The nature value of our churchyard has been recognised with a Cambridgeshire Churchyard Conservation award. Huge congratulations to John O'Boyle, Chris & Mary Cooper, and all who help care for the churchyard. The award was given by the county wildlife trust following a detailed site inspection and review of our churchyard management plan. The latter is based on joint Diocesan/wildlife trust guidelines ‘Churchyards and their management for wildlife’ with further advice following the inspection. It recognises the significant biodiversity of the church grounds with over 50 species of wild flowers, 10 types of tree and seven butterflies. A small band of volunteers carry out gardening tasks such as grass cutting, removal of cuttings, bramble control and shrub pruning. These jobs are done with wildlife in mind, for example we have a south-facing bramble patch which is trimmed sensitively and is particularly beneficial for butterflies. Our meadow cutting uses some traditional scything. Less intensive mowing of the meadow patches produces wildflower displays such as flush of yellow cowslips in spring. Churchyards are an important refuge for wildlife following the loss of unimproved grassland and intensive agriculture. As guardians of the natural environment we like to think our efforts go some way to caring for ‘God’s acre’. See more about our churchyard here.