Our Litter Picking group was small today but between them they collected 12+ bags of litter. Well done to the team.
Small but perfect!
Litter Pick up and coming.
We are holding our quarterly LITTER PICK on this coming Saturday the 6th September. On a fine day there is nothing nicer than strolling around the cemetery and listening to the birds singing and spotting the wild life. Meet at the Lodge at 10am. We have the litter pickers and the bags….all we need is …
Deutsche Bank battle the weather!
Today we were pleased to welcome five Deutsche Bank staff to the cemetery to continue the clearance of section B10 that their colleagues, and our Grave Gardeners, had begun this summer. Despite really heavy rain for half an hour they were able to clear an amazing amount of shrubbery and expose another …
Special thank you.
Our special thank you goes to one of our Patrons, Dr Carl Chinn, who has stepped up to the plate and supported our events in the last few years. His enthusiasm is always infectious and we all enjoy his visits.
Passing the ‘baton’ from Park to Park.
As many of you know, this is FBEC’s 20th year but we share our anniversary with another organisation. Birmingham Open Spaces Forum (BOSF) were also formed 20 years ago and have created a strong alliance for Friends groups in parks and open spaces in the City. They provide support in many areas from grant application …
Busy behind the scenes.
Good morning all. You may think the Friends have been quiet in August as its our ‘event free’ month but behind the scenes our volunteers have been busy. We are moving ahead at speed with our Grave Recording project and our Grave Gardeners are continually uncovering War Graves. Preparations for our Poppy Placing project have …
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Lest we forget.
A busy July in the cemetery.
We seem to have had a busy month doing lots of routine things in the cemetery. We have had our usual Grave Gardeners who come in every month and help clear graves. Sue and Ray, our Civilian Garden champions, are overjoyed as the Hedge has now been deemed free of nesting birds and brought back …
Come and join our Grave Gardening crew.
This Sunday 3rd August we will have a gardening session in the cemetery helping to clear graves and low level shrubbery. We meet at the Lodge on the main drive at 11am and work till 1pm (or for as long as you want.) Its a great chance to keep fit in the fresh air and …
Civilian Garden Hedge
Can we just remind followers and visitors to the cemetery that you may notice that the hedge surrounding the Civilian Garden looks ‘wild’ at this time of year. Under DEFRA regulations we are not allowed to cut it as it harbours small nesting birds at this time of year. Please be patient and early September …