Caring for God's Acre
@caringforgodsacre.bsky.social
Caring for God’s Acre works nationally to support groups and individuals to investigate and care for burial grounds
Autumn webinar-Willesden Jewish Cemetery: Stories from the House of Life.
Explore the history of this NW London site's Victorian architecture, symbolic traditions, the lives of those buried there & transformation to an education and reflection space. www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-autumn-2025
Explore the history of this NW London site's Victorian architecture, symbolic traditions, the lives of those buried there & transformation to an education and reflection space. www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-autumn-2025
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Autumn webinar-Willesden Jewish Cemetery: Stories from the House of Life.
Explore the history of this NW London site's Victorian architecture, symbolic traditions, the lives of those buried there & transformation to an education and reflection space. www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-autumn-2025
Explore the history of this NW London site's Victorian architecture, symbolic traditions, the lives of those buried there & transformation to an education and reflection space. www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-autumn-2025
Chris Knapman of Ancient Yew Group will give a talk Have I Got Yews for You–Understanding Ancient Yews as part of our online AGM 7pm on Tues 11th November.
Free for members, £6 for non-members. Information and link to book www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webinars/agm-and-have-i-got-yews-for-you/
Free for members, £6 for non-members. Information and link to book www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webinars/agm-and-have-i-got-yews-for-you/
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Chris Knapman of Ancient Yew Group will give a talk Have I Got Yews for You–Understanding Ancient Yews as part of our online AGM 7pm on Tues 11th November.
Free for members, £6 for non-members. Information and link to book www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webinars/agm-and-have-i-got-yews-for-you/
Free for members, £6 for non-members. Information and link to book www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webinars/agm-and-have-i-got-yews-for-you/
Churchyards are important for fungi, including some of the UK's rarest
This webinar will introduce UK fungi and their roles in the natural environment
Chris Knowles is a field mycologist and member of his local fungus group He works at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh cataloguing the fungi collection
This webinar will introduce UK fungi and their roles in the natural environment
Chris Knowles is a field mycologist and member of his local fungus group He works at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh cataloguing the fungi collection
October 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Churchyards are important for fungi, including some of the UK's rarest
This webinar will introduce UK fungi and their roles in the natural environment
Chris Knowles is a field mycologist and member of his local fungus group He works at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh cataloguing the fungi collection
This webinar will introduce UK fungi and their roles in the natural environment
Chris Knowles is a field mycologist and member of his local fungus group He works at Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh cataloguing the fungi collection
Wildflower seed mix of mainly native British flowers & grasses inspired by country churchyards.
Sowing best done in Autumn as yellow rattle, a semi-parasitic meadow annual which attaches itself to grasses through the root system needs to overwinter to germinate.
#CFGA #wildflowerseeds #yellowrattle
Sowing best done in Autumn as yellow rattle, a semi-parasitic meadow annual which attaches itself to grasses through the root system needs to overwinter to germinate.
#CFGA #wildflowerseeds #yellowrattle
October 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Wildflower seed mix of mainly native British flowers & grasses inspired by country churchyards.
Sowing best done in Autumn as yellow rattle, a semi-parasitic meadow annual which attaches itself to grasses through the root system needs to overwinter to germinate.
#CFGA #wildflowerseeds #yellowrattle
Sowing best done in Autumn as yellow rattle, a semi-parasitic meadow annual which attaches itself to grasses through the root system needs to overwinter to germinate.
#CFGA #wildflowerseeds #yellowrattle
First of our Autumn webinar series Our Digital Ancestors: Tales from Warstone Lane Cemetery will be online on Tuesday 7th October from 2pm to 3pm.
For more info and to book your free ticket visit
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webin...
#cfga #memorialrecording #warstonelanecemetery
For more info and to book your free ticket visit
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webin...
#cfga #memorialrecording #warstonelanecemetery
October 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
First of our Autumn webinar series Our Digital Ancestors: Tales from Warstone Lane Cemetery will be online on Tuesday 7th October from 2pm to 3pm.
