The top two photos show cross sections of a couple of the Poplars removed along the Broad Lane boundary. The log pile represents the trees that have been removed and cut into sections. All of these logs will be chipped and used as Biomass to fuel power stations- nothing will be wasted.
Civilian Garden spic and span again.
Nesting is now over for this year- so we have been able to restore/cut the hedges in the Civilian Garden of Remembrance back to their neat and tidy state. Our thanks to the staff from Idverde who have undertaken this task on our behalf. As the hedge is now mature cutting and shaping it represents …
Heritage Open Events 2018
Hi all, as you hopefully all know- the Friends will be working with Bereavement Services to host a morning Heritage Event in the Cemetery on September 8th commencing at 10am. The link below takes you to the official site where you can check out everything in your area and plan your week visiting Open Events. …
Heavy kit employed to remove trees!
Visitors were treated to an amazing sight as contractors began removing a large number of Poplar trees that were very close to houses on Sunderton Road.
Reasons for tree removal vindicated.
Things are often not what they seem….especially when it comes to trees. Our relatively healthy looking Poplars were hiding a potentially dangerous secret! The ‘heartwood’, or centre of the trunks, on several trees was rotten. This is obviously something that can’t be seen by eye- but is one of the major things that the Tree …
Removal of Black Poplar trees
Those of you that are visiting the cemetery this week, or who live adjacent to the cemetery in Sunderton Road, will be aware that there is a lot of activity on that side of the cemetery. As we posted earlier, a number of large Poplar trees are being removed as they are now reaching the …
Civilian Garden
Following our adventures with the shears…..we moved on to a bit of weeding and pruning in the Civilian Garden of Remembrance. No shears in use on this hedge as it is now mature and used by nesting birds! Hopefully they will all have fledged soon, as the hawthorn hedge is desperately in need of smartening …
Haircut for small War Graves area hedge.
In Brandwood End Cemetery we have over 320 War Graves but, close to our Civilian Memorial Garden, we have a small enclosed area of War Graves. A couple of years ago local school pupils helped plant a hedge around this area, which is now finally taking shape. As you can see, it needed a bit …
Sad Chapels…..
We are all a little sad to see the chapels seemingly in one of the worst states since the formation of FBEC. The Friends are continually trying to find a solution to halt this deterioration but we are very much in the hands of the owners, Birmingham City Council. Until a sustainable future use for …
‘Uncut’ areas within the cemetery
There has recently been some social media comment highlighting some areas of the cemetery that appear to be unmown. This has been reported to Bereavements Services but when FBEC committee members went to look they were also concerned….. but, it was a far from a simple issue. …