Lynwood Gardens

Volunteer day this Sunday 18th July. 1pm start. All welcome. :)

A group of students from Freeman College have been doing work experience at Lynwood Gardens Nature Reserve in Broomhall. The project was set up in response to the pandemic, which has seen extensive business closures
making work experience opportunities scarce.

Work at Lynwood Gardens
takes place outside in a small group, improving covid security. Our team work
unsupervised – the manager of Lynwood Gardens sets the tasks remotely,
and the team carry out the work in the manager’s absence. This minimises
social mixing.

Work done by the group include vegetation management,
footpath maintenance, nature surveys, litter picking, communicating with the
public and the installation of artworks.

How are your Monday evening plans looking in March? If you’re free and based in The Outdoor City, and you can make it to the Showroom Cinema for 6.30pm, then join the Goodgym running community and start the week right with a spot of exercise that combines with work for a local charity or community organisation. This can be a great way to get fit, meet new people and do some good. Everyone’s welcome and in March, during Sheffield's Festival of the Outdoors 2020, the group will be carrying out work for Sustrans National Cycling Network, Heeley People's Park and Lynwood Gardens.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3aajA5d

Today's workday is still going ahead (11-3), bring some waterproofs and we will light a fire to stay warm :)

The Friends of Lynwood Gardens AGM is on Thursday 13th February at 7pm at the Broomhall Centre.

We welcome new members and will be voting for a Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer as well as agreeing upon a constitution.

Any queries please email to [email protected].

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) out in the daytime.

A great big thanks again to Sheffield Goodgym for their hard work at Lynwood Gardens this evening. We had 40+ people (the most ever) all set to task for an hour and they did a grand job. Thank you all!

Big thank you to Sheffield Good Gym and Regather for last nights efforts. They swept, pruned, shifted, cut and raked. It's amazing what can be done in one hour! :)

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