Thank you Shelley and Leaf Creative Arts for an uplifting walk through nature.
Such a wonderful stroll through the cemetery in the dappled sunlight with a great group of people and music to sooth the soul.
Category: Environment
Enthralling morning.
Reminder for Grave Gardeners.
GRAVE GARDENERS Group are meeting up at 11am this Sunday the 20th September. Meet Steven by the Lodge at 11am
Busy day, as we also have an organised ‘Walk in Nature’ as part of our Heritage Open programme. We still have places on this walk so email us on…. friendsofbec@gmail.com
A great sunny Litter Pick
Our thanks to the 13 volunteers who helped with today’s Litter Pick. Together we collected 18 bags of mainly wind blown litter.
It was noticeable that the squirrels and birds have created havoc in some areas as they desperately searched for water during the hot weather. It’s hard to know which flowers and ornaments belonged on each grave so our apologies for any misplaced items. If you have a grave in the cemetery can we suggest that you visit and check for any damage.
6th September Litter Pick.
Our September Litter Pick takes place tomorrow, the 6th . Everyone welcome. Meet on the main drive opposite the Lodge ready to set off at 10am. We have the pickers and the bags so come along for a stroll around in the sunshine whilst helping to keep the cemetery litter free.
Where did July go!
What a dry few months we have had! The cemetery is bone dry and towards the end of the month we did experience a small grass fire following a blaze in a nearby property but it was very quickly brought under control by local neighbours with hoses and buckets. A reminder again not to leave glass in the cemetery as that can also be a culprit for starting fires in such dry conditions.
Our Grave Gardeners have been busy working in the Civilian Garden area on the hedge, which was now nest free and very wild!
Our thanks to Sue and Ray who keep the weeding, dead heading and under hedge area clear but the hedge itself required many hands and luckily we had plenty of helpers to tame it!
HSBC Bank staff back to help again.
This is the third time we have welcomed HSBC staff to the cemetery to assist with the clearing of shrubbery from graves. Many corporate companies allow their staff one or two days a year to undertake projects in the community. FBEC are very pleased that HSBC have continued to support the Friends and look forward to seeing them on site again.
Flower tubs starting to bloom.
Those that follow the activities of the Friends will know that, working with Brandwood Buzz, we have been able to install extra flower tubs on the main drive and also at the entrance from Broad Lane.
Thanks to Kay, who takes charge of planting and watering the tubs, we now have a wonderful display. There are 4 large tubs and 4 small.
We do hope that they brighten your visit to the cemetery.
June Litter Pick
Gosh where is the time going! It was time for our quarterly litter pick in early June and 10 of our supporters came along and collected 6 large bags of rubbish. Well done everyone.
National ‘Make a difference day’
Make a Difference Day today...to celebrate volunteers and what they bring to their community.
The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery would like to highlight all the volunteers that give their time in the cemetery. Yes, it helps the overall look of the cemetery but you all do so much more for each others mental health and physical wellbeing. A win win all round.
Also a shout out to those that follow our facebook site and jump to help others with queries, searching for graves etc. Well done to all of you and we hope you get as much reward from your interactions as all of the FBEC Committee do. Keep doing what you are doing.
Here are just a few of our volunteer groups but there are many more who help us in Brandwood End Cemetery:
Grave Gardeners
Corporate ‘grave clearing’ volunteers
Poppy Crossers
Tree Guardians
Headstone photographers
Data base champians
Researchers
Civilian Garden maintainers
Litter Pickers
Committee members
………. and many others who help as and when they can with whatever needs doing.
PLEASE KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THANK YOU ALL.
