Litter Picking

Volunteer Update and Activities: December 2025

🌷🌷🌷HELP NEEDED!!🌷🌷🌷

We are looking for volunteers to come along to Potters Barn on Saturday 13th December at 2.00pm to help us plant bulbs in the grass around the Waterloo Rose bed.  If you can spare any time to come along and help it would be much appreciated!  (please see why below!)

November has been another busy month with 8 volunteers at our litter pick in Marine Garden.  At our Tuesday morning get together 3 of us finished off weeding the crazy paving in Marine Garden, and 4 of us weeded the steps in Beach Lawn at our Sunday meeting.  At our Wednesday session 4 of us started work on clearing the ivy and overgrown paths around the seating area in the far corner of Crescent Garden.

We were also joined by a team from the DWP who gave us a day of their volunteer time last Wednesday, when they planted approximately 3,000 tulip and scilla bulbs in the 4 circular grass beds at the centre of Crescent Garden.  Ivy was also removed from the walls.  Those planting bulbs soon had a system going – some digging holes, others popping the bulbs in and covering them over and they’re all looking forward to returning to the gardens in the Spring to see how their efforts are looking.   We have quite a number of bulbs left – which is why we’re looking for help on the 13th!

Thanks to everyone who came along to litter picking this morning. It was a lovely morning for it! We collected 8 bags of rubbish and then a few of us sat in the sun with brews and biscuits.

We have just 3 volunteer sessions during December:

Tuesday 9th – Garden Maintenance at 10.00am meeting in the far corner of Crescent Garden

Saturday 13th – Litter Picking at 10.30am in Crescent Garden and

Saturday 13th – Bulb Planting in Potters Barn meeting at 2.00pm

All equipment, and refreshments will be provided. 

With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year,

Janet Markland

Friends of Waterloo Seafront Gardens