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Churchyards and other sacred places offer havens for wildlife and many are refuges for old hay meadow flowers, such as meadow buttercup, pignut, ox-eye daisy and yarrow. Shrubs, hedges, areas of longer grass and trees all provide a variety of homes for small mammals and birds and walls and tombstones provide crevices for insects and homes for lichens and ferns.
In more urban churches and sacred places, formal flower beds, shrubberies and tubs and flower boxes can all be planted with species that will attract wildlife.
So, whether your sacred place is in a town or the country, there is lots of potential to encourage wildlife by providing food and shelter.
Download leaflets about the project, wildlife and how to look after your site
Download our 'Sanctuaries for Wildlife leaflet'
Churchyard wildlife
Download our 'Managing Grasslands - Cutting and Mowing' leaflet
Download information on funding sources for community groups
Download posters to display
Main Poster
Flowers in churchyards
Mowing in the churchyard
Gravestones and the church walls
Download resources to use with children and school groups click here
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