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Ventnor Flower Fairy

The Ventnor Flower Fairy, aka Lesley Brown, has been responsible for transforming weed-infested flower beds into incredible havens for the town’s vital pollinators.

She has worked tirelessly to improve the appearance of many areas, whilst supporting our pollinating wildlife.

Below are some articles featuring Lesley’s work.

25, October 2019·1 min read

Can you help clear weeds so Ventnor’s Flower Fairy can do her magic?

Some helping hands are needed to clear an area of weeds by the playground so the Flower Fairy can sow seeds before winter sets in

Lesley Brown's wonderful flowers at the Ventnor Winter Gardens

5, January 2020·1 min read

Head to Ventnor Flower Fairy’s quiz night and be part of something special

There are some great prizes in the Flower Fairy raffle, so book your table for the quiz night and help raise funds for this amazing project

9, September 2019·1 min read

Spread the love by getting your very own Flower Fairy planter and help feed the bees

Your chance to have a slice of the Flower Fairy in your garden, as Lesley's night-time passion of decoupaging steel buckets and filling them with plants is revealed.

28, February 2020·2 min read

Ventnor Flower Fairy Quiz – over £700 raised

Well done to everyone who took part in the fun pub quiz last night. The quiz, raffle and auction raised over £700 for the Flower Fairy Fund

Before and after shots of the planted area

7, March 2023·1 min read

Ventnor Town Council promises to replace destroyed flowers planted by Flower Fairy

The contractors had asked about the plants before starting work, but had been incorrectly informed, said the Mayor, leaving Ventnor's Flower Fairy devastated after five years of hard work was destroyed

Outside the BT building before and after weeds cleared

25, June 2019·1 min read

Ventnor’s Flower Fairy at it again, this time with positive noises from BT

It sounds as though BT are going to embrace the champion volunteering efforts of Lesley Brown - aka the Ventnor Flower Fairy - as she sets to work outside the BT building.

19, July 2019·1 min read

Video: Ventnor’s Cliff top wildflower meadow now well established

Two years ago this cliff top was simply covered by grass. Now it's a thriving wildflower meadow. Here's how it was transformed.

Lesley Browns plants at the Winter Gardens

11, June 2019·3 min read

Weed-infested flower beds replaced with 300 plants, grown by hand with zero budget, by one champion volunteer

Lesley Brown asked to take over the weed-infested raised beds outside the Winter Gardens 12 months ago and has totally transformed them with zero budget and a lot of hard work.

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