Just to let you know, that Andrew and Fern spent this morning with Andy Garland from Radio Kent. An edited version of our interview will be aired on Radio Kent in the gardening programme, on Sunday morning 4th December – the piece will probably be on at around 8.30am – and will be on BBC… Continue reading »
Full Frontal, Longley Road – have just been awarded by the Co-operative! The Co-operative & Inspiration Award was given to us at a glittering ceremony at London Zoo on Sat 12 November. We received a wonderful crystal glass sculptural piece with a star! We would like to thank all those who nominated Full Frontal. We… Continue reading »
We’re very proud to have been awarded a Level 5 – Outstanding ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ Award 2011, presented by the Royal Horticultural Society and Southeast in Bloom. The campaign supports local community groups in cleaning up and ‘greening up’ their immediate environments. To find out more about this campaign, go to the RHS It’s Your Neighbourhood… Continue reading »
We are delighted to tell everybody that we have been short-listed in the Co-operative & Inspiration Award at the South East Co-operative Community Awards 2011! Four of our founding members are attending the awards evening on Saturday 12th November at ZSL London Zoo at 6:30pm in the Prince Albert Suite with a evening reception and winter… Continue reading »
Members and guests might like to check out Full Frontal’s latest appearance in the community site, Rochester People.
Firstly BIG WELCOME to the Full Frontal experience! I do hope you will all enjoy it as much as we have in Longley! It was a great pleasure to be able to hand over a cheque to your group yesterday, and thanks to Brigid for documenting the moment! For more on this story check out Rochester People.
Dead heading….this is not a description of how you feel in the mornings! Dead heading refers to cutting out any flowers that have gone over, or set seed. As soon as a flowering plant is allowed to set seed, it will stop flowering – so if you want lasting floral displays throughout the summer, be… Continue reading »
Grey water should be used with care, but can be useful in times of water shortages. Plants can be watered with shower, bath, kitchen and washing machine water (from rinse cycles), collectively referred to as ‘grey’ water. It varies in quality and may contain contaminants such as soap and detergent. Fortunately, soil and potting composts… Continue reading »
Hello Full Frontal folks! We only have a month from today before the Britain in Bloom assessor comes to see us, and there are a couple of things to remember about keeping our plants looking great all over the summer. Really important is dead heading spent flowers (including their stalks)this will extend the flowering season… Continue reading »
Well, we now have the RHS assessor visit behind us, and at last some rain to help the plants along and fill our new water butts for us. Feels great to know that we have 1000 litres of free rainwater to water use now. Great time to take cuttings now. Be sure to choose non… Continue reading »