Trees & Wildlife

Fulham Cemetery has many beautiful trees and supports a rich variety of wildlife.

Fulham Cemetery is a precious urban forest with a wide variety of beautiful and distinctive trees. Many are at the end of their natural lifespan, so we need to plant more trees.

London's green spaces support a vital network of animal, bird, insect, and plant species. Read more about them and how we can help care for them.

Read more about the Friends' tree watering and caretaking efforts.

Why the long grass?

During the summer months (May-August), the council Parks department lets the grass in areas of the cemetery grow long. By doing this they are:

Grass is mowed in sections to open up areas for walkers while retaining areas for biodiversity. 

Fulham Cemetery interactive map

Fulham Cemetery Friends maintain this Google map to catalogue the cemetery's trees, and for planning future planting.

Open the map in a new window to show or hide the layers.
Map shortcut: bit.ly/fulhamcemtrees 

The map has layers for:

Tree database

Fulham Cemetery Friends maintains a database of all new trees planted in the cemetery. The plan is to add all trees to the database eventually, to make it easier for the public to find out information about them.

Fulham Cemetery tree database 👉