2025 news

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June 15th 2025 is national cemeteries week – do join us for gardening – meet at the Reception House at 11am for 1 hour – either this week or next. You will see the Reception House covered in scaffolding and protective plastic as you walk down from...

2024

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Jeanne Deroin Friend of the Cemetery Brenda Simson has discovered that the grave of a remarkable Frenchwoman – Jeanne Deroin – is in Margravine Cemetery. Sadly, her grave is unmarked and she remains largely unrecognised for her pioneering work in the fight for social...

2023

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A new gravestone was erected in May to commemorate Fanny Eaton as part of the Windrush celebrations. She was from Jamaica and sat for many of the Pre-Raphaelite painters. This year the green environment has been dominated by the weather with a long drought end of May...

2022

Flora & Fauna, Latest News, Trees

Last winter we planted 12 new trees – a mixture of natives and non-natives. We kept them well watered. We planted out the huge central round bed in spring with 400 plants, chosen as good for pollinators. We had to keep it watered through the drought. We took...

Gardening

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The Friends of the cemetery have planted trees, gardened, recorded birds and insects, produced trails for kids, added an interpretation sign, and SO much more of that necessary ‘boring to read about’ work behind the scenes! The Friends meet weekly to care...