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From Litter Pick to Leafy Growth

A closeup of new growth in our nascent hedgerows

Our May volunteer morning was one of those sessions that reminds you why volunteering is worth getting out of bed for. The sun was out, the air was fresh, and the mood was light, with close to thirty volunteers gathered on the Esplanade for a couple of hours of genuinely satisfying work.

Volunteer Session: March 2026

Volunteers collecting litter from the marshy foreshore of the River Medway with Rochester Bridge and Rochester Castle in the background

Our intrepid volunteers gathered once again for a multitude of activites including litter picking, sea wall plant growth management and tree canopy lopping, once again achieving a splendid amount within the two hour session.

Featured Articles

A Hero Remembered: Percy Gordon and Rochester’s Tribute of 1912

A bronze plaque adorned with angels and reading "TO THE GLORY OF GOD - THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY LOCAL PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO RECORD THE HEROISM OF PERCY HENRY GORDON OF BERMONDSEY, LONDON, WHO WHILE VISITING THIS CITY ON GOOD FRIDAY APRIL 5th 1912 LOST HIS LIFE IN BRAVELY RESCUING A LITTLE GIRL FROM DROWNING - GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"

On Good Friday of 1912, an act of heroism took place on the waterfront which would touch the hearts of thousands of people. In our first ever Features article, our reporter Natalia takes a look at the event which would come to be known as the Good Friday Tragedy.