December 3, 2025 Lichens Are Lovely In Winter Winter is not generally the best time of year to spot biodiversity in churchyards, but it can be the perfect time to investigate lichens….
November 3, 2025 Winter in a Churchyard or Cemetery A winter visit to a churchyard, chapel yard, or cemetery can be a rewarding experience. While you watch redwings and other winter thrushes feasting…
October 20, 2025 Caring For Gods Acre – Resources The Caring for God’s Acre website at www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk is an excellent online resource for anyone involved with volunteer “Friends” groups looking after churchyards and…
October 16, 2025 BBC Item: The island where human remains rise to the surface Published October 2025 — adapted from BBC News reporting, with additional historical context Out in the Medway Estuary, not far from Sheerness, lies a…
July 7, 2025 Caring For Gods Acre: 3 Lovely Quizes School holidays are on their way, and we have produced some useful resources for parents and holiday club leaders to use in churchyards There…
May 13, 2025 Looking For Slow-Worm & Other Reptiles Or Amphibians. Churchyards, chapel yards and cemeteries can be great places for both reptiles, such as snakes and lizards, and amphibians such as frogs, toads and…
April 10, 2025 Messina Earthquake 1908 – Alice Horn, Annie Kirby and Rev. Charles Huleatt Some years back, when I was looking for wild flowers at Folkestone Old Cemetery, while Carole took photos of damaged memorials, we saw the…
March 25, 2025 Discoveries at the Old Cemetery Also published in The Hurricane local news publication The Friends have spent 8 years cutting, delving and researching into the stories in the Old…
February 1, 2025 Love Your Yew Tree Week February 2025 marks the launch of Love Your Yew Week (8th-14th Feb), a new initiative dedicated to the care and preservation of ancient yew trees….
December 5, 2024 A talk: Flourishing Folkestone On Saturday three members of the Friends of Folkestone Cemetery gave a colourful illustrated talk to 45+ interested members of The New Folkestone Society….
