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Georgians in Stone Project Seminar – Saturday 21st March, 9.30am to 4pm – POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

5th February 2020

A day celebrating Bishop’s Castle’s Georgian Heritage with talks, exhibitions and a book stall at The Community College, Bishop’s Castle. Free of charge, all welcome, booking required – download the booking form here.  The Parochial Church Council developed the project with the aim of conserving eleven Grade II listed Georgian tombs situated in the churchyard, including the well-researched […]

Pushing up the Daisies 2020 – Leicestershire – two upcoming lectures on churchyard wildlife

29th January 2020

Every parish has an acre of land where both people and wildlife can find sanctuary. Steve Woodward has visited all Leics & Rutland churchyards, to find out which plants and animals live in them. Steve’s presentation covers a wide range of creatures, from Spiders to Celandines, from Mosses to Mining Bees, and from Peregrines to […]

Dancing with Bees at the Caring for God’s Acre AGM!

4th September 2019

AGM Tuesday 12th of November 1.30pm the Bishop’s Palace, Hereford Dancing with Bees This year we are delighted to welcome Brigit Strawbridge Howard to our AGM where she will give an illustrated talk on the wonderful world of bees. Brigit is a naturalist, wildlife gardener, bee advocate and has just released her book ‘Dancing with […]

24 Hours in the Churchyard

23rd August 2019

A guest blog by Julie Howarth from St Editha’s Church, Church Eaton, Staffordshire. On 15th June, in St Editha’s churchyard, we undertook a bold project as part of ‘Love Your Burial Ground’ week in conjunction with the project run by Caring for God’s Acre. Jacqui Hodgkinson and myself pitched camp behind the church at 10a.m. […]

A cast of thousands

4th June 2019

Guest blog by Keith Fowler, leader of Joy of Wildlife group. Longden Road Cemetery, Wednesday 22nd May 2019 Remember those films that boasted “Cast of 1000s” as part of their advertising? Yes? Well we had our own version of this for our visit to the cemetery at Longden Road in Shrewsbury. Not literally 1000’s, more […]

Pushing up the Daisies – upcoming lectures on churchyard wildlife

11th January 2019

Naturalist Steve Woodward is giving three lectures under the title of ‘Pushing up the Daisies’ over the next three months. All are to be held in the Leicestershire area. Steve is a superb botanist and all round naturalist. He has achieved a remarkable level of recording for churchyards in Leicestershire and Rutland. With such a […]

Caring for God’s Acre AGM 28th November

4th September 2018

2.30 pm Wednesday 28th November at the Bishops Palace, Hereford. ‘From Chambered Tomb to Churchyard – the history and natural history of burial grounds.’ Join us for an afternoon with Professor Stefan Buczacki. This year our AGM will be followed by an illustrated talk by famous horticulturalist, broadcaster and writer, Professor Stefan Buczacki. Stefan has […]