For more info and to book your free ticket visit
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webin...
#cfga #memorialrecording #warstonelanecemetery
For more info and to book your free ticket visit
www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/events/webin...
#cfga #memorialrecording #warstonelanecemetery
UK Fungus Day 4/10/25
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA
October 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
UK Fungus Day 4/10/25
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA
British Mycological Society aims to inspire preservation of native fungi and improve scientific knowledge of these unique organisms.
Check out Gary Easton blog www.ukfungusday.co.uk/isthataballerinaoraparrot which you can also find on our CfGA website.
#fungi #ukfungusday #CFGA
Our Heritage to Inspire project together with Friends of Longden Road Cemetery Shrewsbury is working on identifying unmarked graves of people from the poorer end of Victorian society. With Shropshire Archives volunteers have found names, occupations & family relationships.
#cfga #monumentrecording
#cfga #monumentrecording
September 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Our Heritage to Inspire project together with Friends of Longden Road Cemetery Shrewsbury is working on identifying unmarked graves of people from the poorer end of Victorian society. With Shropshire Archives volunteers have found names, occupations & family relationships.
#cfga #monumentrecording
#cfga #monumentrecording
We are also running two local events for Birmingham Heritage Week if you are in the West Midlands (email josie@cfga.org.uk to book).
#bheritageweek #birminghamheritageweek
#bheritageweek #birminghamheritageweek
September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We are also running two local events for Birmingham Heritage Week if you are in the West Midlands (email josie@cfga.org.uk to book).
#bheritageweek #birminghamheritageweek
#bheritageweek #birminghamheritageweek
All four nations of the UK are taking part in European Heritage Open Days in September, with free events coming to a cemetery, churchyard or burial ground near you.
#heritageopendays #OpenDoors #DrysauAgored
#doorsopendays #DOD2025 #LoveHeritageNI #EHOD2025
#heritageopendays #OpenDoors #DrysauAgored
#doorsopendays #DOD2025 #LoveHeritageNI #EHOD2025
September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
All four nations of the UK are taking part in European Heritage Open Days in September, with free events coming to a cemetery, churchyard or burial ground near you.
#heritageopendays #OpenDoors #DrysauAgored
#doorsopendays #DOD2025 #LoveHeritageNI #EHOD2025
#heritageopendays #OpenDoors #DrysauAgored
#doorsopendays #DOD2025 #LoveHeritageNI #EHOD2025
We have seen a similar motif on a memorial in Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in London, UK.
August 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
We have seen a similar motif on a memorial in Lauriston Road Jewish Cemetery in London, UK.
Last call for cutting long grass!
If you manage a small lawn or a meadow this is a reminder to cut long grass if you haven't already & remove arisings to reduce fertility and help next year's flowers.
Any late flowering plants such as Devil's Bit Scabious, just leave that area to allow them to seed
If you manage a small lawn or a meadow this is a reminder to cut long grass if you haven't already & remove arisings to reduce fertility and help next year's flowers.
Any late flowering plants such as Devil's Bit Scabious, just leave that area to allow them to seed
August 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Last call for cutting long grass!
If you manage a small lawn or a meadow this is a reminder to cut long grass if you haven't already & remove arisings to reduce fertility and help next year's flowers.
Any late flowering plants such as Devil's Bit Scabious, just leave that area to allow them to seed
If you manage a small lawn or a meadow this is a reminder to cut long grass if you haven't already & remove arisings to reduce fertility and help next year's flowers.
Any late flowering plants such as Devil's Bit Scabious, just leave that area to allow them to seed
Last 2 days of Big Butterfly Count!
Big Butterfly Count organised by Butterfly Conservation ends Sunday, why not get out there this weekend
Our Butterfly Spotters Guide is a handy ID guide to your local churchyard or other burial ground bit.ly/butterfly_sp...
