which produces fuzzy catkins which are early pollinators and again great for the wildlife), common dog, goat willow (which is the main food source for the stunning purple emperor butterfly!), Downy birch, bird cherry (known for its almond scented blossom, a big hit for nectar loving animals) and dog rose.
Joanna and Izzy showed extreme talent in the task and as we got to know each other better the time flew by! Some rather in-depth conversations regarding Liverpool’s general inclusiveness and how long one must wait before declaring themselves and honorary Scouser.
Before we knew it the 2 hours were up and we had planted approximately 100 trees. Feeling rather proud of ourselves we helped Fiona tidy up the tools and eagerly arranged to see each other soon! Fiona is looking forward to working with us again at both the Women's Hospital on Monday 7th February for our Group Run session and Thursday 24th for another tree planting Community Mission this time at Aintree Hospital planting more trees on the 24th.
As always a very good job well done. Wonderful faces, wonderful experience (none of us had planted a tree before!) wonderful people doing a wonderful task. In the words of Louie Armstrong “what a wonderful world!” Well done guys!
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