another #BeautifulBurialGround 🩷 - one to visit if you are near Southampton 🙌

I took this grassland shot of St John's sharow Yorkshire, on 11th June 2018 :) Looking at the image info it was taken at 8.50am-must have been just before the conference we were organising started Do visit if you are nearby! Jill Warwick #BeautifulBurialGround #ChurchesCountOnNature

Active management - not neglect... Why managers of cemeteries, churchyards and other types of burial grounds are leaving some areas of grass to grow longer in the summer months 🐞 caringforgodsacre.org.uk/resources/film… #beautifulburialground

A lovely article - The Graveyard Shift by Non Morris from May's edition of English Garden magazine caringforgodsacre.org.uk/the-graveyard-… #beautifulburialground

If you have wildflower areas in your churchyard/cemetery, to avoid complaints, communication is key! Conservation of grassland is about active management not neglect so let people know your plans to ease their worries! tips here: caringforgodsacre.org.uk/simple-signage… #beautifulburialground

Hitchin Quakers⛪😔🛐 looking fabulous and think of all the invertebrates what will be loving it too! #beautifulburialground

Many churchyards have remained undisturbed for centuries, allowing plants and animals to flourish alongside historic monuments Here Chris Baines visits a rural churchyard in search of slow worms 🙌 filmed by the fab 7video #beautifulburialground youtube.com/watch?v=ev5ocM…

Snowdrop heaven in the local churchyard today 💫 Evenjobb, Radnorshire, Powys . wildflowerhour Caring for Gods Acre #wildflowerhour #beautifulburialground

Not only do our volunteers spend hours scything/raking/working away 3 days a week - they also look out for species such as this beautiful moth, rarely seen in these parts - Convolvulus Hawk Moth It was about 4 inches long! (Norton churchyard, Powys, Wales) #beautifulburialground

Having issues keeping up with the management of a large site? Here's a detailed case study on how one group saved a closed cemetery from becoming inaccessible - by welcoming Hebridean sheep 🙌 Mount Road Cemetery, St Asaph, Wales caringforgodsacre.org.uk/case_study/cal… #beautifulburialground

On holiday and enjoying exploring the ruins of St Mary's Church and cemetery on the Isle of Skye Yarrow, ragwort... BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #wildflowerhour #beautifulburialground iNaturalist NBN Atlas keeping the young ones happy!

If you are wondering what species of butterfly you are seeing you may find our spotter's guide useful :) 🦋 caringforgodsacre.org.uk/wp-content/upl… #beautifulburialground

Last flush of buttercups in the churchyard... As you can see from the third photo - a mix of grass heights so that the churchyard stays a special place for both people and wildlife - as it has for 100's of years 🙌 Norton, Presteigne, Powys #wildflowerhour #beautifulburialground

It's #VolunteersWeek2022 and we are very grateful to our own volunteers in Shropshire and all the other amazing people across the UK keeping burial grounds beautiful 🙌 #beautifulburialground

Pop to our map to find a wildflower filled churchyard/ cemetery or other type of burial ground near you. Do let us know if you know of one that could be on this list! #beautifulburialground . 🙌 🙏 caringforgodsacre.org.uk/burial-grounds…

Meadow buttercups, pignut and red clover for this week's #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour 🙌 St Andrews, Norton, Powys #beautifulburialground

Such a wonderful sight! St Mary's in Oldberrow is on our 'Burial Grounds to Inspire' map 🙌 If you want to see if there is a fabulous site near you, use the County drop down list 🐞 caringforgodsacre.org.uk/burial-grounds… #beautifulburialground

It's #HedgehogAwarenessWeek ! Find out how to make your burial ground hedgehog friendly in this blog post caringforgodsacre.org.uk/helping-hedgeh… written by Hedgehog Society photos by Hedgehog Society 🙌 #beautifulburialground

Its #HedgehogAwarenessWeek ! Find out how to make your burial ground hedgehog friendly in this blog post caringforgodsacre.org.uk/helping-hedgeh… written by Hedgehog Society photo by Hedgehog Society 🙌 #beautifulburialground

Pop to our map to find a wildflower filled churchyard or cemetery near you. Do you know one that should be on this list? #beautifulburialground . Thanks to Orhan for funding this resource 🙌 🙏 caringforgodsacre.org.uk/burial-grounds…