The Friends will be taking part in Heritage Open in September this year so keep the week 11-17th free. We will be hosting Caring for God’s Acre and their Stories from the Stones on the 13th and then a Lichen specialist will be leading a walk on the 15th. Watch this site for additional events …
Earlier this month the Friends of Brandwood End enjoyed working with Our Scene CIC on their latest project Bench to Bench, to promote ‘walking, laughing and sitting chatting in lovely our door settings in Brandwood. This project, which includes our neighbouring Friends at Dawberry Fields Park, is also aimed at recommending accessible walks for people …
The Cleaner Greener campaign week is a little while off, but in Brandwood End we started today at our scheduled quarterly litter pick. It was great to see so many familiar faces but we did welcome a few new ones today who swelled our numbers to 20 including 4 little people ! There were 23 …
Every year the Friends take part in the Keep Britain Tidy campaign. Our usual quarterly event always falls a little before the official one but we are happy to be counted as supporters. This year we will be in the cemetery on Saturday 4th March at 10am, and welcome as many supporters as possible. This …
Last weekend was our last major clear up in the cemetery, led by Josie Wall and supported by the Friends. Our thanks to the volunteers that helped clear a massive pile of Holly from the graves adjacent to the Redwood Avenue. It just shows what an impact just a few volunteers can make. The pile …
The Moseley Society History Group present an illustrated talk: Bomb Alley: the World War Two Blitz and Home Front in Moseley, Balsall Heath and Kings Heath, by local historians Ian Binnie, Peter Streets and David Vaux. Tuesday 21st March 7.30pm There will be two talks each lasting about an hour: 2.00pm at the Moseley Exchange …
This month is really the last chance we have to remove self set trees and shrubbery overwhelming some graves in areas of the cemetery as soon it will be nesting time and this activity will stop. Please support this event on the 18th, that is being led jointly by the committee of the Friends and …
Winter is a quiet time in Brandwood End but the Friends have been working away in the background on a number of projects. We are creating a number of ‘Trail sheets’ that will cover Heritage items, trees, interesting graves, fascinating memorials, quiet corners to rest and take in the wildlife and trees plus measured routes …
This week we had to make an appeal on Social Media site ‘facebook’ for volunteers to remove some of the many geraniums that the Friends planted in the Civilian Garden of Remembrance. No sooner said than done as two of our supporters stepped up to the plate and the job was done.(In freezing conditions) We …
