A skip full



Here we are outside Hugh Gaitskell School.  If there seems a lot of us it is because we were joined by Holbeck in Bloom (to see more about them look at the blog list on the right) and Menspace volunteers because it was a big job - as you can just see in the 'after' pic, we filled a skip - and then someone danced on it and we refilled it and someone danced on it and we kept on until all the undergrowth, some of the branches and as much litter as we could keep, given the wind that was blowing, was in there.

In fact we had all sorts of weather but it was warm work so we didn't notice.
The last meeting in The Broadway went well but apparantly was a bit noisy so we're back in the Watsonian Pavilion for the next one.
We had a new volunteer helping us with our clear up.  He saw us on the internet and decided to join in - cheered me up no end to think that you are out there reading our stuff!

Bankers in Bloom

Once again, Leeds Ahead provided us with volunteers and the opportunity to tackle a big job. 
This time it was the Holy Spirit garden on Tempest Road.  We were greeted by Bob asking us if we could climb ladders.
After a chorus of "NO!", we decided to tackle the ivy - which is trying to get in the windows - by cutting it off from the roots.  No photos cos it is a bit anti-gardening to destroy that beautiful shiny green and Linda, who was wielding the camera, likes ivy.
I don't and so picked up the loppers with glee.  Loppers, not secuters, to give me a bit of distance from the spiders that lived in there.

Here are some of the volunteers and the grey stone band at the bottom of the wall is where the ivy was -and is no more.

Now the ground needs some plants to deter the weeds, and the ivy which will probably take to moving horizontally as well as vertically - what is the point of it?

The Millenium Garden has the full beauty treatment.

Thank you, Leeds Ahead, for bringing us the volunteers from 'Homes and Communities Agency'! 
It rained all day, from drizzle to downpour, but we were not dejected.  We dug, pruned, pulled up, pulled down, planted and uprooted.  Altogether we put in over 100 hours into the Millennium Garden, the Watsonion windowbib and the pictorial border.  Unfortunately we're still waiting on the photos but they will be edited in when we get them!