The Guerrilla Gardeners (GG) are a volunteer group who work in small teams to tackle overgrown areas of the village. The group is supported by the Parish Council in line with our overall aim of improving the appearance of the village. There have been many volunteer groups in the village, but this effort was spearheaded by Councillor Martyn Colvey in 2019 to address the reducing highway and verge maintenance following Dorset Council service cutbacks.
As you can imaging, the Covid-19 lockdown brought a halt to their activity along with everything else. However, some residents undertook tasks in their own area and the initiative has started to re-emerge with great results.
Below, you can find the latest Diary entries from the Guerrillas.
Guerrilla Gardeners Diary
Read the latest updates from the Guerrilla Gardener's Diary
Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 12th July 2022

Started at 8.30 today because of the very warm weather. The main team focused on weeding around Old School Green and up the High Street to the Youth Hall car park. They also cleared the car park fence line. It’s… Read more about Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 12th July 2022
Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 5th July 2022

Back to Wareham Road and the route to school. Last year’s cutback certainly has helped; much less clearance to do. Another group took a look at the footpath from the top of Foxhills towards the school. That will be a… Read more about Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 5th July 2022
Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 28th June 2022

Several teams out this morning. First, the bus shelter demolition crew. The bus shelter on Lime Kiln Road is no more. The asbestos roof went a couple of weeks ago and today the walls came down. We now have a… Read more about Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 28th June 2022
Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 21st June 2022

Lots of GG volunteers this morning. Trimmed back a whole section of runners from the tree just outside Dillons Court; the tree remains. Tesco Island was finished off and looks a bit better. The R&C corner is now very tidy… Read more about Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 21st June 2022
Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 14th June 2022

Started work on Wareham Road, cutting back hedges and verges. Certainly it’s easier this year since last year’s cut back. We have a few areas of no-mans land we need to tackle with a longer-term plan. There is also a… Read more about Guerrilla Gardener’s Diary: 14th June 2022
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