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

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

Some cemetery symbolism you may or may not have seen before from @gravestonesofnewengland on IG “Many early 19th century gravestones feature willow trees as a symbol of mourning. However, this particular stone has a different take on that..

What a fabulous day yesterday? A big thank you to Sally and all the Don Catchment Rivers Trust team for organising today's BioBlitz. Thanks too to all the groups, stall holders and experts who helped to make it such a special event and to everyone who came.

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

@caringforgodsacre.bsky.social needs you! They are looking for volunteers to join them in hay raking and gravestone recording. (No experience needed.) Find out more on our website. Just scroll down to the volunteering section. heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk/jobs/ #volunteering #heritagevolunteering

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

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

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

1/2 A great turnout and welcome sunshine for this morning's butterfly survey. Butterflies have made something of a recovery this year and this was reflected at Wardsend with 41 recordings and 11 different species.

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

Are you fascinated by the origins of sports & notable figures? Sun 13 July, Discover the story of Major Harry Gem, co-founder of lawn tennis, during a B'ham tour @ 12 noon. @tennisupdates.bsky.social @wimbledonltc.bsky.social @midlandhistory.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/john-baske...

"The life that thrives among the dead: How wildlife finds a home in the graveyards and churchyards of Britain" Country Life explores the rich biodiversity located in historic kirkyards that have lain undisturbed by ploughs and weedkiller-free for generations 👇 www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/the-l...

Churchyards are brilliant places for nature AND people. Undisturbed + unimproved, they provide habitat for slow worms, rare lichen, orchids + more. And are free for all. Met amazing ppl for my piece in this week's Country Life. #naturewriting 📷 Getty, Sam Rowley/naturepl.com, Alamy, Jason Bye

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

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 [email protected]

A good day for the Churches Count On Nature event at Doddington Church today. Bees, bugs, beetles, butterflies, >80 plant species, and some work still to do on photos and specimens. @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

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

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 [email protected] #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 [email protected] #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 [email protected] #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 [email protected] #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 [email protected] #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 [email protected] #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

Don't forget to register for our Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 webinars next week www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-summer-2025/ #CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk #nature #environment

Swifts are well named! If you see swifts or hear their screaming call but can't photograph them, log them on the swift mapper app bit.ly/swift-mapper or record & upload to iNaturalist at ChurchesCountonNature2025 #CFGA #ChurchesCountOnNature #arochauk @churchofengland.org @churchinwales.bsky.social

Free webinars - Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 9-13 June Wildlife in burial grounds, reptiles & amphibians, accessible churchyards www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/webinars-summer-2025 #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk

Register your Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025 event by 23rd May to guarantee receipt of FREE printed resources! www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/get-involved/event-register-25/ #CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk

Slow-worms are harder to spot than other reptiles as they stay undercover Visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/looking-for-slow.../ to find out more about reptile mats #CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #churchofengland #churchinwales #arochauk #nationalfederationofcemeteryfriends

The swifts are back! Thank you Pam Ayres for kind permission to share your poem. You can record swifts in your local burial ground using iNaturalist, info on our website! #CFGA #LoveYourBurialGroundWeek #ChurchesCountOnNature #arochauk #pamayres @churchofengland.org @churchinwales.bsky.social

Love your Burial Ground/Churches Count on Nature 2025/National Cemeteries Week, collaborating with our partners A Rocha UK, Church of England and Church in Wales we are again running our series of lunchtime webinars. Book on the Church of England website. www.churchofengland.org/about/enviro...

A churchyard carpeted with bluebells at St Katharine's Church in Exbury, Hampshire @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social

Congratulations to Alex! Volunteer co-ordinator Alex cut an impressive 2 mins 8 secs from his London Marathon personal best, coming in at 2 hrs 45 mins 54 secs! Raising money for his God's Acre burial ground conservation volunteers at bit.ly/cfga-runner #CFGA #godsacrevolunteers #londonmarathon2025

Easter Pilgrimage Day 1: Ludlow to Craven Arms. Beautiful day. Met @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social team at Bromfield. #pilgrimage #methodist #easter #trypilgrimage

We already have over 50 events confirmed for Love Your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count of Nature 2025– tours, bioblitzes, nature art, churchyard teas, a Moth breakfast & a scarecrow competition! Planning an event? Sign up by 23rd May to get resources: www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-bu...

Primroses, dandelions and forget-me-nots in the churchyard at Berkeley today. @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

We love these photos of wildlife in a churchyard, sent to us by Daryl Peters.

The Spring 2025 edition of Beautiful Burial Ground is on it's way to members now - look out for your copy in the post! If you would like to receive this magazine quarterly, sign up for membership to Caring For God's Acre for as little as £30 a year: www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/become-a-mem...

St Peter’s Church, Myddle, Shropshire.

Alex running London Marathon again! Our volunteer co-ordinator Alex is running the London Marathon on 27th April. He is raising funds to support God’s Acre volunteers, who carry out tasks in local burial grounds to support biodiversity. To donate visit bit.ly/cfga-runner #cfga #godsacrevolunteers

A beautiful sight of wild primroses flowering in this Somerset churchyard in the village of Westbury-sub-Mendip @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Wood Anemones looking great today in the churchyard here in Doddington, Kent, UK. @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social @wildflowerhour.bsky.social #wildflowerhour

Registration is now open for Love your Burial Ground Week/Churches Count on Nature 2025. Visit www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-bu... to register your event, download resources or to see our FAQs

Half price British Wildflower Seeds At the end of the season Caring for God's Acre are now offering our native wildflower meadow seed mix, inspired by historic country churchyards at half price www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/product/brit...

Heritage delivers so much for nature, as havens and homes. Sitting in the church yard, just four minutes and so many birds shared their song. I walked by the pond to get here and saw a kingfisher and a heron. Heritage preserves more than earthworks and mortar.

Apparently today is Celandine Day, from Gilbert White’s experience. Guston churchyard gave us a few flowers, outnumbered by crocuses. @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

We have loved seeing all your photos during Love Your Yew Week! There is still time to submit yours and get a certificate celebrating these wonderful trees. Get yours now and see your photo added to our yew tree gallery very soon! www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-ye...

🙏 Wythnos Caru Eich Ywen Blessing one of the oldest yew trees in Wales for Love Your Yew Week! @caringforgodsacre.bsky.social

Did you know we have a map you can use to find your nearest ancient yew? It's linked on our website for Love Your Yew Week: www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/love-your-ye...