Help Needed In Perranuthnoe's Living Churchyard

The churchyard has now had its annual cut

Volunteers are needed to help rake up the cut grass to help reduce the fertility so wild flowers will thrive.

Please come when you can and rake into piles.

These can be collected into one large heap.

If enough people come to help, each helper need only do a small area.

Come when you can.

Wheel barrows and rakes needed.

Many Hands make light work!

THANKYOU

Susan Dodds

Annual Autumn Rake Up

Perranuthnoe Churchyard
Annual Autumn Rake Up

Saturday Nov 2nd

As a closed churchyard it is managed as a “Living Churchyard”. It is strim cut once per year in Autumn. Volunteers then rake up and clear to a compost heap. This reduces the fertility to encourage wild flowers to grow. Local people are asked to come and help rake up.

Rake Up Day 

Sat Nov 2nd

Anytime during the day from 10am

Please bring a Rake and Wheelbarrow if you have one.

MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK

Soup and rolls will be provided

Please come and help with this project so that all can enjoy the churchyard as a Wildlife Haven into the future.

SUPPORT COMMUNITY LIFE

Harvest Weekend Report

HARVEST WEEKEND

Earlier this month, on a damp Saturday morning, many came to the churchyard following the annual cut by Cornwall Council earlier in the week.  Several people came along to see the churchyard, many with their rakes and wheelbarrows, raking and stacking the grass;  others decorated the church with harvest flowers and produce.   As the rain started around midday, we all went into church to enjoy a soup and ploughmans lunch.

The following day was our Harvest Festival service.  Lots more produce was brought along and the church look beautiful. 

All the produce was distributed in and around Penzance.  First stop to the PeaT project where we took much needed food for the volunteers to cook for the Street Food Project.  Then on to the Pengarth Drop In centre where we delivered more items for their lunches.  On then to Breadline with items for their breakfasts followed by a visit to the Food Bank where we gave the cash which was donated for them to purchase their much much needed fresh items of eggs, milk, bread etc. 

The Living Churchyard is now in it's second year.  Many more wild grasses, flowers and wildlife have appeared.   It is a wonderful place to walk around the many paths which are kept so neat, thanks to Susan Dodds,  Ann and Peter Caswell and others than spend time working there. 

Thank you to all who came along on the Harvest Weekend, working on the mammoth task of clearing away the grass.  Many hands did make light(er) work.  Thanks also to all who brought the harvest produce on Sunday and also to Tim Skewes for his generous contribution. 

St. Piran & St. Michael
October 2017