On Saturday 20th July 2024, around a hundred supporters, volunteers, residents, and visitors gathered on Rochester’s Esplanade to join us for the Dedication Ceremony of the Suffrage Sensory Garden. The event featured special guests, including author Jennifer Godfrey, Lauren Edwards MP, and Deputy Mayor Cllr Douglas Hamandishe, who formally concluded the project by planting the three crab apple trees so generously donated by FoRCE supporters.
This beautiful garden has been brought to life thanks to he efforts of the FoRCE’s volunteers and supporters as a tribute to local non-militant suffragist Vera Conway Gordon, who peacefully campaigned for equality and Votes for Women in the early 1900s. Her dedication and spirit are reflected in the serene and inclusive design of the garden.
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Sensory Garden News
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December Volunteer Session
The final volunteer session of the year was a great success as we focused on cutting back, pruning, and tidying the Sensory Garden beds to prepare them for the coming year.
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Voices of Unity: The Suffrage Sensory Garden and Medway Women in Politics
The Suffrage Sensory Garden – and Natalie Poulton from the FoRCE – are both featuring in the very first episode of a brand-new podcast called We Did It Medway.