Spring bulbs sleep in a flower bed 🌷
2 GoodGymers made their way to help the Beautiful Brandon in Southwark.
- Saturday, 20th of November 2021
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Sam Lefevre
he/him
Rebecca and I met Joy from Beautiful Brandon and Rose from Urban Growing / Denmark Hill Garden as they were briefing two other volunteers from the estate about what was the best technique to plant the bulbs.
We decided to dig up a trench in the middle and work our way out rather than digging, planting and covering ups. However, we soon realised we weren't working in a line and some of the areas were deeper than others. We took stock of how we wanted to plant the bulbs and came up with the conclusion that there would be two rows. Some amendments were made to the trench in term of space and depth.However, once we started to plant the bulbs there were more bulbs than space, so what started out as two rows of bulbs ended up being 5-6 rows of bulbs. The more the merrier as some of these bulbs won't spring. Joy added the final touches with a sprinkling of chilli flakes to deter the squirrels from digging up the bulbs.
We wish Joy and Beautiful Brandon all the best and hope the bulbs spring into life and bring joy to all those who pass the garden.
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