Gardening at Max Gate!

On Tuesday 27th May, Space Youth Project went gardening at Max Gate. We were invited back after spending a day touring the historic house and grounds earlier in the year. Once again we were welcomed by the friendly volunteer team and we were quickly ushered inside due to the pouring rain. We sat indoors for a while and had hot drinks and biscuits and chatted while we waited for the rain to stop - even had an impromptu piano show from one of our young people!

When we decided to go outside we were given gardening gloves and coats. The gardener, Caps, taught us how to plant beans and we quickly planted all of them as there were quite a few of us. We also planted spring onions, potatoes and flowers in the beds and learned how to dig trenches.

Afterwards we gathered in a cozy room and ate lunch together whilst chatting. After lunch some of the young people and youth workers decided to stay inside and some went back out into the rain to do some weeding and potato planting. Overall it was a lovely experience made possible by the kind volunteers and the SYP youth workers.

We received great feedback from the Max Gate team! A volunteer said "Thank you so much for all your help last week. Even with the damp weather your lovely group did so much to help with the planting in the garden. It`s always good to spend time with such a fun and positive group as your young people."

Written by Charlie, a Supernova