#CFGA #butterflies #citizenscience
Big Butterfly Count organised by Butterfly Conservation ends Sunday, why not get out there this weekend
Our Butterfly Spotters Guide is a handy ID guide to your local churchyard or other burial ground bit.ly/butterfly_sp...
#CFGA #butterflies #citizenscience
August 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Last 2 days of Big Butterfly Count!
Big Butterfly Count organised by Butterfly Conservation ends Sunday, why not get out there this weekend
Our Butterfly Spotters Guide is a handy ID guide to your local churchyard or other burial ground bit.ly/butterfly_sp...
#CFGA #butterflies #citizenscience
Big Butterfly Count organised by Butterfly Conservation ends Sunday, why not get out there this weekend
Our Butterfly Spotters Guide is a handy ID guide to your local churchyard or other burial ground bit.ly/butterfly_sp...
#CFGA #butterflies #citizenscience
Time to cut & rake long grass!
God's Acre vols have been cutting & raking long flowery grass in local churchyards & volunteer co-ordinator Alex has scythed outside our office the Sastak building
Thanks to our landlords for letting us manage the area as a meadow
#CFGA #godsacrevolunteers #scything
God's Acre vols have been cutting & raking long flowery grass in local churchyards & volunteer co-ordinator Alex has scythed outside our office the Sastak building
Thanks to our landlords for letting us manage the area as a meadow
#CFGA #godsacrevolunteers #scything
August 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Time to cut & rake long grass!
God's Acre vols have been cutting & raking long flowery grass in local churchyards & volunteer co-ordinator Alex has scythed outside our office the Sastak building
Thanks to our landlords for letting us manage the area as a meadow
#CFGA #godsacrevolunteers #scything
God's Acre vols have been cutting & raking long flowery grass in local churchyards & volunteer co-ordinator Alex has scythed outside our office the Sastak building
Thanks to our landlords for letting us manage the area as a meadow
#CFGA #godsacrevolunteers #scything
Big Butterfly Count by @savebutterflies.bsky.social from 18 July-10th Aug
Your local burial ground is an ideal place to spot butterflies
How many will you see in 15 minutes? Download guides from Butterfly Conservation
#BigButterflyCount #CitizenScience
Thank you Butterfly Conservation for photos
Your local burial ground is an ideal place to spot butterflies
How many will you see in 15 minutes? Download guides from Butterfly Conservation
#BigButterflyCount #CitizenScience
Thank you Butterfly Conservation for photos
July 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Big Butterfly Count by @savebutterflies.bsky.social from 18 July-10th Aug
Your local burial ground is an ideal place to spot butterflies
How many will you see in 15 minutes? Download guides from Butterfly Conservation
#BigButterflyCount #CitizenScience
Thank you Butterfly Conservation for photos
Your local burial ground is an ideal place to spot butterflies
How many will you see in 15 minutes? Download guides from Butterfly Conservation
#BigButterflyCount #CitizenScience
Thank you Butterfly Conservation for photos
Article by Laura Parker featuring Caring for God's Acre in Country Life - The life that thrives among the dead: How wildlife finds a home in the graveyards and churchyards of Britain the work by Caring for God's Acre.
www.countrylife.co.uk/.../the-life....
#CFGA #CountryLife #nature #environment
www.countrylife.co.uk/.../the-life....
#CFGA #CountryLife #nature #environment
July 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Article by Laura Parker featuring Caring for God's Acre in Country Life - The life that thrives among the dead: How wildlife finds a home in the graveyards and churchyards of Britain the work by Caring for God's Acre.
www.countrylife.co.uk/.../the-life....
#CFGA #CountryLife #nature #environment
www.countrylife.co.uk/.../the-life....
#CFGA #CountryLife #nature #environment
This week is @insectweek run by @royentsoc and your local burial ground is a great place to #standtallforthesmall and see how many of the UK's 24,000 insect species you can spot, like this Oedemeridae (false blister beetle).
#cfga #nature #environment #insectweek #beetle
#cfga #nature #environment #insectweek #beetle
June 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This week is @insectweek run by @royentsoc and your local burial ground is a great place to #standtallforthesmall and see how many of the UK's 24,000 insect species you can spot, like this Oedemeridae (false blister beetle).
