I was thrilled to see that all the talking is beginning to result in a new and blooming face for Rochester High Street! a number of businesses and residents have now planted up colourful containers, and together with the celebration bunting in the street, it is a very jolly looking place these days! The lamppost… Continue reading »
Having been shortlisted for an Award from the Open Spaces Society http://www.oss.org.uk/open-space-award along with three other sites in Britain, today we were visited by Edgar Powell and Tim Crowther, the judges. There were many questions to be answered about the project. We then went for a walkabout along Longley Road, Rochester Avenue, Clive Road, Clarence Avenue and… Continue reading »
We were recently asked to have a Full Frontal stand at the Cooperative Members Regional Conference in Croydon. Melisa and Fern attended – it was good to meet so many people and to get feedback – we were approached by a Councillor from the Croydon for help and ate far too much Fairtrade chocolate from the Coop… Continue reading »
Rochester Avenue’s branch of Full Frontal seems to be going well. We have about 18 houses signed up, and have noticed other houses also planting out, which is great news. Most of the FFRA houses have put a Full Frontal Growing Community sign in our window. I promise to when I find the sellotape! Anyone… Continue reading »
We have to thank the Community Payback Team for clearing and killing the weeds on the Bath Hard Lane derelict site under the railway bridge on Rochester High Street. With the help of local residents, wildflower seeds have been sown on the site and it will now be kept clear of rubbish…we hope that the… Continue reading »
With the help of residents and traders in Rochester High Street, last week saw the planting up and installation of the lamppost baskets in the High Street. These are now adorning a number of lampposts from Rochester Bridge, right through to Sun Pier. The planters have sustainable planting of Stipa tenuissima – Hair grass and… Continue reading »
Full Frontal has had a feature in the Telegraph gardening section, where Fern Alder was asked about the project: “It was a mad idea which came to me at about one in the morning,” says Fern Alder, the project’s founder. “I’d always had plants in the front of my house and thought it would be… Continue reading »
I am pleased to say that we have been fortunate enough to have been granted further funding for new Full Frontal start ups, by the Cooperative Membership Community Fund who help us out in our very early days too. We are of course extremely grateful for this brilliant help that means that plans to roll… Continue reading »
FULL FRONTAL ROCHESTER AVENUE A team of Rochester Avenue residents have now joined together and formed a Full Frontal Rochester Avenue group of planters. We are holding a social gathering and plant swap on Tuesday 15 May from 8 p.m. in the What the Dick Inns pub on Ross Street. All Rochester Avenue residents are… Continue reading »
Clive Road Full-Frontallers say a huge thank-you to Southern Water for donating water-butts to the street for use during these hard times following the hosepipe ban. Four butts have been installed and will enable residents to conserve water to keep plants healthy especially as the water restrictions have been introduced. Southern Water say: “We will,… Continue reading »