St Lawrence Churchyard
A LIVING CHURCHYARD
We want our churchyard to be a 'living churchyard'. This doesn't mean that we just let it grow wild - each area is properly managed to encourage different flowers, butterflies, moths and birds.
Some areas of grass are not mown during the summer months - this has enabled a Pyramidal orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis and various wild flowers to grow for the last few years. This also allows caterpillars that feed on the wildflowers and grasses time to pupate. In this way we are trying to conserve and encourage as diverse a range of wildflowers as possible.
There are over one hundred species of wild flowers living here, not to mention grasses, trees, lichens, mosses, fungi and all the living creatures that depend on them. This diversity of wildlife is possible because of the history of the churchyard - it has not been cultivated nor has it been sprayed with herbicides or fertilisers. The church walls and headstones provide the conditions needed by slow-growing lichens, many of which are only found in churchyards in this part of the country.
It is not a nature reserve - we aim to achieve a balance between conserving wildlife and maintaining the churchyard as a fit setting for the church. If you would like to help us maintain the churchyard, a working party meets regularly each month, usually on the 1st Saturday of the month, from 9.30 am onwards, with a break around 11.00 am for some refreshment. The date of the next working party is usually advertised in the noticeboard alongside the footpath to the north of the church.
If you visit please look around and let us know if you see anything unusual or interesting. We would also welcome any comments, questions or suggestions.
Please click on the appropriate word below to see lists of what has been seen in the churchyard.
PLANT NAMES
BIRDS
BUTTERFLIES
MOTHS
LICHENS
See the churchyards pamphlet produced by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.
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Monday 11th January
Church is open for private prayer from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Morning Prayer will be live streamed daily at 9.15am
NB there is no bible session today
8.00pm PCC Meeting via Zoom
Tuesday 12th January
Church is open for private prayer from 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Morning Prayer will be live streamed daily at 9.15 am
Wednesday 13th January
Church is open for private prayer from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Morning prayer will be live streamed daily at 9.15am
Thursday 14th January
Church is open for private prayer between 9.30am to 4.30pm
Morning Prayer will be live streamed daily at 9.15am
3.20pm Funeral of John Watts at West Herts Crem
Friday 15th January
Church is open for private prayer every day between 9.30am and 4.30pm.
Morning Prayer will be livestreamed daily at 9.15am
Saturday 16th January
The church is open for private prayer from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Morning Prayer will be livestreamed daily at 9.15am
Sunday 17th January
9.30am Eucharist (Live Streamed via TheSundayService.org and Facebook)
Please note the church will be closed for private prayer during the broadcast of the 9.30am service