11/02/2019 The Garden is coming along quite nicely.
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The Garden.
12 Tuesday Feb 2019
Posted in Views
January 2019 Round-up.
07 Thursday Feb 2019
Posted in Humour, Information, Views
Various days in January 2019.
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January 12th…
Section F, now looking more as it ought to. In the older part of the cemetery, this is one of the very few open spaces where birds have room to swoop about to catch insects. We plan to leave the bramble “plantation” in the background and to remove some of the ground ivy in the foreground, then replace that with long grass and wildflowers. We’ve planted shrubs behind that large monument. This will vary the biodiversity, and look more attractive to those coming in by the unofficial entrance at the East Gate. And sooner or later the Council will dispose of our piles of debris!
January 19th…
Section F is looking better and better. A few more brambles cut (aside from those we’re leaving in place), a lot of raking out, and we’re getting there. Behind that large monument to David Ramsay Hay there were so many brambles that we couldn’t get at the Himalayan Balsam! Now we see bulb shoots we’d never been able to see before and we’ve planted some shrubs. But it seems that we missed a stick.
We knew that during the week the Council crew had been in to shift some of our piles of debris and to burn others. It’s a very labour-intensive task, takes ages, and the Council is chronically understaffed. So we were VERY happy to see the difference today!
January 31st…
A new notice has appeared. Excellent H&S advice!
January 18th, 2019.
18 Friday Jan 2019
Posted in Headstones and monuments, Nature
Robin, Great Spotted Woodpecker and monuments.
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Service of Remembrance.
29 Monday Oct 2018
Posted in Calendar, Information
June 6th 2018
08 Friday Jun 2018
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Dog. NOT a wild dog…
Blue Tit fledgling. I saw it leave the hole-in-the-wall nest and rest for a while as it probably wondered; “Okay I’m out. What do I do now?” It then got into protective cover. Then it slowly got higher by hopping and fluttering using a dead hedge, a twig then the tree trunk and onto a branch. The parents came to feed it and they led it off into the main cemetery…
A different Blue Tit nest hole. This is in the ‘roof’ of the Peddie monument…
Poppy, buttercups and other flowers given a Photoshop angle…
Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker…
Speckled Wood butterfly from below. Can you ‘spot’ it?…
Two crane Flies ‘dancing’…
June 4th 2018.
04 Monday Jun 2018
Posted in Headstones and monuments, Nature
1; Gargoyle at the Adam Black memorial.
2; Part of the catacombs structure.
3 & 4; Blue tit exiting nest entrance.
5 & 6; Bumblebee. Possibly a tree bumblebee. It is joined by a fly.
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May 30th and 31st 2018.
31 Thursday May 2018
Flowers and a small bee, great tit with food for young, great tit posing on a stone, great spotted woodpecker at an interesting angle, caterpillar suspended from an overhanging tree branch by a silken ‘thread’, bluebells, song thrush, various views, blue tit emerging from nest hole, buttercups, dandelion. Click on an image to view a larger version. This opens in a new tab/page.
April 2018 Round-up.
26 Saturday May 2018
Posted in Headstones and monuments, Nature, Revelations, Video
Various days in April 2018.
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April 1st…
April 2nd…
April 6th…
April 7th…
April 8th…
Two new volunteers joined us today, so here’s a before-and-after of some of their work. The third stone had a lot of moss on it, but now it’s legible…
April 9th…
April 14th…
April 15th…
April 19th…
Treecreeper gathering nest material…
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April 30th…
“In Loving Memory Of”; an update.
07 Monday May 2018
Posted in Information
The campaign has entered its last week. With only a few days left, and still a lot to go, please pledge and spread the word! (If you have any problems with payment, please contact Natalia or The friends of Warriston Cemetery through this page or via FaceBook.)
“In Loving Memory Of” is a short creative documentary about Warriston Cemetery, a hidden gem in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh. It is a magical, secret garden, walled, overgrown with ivy and full of life. The film features the Friends of Warriston Cemetery whose mission is to uncover some of the forgotten Victorian treasures. The story was developed through the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap programme. Now in filming stage, but we need your help with post-production costs!
Natalia is an independent filmmaker who is raising funds in order for her film to be completed to a high standard. A project such as this requires a professional post-production team including editor, colourist, sound designer and composer. There is also rental of sound recording equipment and facilities to pay for as well as the likes of promotional material and festival entry fees etc.
You can view Natalia’s campaign and pledge here…
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-loving-memory-of#/
“In return for your pledge you get perks like a personal tour of the cemetery (plenty of secrets to tell) or an original photo print of the place in its full beauty.”
National Cemeteries Week: 12th to 20th May 2018
03 Thursday May 2018
Posted in Information, Tour
Guided tour.
As part of National Cemeteries Week, the Friends of Warriston Cemetery will be offering a guided tour on Thursday 17th May 2018.
Meet at the Main Gate at 2.30pm.
Cost: £5 (but free to paid-up members).
Please wear appropriate footwear!
To book a place, contact friendsofwarristoncemetery@gmail.com
Other local cemeteries, eg Dean and Morningside with more to follow, will be taking part also.
Click this link to see more… www.cemeteryfriends.com
