St Arilda’s Church in Oldbury-on-Severn has been given an Eco Church Gold Award from A Rocha UK, becoming the first church to achieve this in the Diocese of Gloucester. TheContinue reading
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Wildflower garden brings new life to St Michael’s churchyard
A wildflower garden planted in early March has introduced bees, butterflies, and bottoms on benches at St Michael and All Angels churchyard, as Jake Olver, PCC treasurer for Badminton, explains:Continue reading
‘Gloomy’ churchyard set to become bright and welcoming space
Over the past months, the Gloucester Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC), who are a group of expert advisers on all church and churchyard- related matters, have been involved in conversations withContinue reading
Biodiversity in churchyards
When Caring for God’s acre joined us for a zoom webinar in April, they informed us that the area covered by churchyards and burial grounds in England and Wales combinedContinue reading
Garden Church brings nature to the city
St Catharine’s Church in Gloucester held a Garden Church event this month, combining a short service with a nature treasure hunt, growing flowers, making a prayer tree and building bugContinue reading
