Friends of Margravine Cemetery

 

Future events

Over the summer 2010

Members will receive short-notice calls for watering and weeding according to weather conditions!

Surveys on birds and bats.

Autumn meeting to be announced.

Currently we are trying to gain information and any photos from local people who knew the cemetery in the aftermath of World War 11 onwards. If you have information or would like to help please contact us on info@margravinecemetery.org.uk

Past events organised by the Friends of Margravine Cemetery

  • Visit to Brompton Cemetery
  • Liaison with the council on future management of the cemetery
  • Annual guided tree walks
  • Bat surveys
  • Monthly bird count
  • Fungi talks and walks 2007 and 2008
  • Flower identification walks and talks
  • Invertrebate surveys
  • Annual squirrel drey (nest) count
  • Talk by the parks and community constabulary
  • Talk on some of the most interesting of the graves
  • Survey of people numbers 15th September 2009
  • Tree and hedge planting
  • Weed clearance and mulching of newly planted trees and hedging
  • Visits to the Borough archives for a presentation on the history of the Cemetery
  • Children's trail
  • Working with year 5 at the local primary school - to learn about the cemetery
  • Participation in the biological survey for London (data on flowers bats and birds)
  • Visit to Kensal Green Cemetery