Friends of Bowdon Churchyard

Friends of Bowdon Churchyard Dear FOBCY friends and prospective Friends. Bio-Diversity is working thanks to you!

We now desperately need help with: Planting, Micro Pools, Hedgehog Houses & Runs, Bug Hotels, Bird Boxes, Grave Adoptions & Strimming - can you help please?

We have received our certificate! 🎉Thank you to everyone who has taken part on Love Your Burial Ground Week and Churches...
18/06/2026

We have received our certificate! 🎉
Thank you to everyone who has taken part on Love Your Burial Ground Week and Churches Count on Nature 2026! 🐦🐦‍⬛🐣🐞🐛🐜🌺🌸🌷🌻

16/06/2026

First of all a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part in Love your Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature 2026!

We have been delighted with how busy and productive you have all been over Love your Burial Ground week with Churches Count on Nature, with 439 events registered and listed on our website www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/view/love-your-burial-ground-churches-count-on-nature-national-cemeteries-week-events-2026/

If you haven't already sent us your photographs to add to our website gallery, please do send them to [email protected]. Finally, a big thank you to everyone who has either uploaded their records or sent them to us, but if you are having any issues or want to send them as an email attachment, [email protected] is again the way to get them to us or to ask for advice.

Thank you for your support from the Caring for God's Acre team

Have you noticed how nice all the flower beds look around the church? All of them are cared for by volunteers. Thank you...
10/06/2026

Have you noticed how nice all the flower beds look around the church?

All of them are cared for by volunteers.
Thank you to everyone who cares for our lovely flower beds throughout the year! 🌸🌼🌺

Eight years ago, two years before FOBCY was founded members of St Mary’s choir re-designed the area by the North door re...
10/06/2026

Eight years ago, two years before FOBCY was founded members of St Mary’s choir re-designed the area by the North door removing a huge, hideous overgrown flower bed thus creating the useful area we now have. It’s had some tough times, the recent building work being the worst but it’s coming back to life again!! Watch this space….

A big thank you to Sue Carroll, who has been caring for the Cricketer's bed for over 40 years!She started caring for th...
09/06/2026

A big thank you to Sue Carroll, who has been caring for the Cricketer's bed for over 40 years!

She started caring for this bed with her daughter when her daughter was only 2 years old! 💕🌸

With Cheshire Wildlife Trust – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉
09/06/2026

With Cheshire Wildlife Trust – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature is here, and we are joining in from 6-14 June! Our churchyard is full o...
08/06/2026

Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature is here, and we are joining in from 6-14 June!

Our churchyard is full of life as we start our Nature Count this week.

Check out some of the interesting bugs, birds and butterflies you can find there!

Not many pictures of the birds, as they hide in the trees, but you can definitely hear them!

What wildlife have you spotted? 🐝

Caring for God's Acre
Cheshire's Wild Network
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Diocese of Chester
The Church of England

07/06/2026

It's Love Your Burial Ground Week! From today until Sunday 14 June, show your churchyard, cemetery, or burial ground some love. This year as part of Love Your Burial Ground Week, you can take part in Churches Count on Nature, counting and recording wildlife you spot in your local churchyard or cemetery.

Caring for God's Acre have lots of ideas to get you started, from resources and frequently asked questions to a map of events happening across the country: https://www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk/about-love-your-burial-ground-week-with-churches-count-on-nature/



📸 © Sharow St John the Divine, Yorkshire

Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature is here, and we are joining in from 6-14 June!So this week, you might s...
07/06/2026

Burial Ground Week with Churches Count on Nature is here, and we are joining in from 6-14 June!

So this week, you might see some of us walking around the churchyard looking out for birds, bugs and plants, helping to record the wildlife that makes this special place its home.

If you see us wandering around with notebooks or cameras, that's what we're up to!

You are welcome to join in, or just come and have a chat with us.





Caring for God's Acre
Cheshire's Wild Network
Cheshire Wildlife Trust

01/02/2026

As we get ready for Love your Yew Week on 9th – 14th February we came across this wonderful photograph by Andrew Fusek Peters Photography of a thrush singing in a yew tree.
A reminder that although every part of the yew tree is poisonous, including the seed, the pink-red fleshy berry, known as an aril, is non-toxic and mildly sweet.
This contrast between toxic seed and edible aril plays a key role in seed dispersal by birds.

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