Our annual Service of Remembrance will take place at the Cross of Sacrifice on the main drive on Sunday 13th November 2022 at 10.45am.
Remembrance Service Reminder
The Holly and the Ivy !
A few weeks ago Josie Wall, and the Friends, put a shout out for help to remove acres of Holly that were taking over many areas of the cemetery- especially the main drive. Little did we know that 20+ people would turn up and spent hours clearing such a mountain of Holly and some Ivy …
Poppy Placing Project begins
Every year we rely on our amazing team of volunteers to place individual poppy crosses on the 350+ War Graves in Brandwood End. Today Gail, Damian, David and Sally made a start. This project will continue till 10th November, in time for Remembrance on Sunday 13th. Our thanks to you all.
BARRA Annual Memorial Service
Grave Gardeners Volunteer Day.
If you can spare even an hour on the 15th please come along and help- anytime between 11am and 2pm. Stout footwear and gardening gloves if you have them, but we do have tools and some heavy-duty gloves. Many of the graves have no living relatives to visit and help clear self-set shrubs and trees, …
Autumn colours begin
Fantastic Fungi
Despite short notice there were 18 keen attendees at our wonderful Fungi Walk led by Lukas Large. We even have a waiting list for our next venture into the world of fungi. The weather was with us but unfortunately there was very little fungi, as despite the previous day’s heavy showers the ground was still …
Welcome on board Josie!
Those of you that follow our Web site or Facebook site may have noticed a new contributor. Josie Wall has been appointed on a 12 month contract as Bereavement Services Activities Manager. Josie’s role covers 9 Birmingham Cemeteries and 3 Crematoria and involves supporting existing friends groups, encouraging the formation of friends groups in other …
SHORT NOTICE! Fungi walk.
Some of you may remember that last year there was a wonderful fungi walk in the cemetery with Lukas Large who is the Natural Science Curator for Birmingham Museums Trust and a fungi expert. Lukas has offered us a fungi walk again this year, but as he’s very busy in fungi season, so it’s a …
Caring for God’s Acre project
Our partnership with Caring for God’s Acre to record all the inscriptions on headstones to populate a digital map of Brandwood End is coming to a close but during Heritage week they kindly led a session for the public in the hope that we may prolong its demise!