Busy bees and budding botanists!
9 GoodGymers made their way to help the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust in Portsmouth.
- Sunday, 22nd of October 2023
- Led by Julie Blake
9 Goodgymers were divided into 3 teams to conquer a very ambitious list of greening tasks over just a few hours.
Dave led the Gangster Gardeners (name borrowed from the inspiring Ron Finley - please watch his TED Talk). Their team led a litter pick and gifted hanging flower baskets to vacant hooks all along the road.
Jane led the Budding Botanists with homing almost 100 plants from Southsea's waterfront garden centre into planters and baskets, and decorate them with strings of solar fairy lights to brighten up the night for local residents (both human and canine)!
Aoife led the Brush Brigade to miraculously paint (and dry) 6 trough planters and a pallet in bright shades of green just in time for planting before the event ended.
There was a WILDLY successful raffle thanks to the careful counting of Wilson! A whopping 86 bins were left to linger on the pavements and hopefully we've gone a small way to encourage some positive change on the road with bringing loads of native pollinator plants for our birds, bees and butterflies to enjoy.
Many of our plants and pots were donated to be "re-loved" rather than thrown away, and 4 of our 6 large wooden planters were made from recycled timber with the proceeds from their purchase going to Second Chance Animal Rescue.
Thanks to all who came out to lend a hand and to event photographers Joe Watson and Zoe Munday, as well as event supporters Wilder Portsmouth, Natural England, The Package Free Larder, Portsmouth City Council, Fawcett Road Greening Group, and Bradite Paints.
Report written by Julie Blake
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Congratulations Julie, epic organisation skills 👍👍 And the photos are excellent too.
Thanks Katie! I love a clipboard and task list in case you couldn't tell!
That was so well-organised and loads of fun. Great refreshments too! Thanks Julie!
You rocked it with the solar lights - thanks for all of you help!!
Looks like such a great task and the photos are amazing!
Thanks Laura! The photographer is a friend of mine @joe_watson_photography
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