Busy morning working with Ray Cristoe to tidy up the Two Mile Ash Community Garden. We had a good turn out of volunteers this morning but can always use more help, especially if you live near the Garden and are able to give Ray a hand on a more regular basis.
Rex and Lesley Linda hard at work Barry sweeping up
Some before and after views
Saturday 19th September 2026 – 3.45pm – Holy Cross Church, TMA
The TMAEG Committee would like to thank you for your contribution to the group over the last year. Your continued support is appreciated and we would very much like you to come along to our Annual Review and AGM
We will e mail out full details of the meeting, with agenda and last minutes, nearer the time.
As you may know, Chris Gossop, a Founder Member of TMAEG, is stepping down from his position as Chair after 15 years. Alongside the celebration of his and others’ achievements, we will be voting for new committee members. If you are interested in taking on a committee role, particularly Chair, Secretary or Treasurer, please let us know by Friday 28th August.
Please put the meeting date in your diary and we look forward to seeing you there.
We haven’t had rain for weeks and it’s difficult to be enthusiastic when everything is so dry. We did have some volunteers out to help and we managed to get the hazel whips in the Bluebell wood watered, path edges cleared along the path by the pond and weed the Bee Garden and Fernery
Before we started
Brian hard at work
Finished result
Bee Garden overgrown
Chris and Margaret getting to grips with the weeds
We had an excellent turn out of volunteers on Saturday morning with fourteen of us to commence our new project !
Working with the residents of Radcote Lodge, to make their community garden into a nicer more enjoyable place to spend time. Under the direction of our newly appointed Project Leader, for this site, Jeff Drake, we set to work clearing weeds from boarders and between paving slabs, repairing raised beds around the rose bushes and having a good general tidy up.
Our work was rewarded by tea, coffee and biscuits served by two lovely ladies from the Lodge.
We are working in conjunction with The Green Gym, who are able to attend a few time a year, and look forward to this being a great partnership working together going forward. Jeff has already invited Simon and myself to appear on his Hospital Radio show to let everyone know what TMAEG is all about.
A little bit of “finding our feet” with a new project but soon got stuck in.
Rose boarder beds in need of repair and general TLC, whilst gravel beds were full of weeds
Rose boarders repaired and weeded and then had chance for much deserved coffee and biscuits
We had an excellent turn out of volunteers this morning to work mainly at the Twin Gardens at the Park entrance, near the dentist. We cut back the hedging, dug out weeds and had a general tidy up. We also tended to the new plants we put into the planters two weeks ago and even had chance to do some tidying in the community garden. Mike was also on hand to pick up lots of litter, so overall a very good mornings work !
Lesley started with tiny plugs and grew them on at home for planting out today.
After taking a rain check on Saturday we were out on Sunday morning replanting all the pots outside the dentist and the school. Also planted up new plant troughs outside the Post Office and secured them to the railings.
We used Begonia Apricot Shades, Sweet Caroline Sweet Potato Vine and Tidal Wave Petunias across all three areas.
Pots outside the school, ready for a refresh
Planters outside the dentist
New plant troughs outside the Post office
