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- As well as being a place for people, burial grounds can also be a haven for wildlife. Cemeteries, churchyards and burial places are often included in local habitat action plans looking at wildlife conservation priorities.
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Graveyards are so successful at housing wildlife that in London's Tower Hamlets Cemetery, a local group found 1,111 different species living within its walls. More than 450 different species of beetle alone have been spotted among its graves.
As well as being a place for people, burial grounds can also be a haven for wildlife. Cemeteries, churchyards and burial places are often included in local habitat action plans looking at wildlife conservation priorities.
Sep 17, 2024 · The initiative highlights the importance of protecting and nurturing the biodiversity found within the UK’s historic burial grounds, ensuring that these sacred spaces continue to serve as havens for both wildlife and people.
Aug 25, 2017 · Now, increasing numbers of burial grounds and graveyards are deliberately being managed as urban nature reserves and suitable habitats for wild animals, birds and plants to live among the tombstones. Meanwhile, at other cemeteries, local people are fighting fiercely to protect the already rich plant and wildlife living there.
- Cemeteries as ‘Green Oases’
- Case Study: Glasgow Necropolis
- Engaging Local Communities
- Challenges to Address
- ‘Living Places’ That Inspire
The importance of cemeteries as urban green spaces is often overlooked. Relatively untouched by surrounding urban development, cemeteries often act as green oases, providing a range of important natural habitats for many different – and often rare – plant life and animals. Indeed, as the 2000-01 Select Committee Reporton Cemeteries observes: “Cemet...
The Glasgow Necropolis is an impressive example of a Victorian garden cemetery, designed to be both inspiring and aesthetically pleasing. Today, it is the second largest greenspace in the centre of Glasgow and provides a diverse range of habitats for wildlife, including sandy slopes, ivy-covered rock, wooded areas and unmown areas of grass and wild...
Across the UK there are a number of examples of other grassroots projects working to promote, conserve and engage local communities in cemeteries’ rich natural heritage. Some notable examples include: 1. Educational nature walksrun by Falmouth Cemetery 2. Mindfulness eventsheld in Brompton Cemetery in London 3. Activities for children, such as bug ...
There are of course a number of challenges to be addressed if the full potential of cemeteries as green spaces are to be realised. Firstly, there is a lack of data on the plant and animal species that exist within cemeteries. This lack of ecological awareness can mean that sometimes burial ground management and maintenance can be well-intentioned, ...
“It is worth remembering too that cemeteries were set up not just to bury the dead but to stir the Muses among the living.” Fiona Green, a landscape historian, quotes John Strang‘s Necropolis Glasguensis(1831) Cemeteries are not just for the dead. They are in many ways ‘living places’ – havens for a range of plant and animal species in the midst of...
Do natural burial grounds help to protect local wildlife? At Old Park Meadow, we want our natural burial ground to be a haven for wildlife as well as a peaceful final resting place. Our 34 acres of beautiful meadows and woodland offer a variety of safe, natural habitats for plants and wildlife.
Cemeteries and other burial grounds are estimated to make up over 4% of the UK’s greenspaces and as such make up vital elements within the wider green and blue infrastructure of a local authorities’ area.
