Hi everyone – recent news from Elaine at Clive Road is as follows: The postman brought the results today and here is the certificate. We have been awarded Level 3: Developing and were just eight marks short of the second highest level: Thriving so I think we’ve done pretty well considering how new we are…. Continue reading »
Gardener’s World Magazine visit Full Frontal Rochester streets. This week, on 29th August, a journalist and photographer spent the day going around the Full Frontal projects in Rochester Avenue, Clive Road, and Castle Avenue as well as Longley Road, in preparation for an article which will appear in the magazine next spring with ideas for… Continue reading »
The RHS interviewed Fern and asked “Your community group, Full Frontal, helps residents to improve their front gardens. You’ve signed up all but one house on your street and last year you achieved top marks in the IYN campaign. How did it all begin?” Fern: “It actually began one night in June 2010 at… Continue reading »
David and Sallie Shaw our South East in Bloom – It’s Your Neighbourhood assessors came here on Wednesday 11th July. We walked around Longley Road, Clive Road, Castle Avenue and Rochester Avenue (as well as The Vines)They were about most of the day. I hope they were impressed with what they saw. We will know… Continue reading »
We had an all day visit from a journalist and photographer from The Garden magazine – took them down to the High Street, and around our local roads. They were perparing material about Full Frontal for an article that will appear in the magazine in June/July 2013.
We had a visit this morning from the Blue Peter gardener Chris Collins and had pictures taken in the road – Ethan and Flynn were positively angelic for the occasion! Andy Shaddick (centre) from Southern Water – who generously presented us with 6 water butts last year, also present at the photo session with Fern… Continue reading »
Viv and Fern in Chris Beardshaw’s Urban Oasis garden, highlighting the work of community gardening groups in improving the urban environment. We both took up the offer to go to Hampton Court Flower Show last Sunday to take part in a photoshoot. Both Viv and Fern did short pieces for the BBC TV cameras which… 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 »
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 »