🌲 SATURDAY SESSION 10:30 - 11:30AM @ Barking Food Forest, Barking Riverside

🏆 Barking Food Forest (https://www.instagram.com/barkingfoodforest/) is the 1 commuity growing garden in Barking & Dagenham, providing garden space for residents to grow their own food and take part in a calendar of community activities.

👀 They have an ambitious and bold vision for the future that includes a new Japanese water garden, terrace, polytunnel, pavillion, irrigation system and outdoor kitchen. You have to see it to believe it.

👉 Come along and meet some other cool locals, spend time in nature and get some physical activity. Check out a recent Insta reel of one of sessions (https://www.instagram.com/goodgym/reel/DXyw9nSoVha/) at the Forest here for a flavour of what to expect

🧤 What We’ll Do

using tools to level the ground (digging)

lifting & move railway sleepers into position

weeding, litter picking, watering

No experience needed! All tools and guidance will be provided on the day.

🕕 Timings

10:30am - arrive at Barking Food Forest ready for instructions and safety briefing

10:35 - 11:25 - task time

11:25 - 11:30 – wrap-up and high fives

11:30am – finish (with the option to stay on and continue helping)

👟 Optional EXTRA

GoodGym B&D supports Barking Park Run, Saturdays at 9am - check out the session here and join us for more GoodGyming! (https://www.goodgym.org/v3/sessions/saturday-session-08-30-10-00am-barking-park-run-7d8fbe35-8713-489f-9467-7f4de07c3f0b)

🌞 Why It Matters

Barking Food Forest is undergoing a massive programme of ambitious and bold improvements to offer the community a real oasis of green, peace and calm amongst the concrete jungle of Barking Riverside.

New bathroom, outdoor kitchen, irrigation system, Japanese water garden , pavillion and greenhouse are just some of the many planned improvements

With your help, the garden will be ready to host even more outdoor activities: forest schools, school visits, planting, parties, animal visits, yoga, mindfulness, art workshops and much, much more! We’ll be returning over the winter to help with more missions

Come along for a relaxed and friendly morning of volunteering – no experience needed, just bring your energy and community spirit, see you there!!