This is the final reminder that we will be holding our usual LITTER PICK tomorrow and everyone is welcome. This event is part of the annual event organised by Keep Britain Tidy, but we are holding it on our usual first weekend in March. Saturday 2nd March 10am-11.30am. All welcome. Stout footwear and gloves …
Such a beautiful display of Crocus bulbs now in flower. Shame they arn’t where we planted them as they have been subjected to ‘squirrel redeployment’ ! We are pretty sure he forgot where he hid them!
Great to see the scaffolding being removed after the installation of the new temporary chapel roof. Lets hope we can manage to get the area within the fencing tidied up a bit now…….hedges boxed back, grass cut….and yet again, shrubbery removed from the brickwork! We live in hope!
The Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery are continually looking for people with a genuine interest in the cemetery to join our committee. Maybe the buildings interest you, or the wildlife, the trees or the history within its burials. Maybe its the resting place of members of your family or maybe you just enjoy the peaceful …
A very belated Christmas get together by some of our FBEC committee. Makes a change from ‘Agenda’ time……
Whilst tree planting this week we were reminded by a member of our Jewish Community that Monday is an especially tree related day in their faith. ‘The 15th of Shevat’ on the Jewish calendar—celebrated this year on Monday, January 21, 2019—is the day that marks the beginning of a “new year” for trees. Commonly known …
Today the Friends were joined by local pupils of St Albans Catholic Primary school, Councillors, Tree Officers….and a Ranger, to start what we hope will be an ongoing tree replacement project ! Birmingham Trees for Life organised today’s event after the local Tree Officer appealed for help to replace the 64 Poplar Trees recently removed …
We felt that the photographs below were worth reproducing. They show the difference a small amount of professional work can make to a grave.
The ‘Crown lifting’ of trees continues in the Cemetery. It started with the Redwood Avenue and random trees. Contractors moved on to the removal of diseased Poplars, but now (much to the delight of the residents) the trees at the rear of properties in Broad Lane are being given the ‘lifting’ treatment. That means more …
Tree planting event, 10.30am Tuesday 15th January- Turn left off the main drive and head downhill…. Birmingham Trees for Life and pupils of St Albans RC Primary school will be joining the Friends as we make a start on replacing the 64 trees that were recently felled adjacent to Sunderton Road and Broad Lane. Some …