Guess what we spotted lurking in the Autumn leaves…. Some lovely Snowdrops.
So many wind blown items.
10 volunteers today collected 10 bags of flower paper, plastic bottles, artificial flowers and smashed vases scattered around the cemetery. PLEASE SECURE ANY FLOWERS OR TREASURERS YOU MAY LEAVE ON YOUR LOVED ONES GRAVES. When we find them we have no idea where they have blown from – so the nearest grave benefits! Can we …
Last Litter Pick of 2021
Our final litter pick of 2021 takes place on SUNDAY 5TH DECEMBER, MEET AT THE LODGE. 10AM-WEATHER PERMITTING. Please wrap up warm with suitable footwear and gloves. We have the litter pickers and bags. Our thanks to Pat Franklin for the ‘tongue in cheek’ poster.
Anne Courbet
The Friends are sharing a message received from Sarah Courbet, Anne’s daughter. We all will miss Anne and our thoughts are with Sarah and the family at this time. It is with great sadness that I share the news that my wonderful mom, Anne Courbet, passed away this week after a battle with cancer. Why …
Last tidy up of 2021 for the Civilian Garden.
It’s well past the end of the City’s grass cutting period but the unusually warm weather has meant the garden was looking like a hay meadow! The Friends ran a mower over it today and have managed to reduce the length, so let’s hope that’s it for 2021!
Remember, remember…
Remember you can support the Friends by popping a token in the box when you shop at Becketts Farm Shop. You can also access Amazon via the link on this sites home page and when you buy we get a tiny donation via Amazon. It all helps towards the various projects we fund in the …
Extra work, but worth it!
Ground staff had extra work on Monday as the huge amount of bramble, holly ,ivy and scrub, (removed from the graves by ‘202 Field’ volunteers), had been piled at the side of the maintenance yard gates ready tor its move to the skips. As usual Tony and his team pitched in and with the aid …
New mini Standards for the Civilian Garden.
Deb and Alan Wilkes came over from Walsall today to donate and plant 2 mini standard red rose trees to replace the two failed ones in the small quarter beds. New well-rotted compost and mycorrhizal fungi were added to the planting holes and the trees staked.
Wimbush and Timson Graves.
At our Remembrance event today we displayed some of our research relating to the ‘Timson and Wimbush’ graves, which lie close together on the left of the main drive as you approach the chapels. If you select ‘The Friends’ page on this site and follow the page down to ‘Our work’ you will find files …
Remembrance 2021
Our thanks to our local MP and Councillors, all the representatives or organisations and the public that attended our Service of Remembrance at Brandwood End today. After the uncertainty of Covid restrictions last year we were not sure that we could return to our normal numbers-but we did! The wreaths featured at the start of …