FOCG

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Great team from @omelvenymyers helping us Rewild Bunhill Fields #RewildLondon @ldn_environment @WildLondon planting spring flowering bulbs for pollinators

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Join us for Bunhill Fields Open Morning Sunday 13 October. 10.30 - 13.00. Guided walks behind the railings 11.00 and 12.00 Book here https://t.co/JhFgF2N9X9 or just turn up for a Bioblitz, Tree Walks and to meet the volunteers @BunhillHeritage @MPGALondon

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A beautiful sundial was installed in Postman's Park this week. It is a memorial to the Barts Hospital staff who died during Covid. Next to @WattsMemorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice. @MPGA @CoLCityGdns @cityoflondon @NHSBartsHealth

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Today is the anniversary of William Blake's death in 1827. Visit his grave in Bunhill Fields @BunhillHeritage @Blake_Society @MPGALondon @CoLCityGdns @cityoflondon

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Huge thank you to Simon @BumblebeeTrust for a brilliant Workshop for volunteers #RewildLondon
@ldn_environment @WildLondon @BunhillHeritage
@cityoflondon

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Check out our meadow in the Barber Surgeons garden (its a public garden). Created in 2021 and looking great with lots of flowers for pollinators. @MPGALondon @WildLondon

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The plants in @FCityGardens #BarberSurgeonsMeadow looking good today.

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Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, in Bunhill. Nice start to #BigButterflyCount @savebutterflies #RewildLondon
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@cityoflondon

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The Blake Society are commemorating the death of William Blake in 1827 in Bunhill Fields and celebrating his life on 11 August at 12 noon @Blake_Society @BunhillHeritage All are welcome to join.

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Blake's Grave - Sunday 11 August, 12 noon. Our next meeting is at Blake's grave in Bunhill Fields, City Road, London EC1Y 2BG. All are welcome to join us as we celebrate the life and work of our favourite poet, artist and visionary. More details here https://t.co/4SiMIRpJ79

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Huge thanks to @PollinatingLT for supporting our Outdoor Learning sessions with @stlukesoldst and @Prior_Weston in Bunhill. Part of our Part of our #RewildLondon project @ldn_environment @WildLondon @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon

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Some bees in the harebells at Bunhill fields @FCityGardens today! Presumably Chelostoma campanularum (harebell carpenter bee), UKs smallest bee!

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Pyramidal orchids, Anacamptis pyramidalis flowering in Bunhill Fields. Rewilding and not mowing is working! #RewildLondon @ldn_environment @WildLondon @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon

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Visited by a Red Admiral while we learned about butterflies. Huge thanks to Steve Bolton @savebutterflies for a great workshop in Bunhill Fields #RewildLondon @ldn_environment @WildLondon @cityoflondon @BunhillHeritage

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Scything, clearing and planting shade loving wild flowers in Bunhill. Thanks to our volunteers and @MaceGroup volunteers.
Part of our #RewildLondon project @ldn_environment @WildLondon @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon

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Bunhill Fields is ready for our @LDNGardensTrust visitors tomorrow! Thanks to volunteers from @MaceGroup There is plenty to see behind the railings and in the public space. We have poets, guides and @Blake_Society volunteers @BunhillHeritage

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Susannah Wesley's gravestone in Bunhill Fields has just been renovated. The inscription is now beautifully legible. @museummethodism @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon @MPGALondon

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Bunhill Fields is opening for @LDNGardensTrust London Open Gardens on 8th June for guided walks behind the railings. You can book tickets online https://t.co/xL1I2GEoKN to access over 100 secret gardens not normally opened to the public. @cityoflondon @BunhillHeritage

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Celebrating World Biodiversity Day in a very wet Bunhill yesterday. @MaceGroup volunteers built a dead hedge habitat for invertebrates as part of our #RewildLondon project @ldn_environment @WildLondon @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon

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Great plant ID training session from Dr Mark Spencer for volunteers as part of #RewildLondon project in Bunhill Fields. Discovered some interesting Carex spp. @ldn_environment @WildLondon @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon

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More great work by @MaceGroup volunteers mulching our new #RewildLondon pollinator planting, building log piles and installing bumblebee nests @ldn_environment @WildLondon plus a beetalk from @PollinatingLT @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon
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Completed our pollinator friendly herbaceous planting in Bunhill, Stage 1 of our #RewildLondon project @ldn_environment @WildLondon. Thanks to three brilliant teams of volunteers from @MaceGroup and our FoCG Sunday team @PollinatingLT @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon

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We are delighted to be one of the 21 successful #RewildLondon projects supported by @LDN_environment in partnership with @WildLondon We will be enhancing biodiversity of Bunhill Fields @BunhillHeritage @cityoflondon outdoor learning and volunteer training @PollinatingLT