Along the Eastern boundary is a line of mixed trees, Sycamore, Elm, Holly. John writes about the Tree of Life in Revelations:

 

On each side of the river stood the tree of life bearing twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

 

We humans tend to think of hedges as dividers. They mark out who owns what land, keep livestock in and shut unwelcome visitors out. It’s a case of “this side or that.”

 

But wildlife’s perspective tends to run along a hedgerow, not across it: a hedge is a useful corridor along which to move undisturbed in the dense undergrowth. This overgrown churchyard hedge separates the farmland beyond from what is sometimes called “God’s Acre” on this side. The “Caring for God's Acre” project values churchyards and burial grounds for their importance to people and our history and wildlife. Its mission is to champion the conservation of churchyards and burial sites across the British Isles.