🌳💧 Tree watering has resumed! Please volunteer if you can
Thanks to the Veolia Sustainability Fund, the Fulham Cemetery Friends have installed 7 bird boxes, 3 bat boxes, and 4 insect boxes in the cemetery. Thanks very much to Idverde and RSPB for the installation of the bird and bat boxes. Photo gallery
For the installation they used an extendable ladder from the Library of Things, a useful local resource that saves money and encourages sustainability by re-using resources.
Details of what we installed:
10 bird and bat boxes from the Nestbox Company (3 bat boxes and 7 bird boxes of 3 sizes), with hole plates
2 x National Trust Apex Bee & Insect House from CJ Wildlife
2 x Butterfly & Bee Box from CJ Wildlife
Postponed from 23 Nov to 1 Dec due to rain.
Volunteers planted 200 wood anemones and 150 daffodils in the cemetery, in the general vicinity of the war memorial. Thanks very much to George, Marianne, Noel, Francois, Kelly, and also two year 11s, Audrey and Bella, who are volunteering for the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. Photos
On Saturday 19 October at 2pm, Rebecca and Francois will be leading a walk in the cemetery with members of the Fulham Society. Fulham Cemetery Friends are also most welcome! We will be talking about the history of the cemetery and pointing out some of the most interesting graves and trees. (The Fulham Society also have another walk on 7 November looking at the history of the riverside.)
The Fulham Cemetery Friends' application to the Veolia Sustainability Fund has been successful. We have been awarded £603, which will pay for:
10 bird and bat boxes from the Nestbox Company (3 bat boxes and 7 bird boxes of 3 sizes), with hole plates
2 x National Trust Apex Bee & Insect House from CJ Wildlife
2 x Butterfly & Bee Box from CJ Wildlife
Bird box installation
Fulham Cemetery Friends have partnered with St John's school in Munster Road to have a planting day with Year 6 schoolchildren, on Wednesday afternoon 23 October. Find out more
Read the article on the LBHF website, which has more photos.
Thanks to everyone who came to our fourth meeting on Saturday, 5 October. 18 attendees in total. Here is a summary.
[Rescheduled from 10 Sep] The council's Ecology Officer, Simone Turner, will lead at bat walk in the cemetery on Tuesday, 17 September. It will start at 18:50 and finish at 21:00, meeting at the chapel. The event is free and everyone is welcome, including well behaved dogs and children. Wear suitable clothing and shoes and bring a small torch. Read more about what we learned
Fulham Cemetery Friends have been awarded a £250 Climate Action Microgrant, for planting native spring bulbs in the cemetery this autumn. Read more
Everyone is invited to an evening walkabout in the cemetery, followed by drinks (BYO), on Tuesday 27 August at 5.30pm, meeting at the chapel. Read more
Thanks to everyone who came to our third meeting Sunday, 23 June. 12 attendees in total. Here is a summary of the meeting.
We've had a very wet Spring, but tree watering will start during May. Read on for instructions
Thanks to everyone who came to our second meeting on Saturday. 15 attendees in total. Here is a summary of the meeting
Thanks very much to FCF member Mark who set up our Facebook group. Read more
The next FCF meetup will be on Saturday 16 March 11:00am at Fulham Cross Girls School. Go to the reception on Munster Road for access. There will be a walkabout in the cemetery afterwards, weather permitting. Read more for details
Impulsively, I started doing some weeding in the cemetery on Saturday morning, 24 February. I only sent an update to the Friends after I had already started. In future, I will announce gardening dates days ahead of time. The next day will be Saturday 2 March from 8am-10am. Read more
On Saturday 20 January, 11 members met for the first time, at Café Retro on Munster Road. We were joined by the founder and chair of the Friends of Margravine Cemetery. Afterwards we walked around the cemetery. Read more
On Sunday I walked around the cemetery, and counted 36 new trees planted! I have added a "New trees 2024" layer to the tree map and here is a photo album. Read more
This week I met with the Council's Parks Officer, Pauline McCormack, and the Parks Tree Officer, Tom Bach. They are very happy that Fulham Cemetery finally has a volunteer group! Here is what we talked about: Read more
At the Fulham Society AGM I introduced the Fulham Cemetery Friends to everyone. A link to Fulham Cemetery Friends was added to the Fulham Society website.
Fulham Cemetery Friends will meet at Retro Café on Munster Road on Saturday 20 January at 11am, to say hello and discuss our plans. If weather permits, we can have a walk in the cemetery afterwards.