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.
We Did It Medway is a bright, quirky, and, described by the hosts ‘respectfully irreverent’ podcast, a fresh way to look at, and listen to, the culture, history and character of Medway. The presenters have been out and about meeting people who have great tales to tell, including the stories of Isaac Newell, who took football to Argentina, the Medway Queen – 100 this year and a true Dunkirk heroine – and the day Jimi Hendrix played Chatham.
In the Suffrage Sensory Garden episode, the hosts talked to Natalie about the inspiration for the garden she drew from local Suffragist leader Vera Conway Gordon, including some alfresco chat next to the garden. And then they interviewed both Kelly Tolhurst MP and her Labour challenger Lauren Edwards (also a FoRCE volunteer) about why, a century and more on, women in parliament are subjected to boorish, ignorant abuse from their male colleagues in the House, let alone online.
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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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Dedication of the Suffrage Sensory Garden
The efforts of our volunteers came to fruition on Saturday 20th July when the Suffrage Sensory Garden was officially dedicated, with special guests author Jennifer Godfrey, Lauren Edwards MP, and Deputy Mayor Cllr Douglas Hamandishe in attendance.