#cfga #nature #environment #insectweek #beetle
#cfga #nature #environment #insectweek #beetle
Over 350 people registered for our webinars during Love Your Burial Ground Week– to watch live or catch up using the recordings for a month. If you missed out, you can see the list here: bit.ly/CCoNwebinars... and there is still time to request the recordings by emailing us on enquiries@cfga.org.uk
June 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Over 350 people registered for our webinars during Love Your Burial Ground Week– to watch live or catch up using the recordings for a month. If you missed out, you can see the list here: bit.ly/CCoNwebinars... and there is still time to request the recordings by emailing us on enquiries@cfga.org.uk
Thank you everyone who took part in Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025!
Nature spotting records are coming in thick and fast from over 400 registered events across the country
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Nature spotting records are coming in thick and fast from over 400 registered events across the country
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Thank you everyone who took part in Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025!
Nature spotting records are coming in thick and fast from over 400 registered events across the country
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Nature spotting records are coming in thick and fast from over 400 registered events across the country
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Friday's Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature webinar is Open to All–challenges & opportunities for churchyard accessibility
Link will be sent, or requested at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Link will be sent, or requested at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Friday's Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature webinar is Open to All–challenges & opportunities for churchyard accessibility
Link will be sent, or requested at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Link will be sent, or requested at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Thursday's Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 webinar is Here be dragons-amphibians & reptiles in burial grounds
Request link to listen to end of June at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Request link to listen to end of June at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Thursday's Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 webinar is Here be dragons-amphibians & reptiles in burial grounds
Request link to listen to end of June at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Request link to listen to end of June at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Wednesday's Churches Count on Nature2025 webinar is On the ground – practical conservation management in 2 churchyards
A link will be sent if you registered, or request at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
A link will be sent if you registered, or request at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Wednesday's Churches Count on Nature2025 webinar is On the ground – practical conservation management in 2 churchyards
A link will be sent if you registered, or request at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
A link will be sent if you registered, or request at enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Tuesday's ARochaUK's webinar Eco Churches count on nature! How Eco Churches are taking action for nature year-round
Link to listen until the end of June can be sent if requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Link to listen until the end of June can be sent if requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tuesday's ARochaUK's webinar Eco Churches count on nature! How Eco Churches are taking action for nature year-round
Link to listen until the end of June can be sent if requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Link to listen until the end of June can be sent if requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Please send us your Love your Burial Ground Week/ Churches Count on Nature 2025 photographs
Don't forget you need permission for photographs including people, and send them to enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Don't forget you need permission for photographs including people, and send them to enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Please send us your Love your Burial Ground Week/ Churches Count on Nature 2025 photographs
Don't forget you need permission for photographs including people, and send them to enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Don't forget you need permission for photographs including people, and send them to enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Monday's webinar People and Nature – 5 Steps to Churchyard & other burial ground management
A link to listen until end June will be sent to everyone who registered or requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
A link to listen until end June will be sent to everyone who registered or requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Monday's webinar People and Nature – 5 Steps to Churchyard & other burial ground management
A link to listen until end June will be sent to everyone who registered or requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
A link to listen until end June will be sent to everyone who registered or requested enquiries@cfga.org.uk
#cfga #loveyourburialgroundweek #churchescountonnature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
Why not look at our map at bit.ly/cfga-events-2025 to see if there is a nature count event near you?
From Newcastle to Plymouth, East and West there are opportunities to join in wildlife recording.
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
From Newcastle to Plymouth, East and West there are opportunities to join in wildlife recording.
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
June 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Why not look at our map at bit.ly/cfga-events-2025 to see if there is a nature count event near you?
From Newcastle to Plymouth, East and West there are opportunities to join in wildlife recording.
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk
From Newcastle to Plymouth, East and West there are opportunities to join in wildlife recording.
#CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk