The Green Gym is a new and innovative way to get physically active, and make a difference to your local environment.
Green Gym Poem
Green Gym Exercise is healthy, some swim and others run But come and join the Green Gym, it really is great fun To join it costs you nothing, yes it really is for free Not like any sports gym, there really is no fee.
Cleaning out the runnels, chopping up a tree Stopping to take a breather and have a cup of tea And if you’re nifty with a spade or rake You’ll even be offered some homemade cake
Mending bridges, hanging gatesand some weeding too Find a job for all of us there is nothing we can’t do Come and join the workers, get weight of those bellies You don’t need posh shorts or trainers just a pair of wellies
by AG (Chipping Norton Green Gym )
BTCV expanded their existing BTCV and Community led Green Gym’s working with even more partners and the community to develop and launch 3 brand new Green Gym’s in the London Boroughs of Bromley, Lewisham and Waltham Forest.
Wellbeing Comes Naturally to the Green Gym.
Green Gym in London
There are currently 10 Green Gym’s running each week in the London Boroughs of Bromley, Camden, Haringey and Newham and it’s free and easy to join in and find your nearest Green Gym
Each session starts with warm-up exercises to prepare you for the work ahead and ends with cool-down exercises to relax you after your exertion. There will also be a variety of tasks offering different levels of physical challenge so you can work at your own pace.
Green Gym in Parish
Camden
BTCV run a Green Gym in Camden in partnership with LB Camden, NHS Camden, The Royal Parks and Ecominds. Events run every Tuesday and Thursday in parks, nature reserves and green spaces across the borough.
This exciting project will see large swathes of parks converted into productive and biodiverse meadows, which will provide new habitats for London’s butterflies, bees and birds.
More than 5 meadows will be extended and re-seeded this Autumn and Winter across Camden totaling almost 4000m2 of new habitats. The meadows will include a fantastic mix of corn flowers, marigolds, ox-eye daisies, sunflowers and yellow-rattle.
The largest of the meadows will be in Euston Square Gardens, sandwiched between Euston station and Euston Road this will be enjoyed by tens of thousands of commuters, tourists and local residents every week.
Seeding the city
One of the aims of the BTCV scheme is to encourage and train volunteers to take over managing the Green Gym groups themselves with our support. There are now volunteer led Green Gyms running in Camden, Haringey and Newham, helping maintain nature reserves and community allotments.
With BTCV’s support, Haringey Green Gym recently got funded through ITV’s People Millions
Community Green Gym
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