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Sunshine on Warriston cemetery.

14 Sunday May 2017

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Looking luxuriant. Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017.

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Early May, 2017.

10 Wednesday May 2017

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Saturday, May the 6th 2017.

Don’t be fooled into thinking we were all wearing shorts and simmits – there’s been a very chilly easterly breeze for the past few days!

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Recent photos.

05 Sunday Mar 2017

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The following two photographs show a cross before and after cleaning.

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The above cross was found face down. It wasn’t this shade of white! The photograph was taken after some washing and brushing.

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26/02/2017 Nature and Views

26 Sunday Feb 2017

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21/02/2017

22 Wednesday Feb 2017

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Some photos taken around the site on a work party day. Click a photo to view a larger version. This opens in a new window.

Come and join us or just pop along for a chat. Work party days are Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10am, meeting at the main entrance (at the far end of Warriston Gardens from Inverleith Row) by our green shed or at the other end of the brick drive, through the cemetery gates. If you arrive later come look for us – we’re easy to find. If you can’t come along for whatever reason you can support the group via annual membership (life membership is also available). For more details, please send a message to the following email address; friendsofwarristoncemetery@gmail.com. Thanks.

A couple of volunteers have been tending to the area around Sir James Young Simpson. And here are some of the tete-a-tete daffodils they planted, looking lovely in a little sunshine this morning…

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More snowdrops!…

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Sunnier versions of the view posted a few days ago…

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More tete-a-tete daffodils, which we’d planted beside the hedge between the north path and the extension…

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Some berries and some viburnum flowers. Separately!..

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20/02/2017

20 Monday Feb 2017

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New video shot in the Secret Garden on 10/10/2016.

12 Wednesday Oct 2016

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In the ‘Secret Garden’ with the Friends of Warriston Cemetery. October 10th 2016.

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Light, space and Edinburgh weather.

30 Friday Sep 2016

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Photograph 1 features a fern which is being allowed to grow stronger and show itself off now that there is much more light and space for it in the Secret Garden. Photograph 2 is looking in the opposite direction and features a sample of the wonderful Edinburgh weather just a few minutes later – sunshine and rain at once.

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August 18th, 2016. More ‘Secret garden’ work.

19 Friday Aug 2016

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A before and after sequence in the ‘Secret Garden’ area. The brambles had to be cut back because they had simply over-ran the ground and were in a poor state of health, producing few flowers and even less viable berries. The lack of sunlight caused them to reach out, seeking as much light as possible. This lead to a thick mass of interwoven stalks and some of the inner branches had already died or were dying. They also obscured several headstones so had to be cut right back. We will attempt to keep them under control when they produce new growth so that they will be healthy enough to produce flowers and fruit to keep the wildlife happy.

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June 4th 2016

31 Sunday Jul 2016

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Some views and nature from around the cemetery. Click an image to view a larger version. Opens in a new window.

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Looking up the east path. The tree nearest the camera was used by four families of bird this year. Robins, Treecreepers and Wrens (twice) selected various parts of the tree to build nests and rear their young. There were three lots doing so at once!

Part of the semi-woodland area.

Part of the semi-woodland area.

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A Robin singing.

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Various headstones including that of James Young Simpson.

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A Poppy at Simpson’s memorial.

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The ‘Red Lady’ memorial. This is what remains of what was a lovely white marble structure built in 1865 for Mary Ann Robertson. The title comes from the colour of light provided by the red glass roof which bathed the interior of this mortuary chapel. It was finally demolished in the late 1980s after years of vandalism.

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