by FoHPC | Mar 11, 2017 | 2017
Two of the Friends’ most active supporters, Nick and Nigel, got stuck in to cutting back and tidying up the out of control shrubs at the northern end of Section B, at today’s Working Morning. The great results can be seen in the before and after photos,...
by FoHPC | Mar 4, 2017 | 2017
The Friends of Hyde Park Cemetery held their latest Annual General Meeting on Monday 23 January 2017. It related to the year April 2015 to March 16, but with updates covering the rest of 2016. The minutes of the meeting can be viewed at this link, as well as on our...
by FoHPC | Feb 11, 2017 | 2017
In spite of the cold, grey and damp weather at the cemetery this morning, there was a hint of better things to come, with this clump of snowdrops blooming near the southern boundary.
by FoHPC | Feb 9, 2017 | 2017
The Memorial Meadow at Hyde Park Cemetery acts as a natural memorial for the thousands of people who were buried there in unmarked Public graves. They were the people who often had no close family and who found themselves, for example, in the Workhouse at the end of...
by FoHPC | Jan 24, 2017 | 2017
You might think that the Yorkshire in Bloom competition is all about flowers and colourful gardens. That’s what we thought, until we were invited to look in detail at the competition’s aims and objectives. In fact, as far as open spaces such as Hyde Park...
