Trees & Wildlife
Fulham Cemetery has many beautiful trees and supports a rich variety of wildlife. The Friends promote tree planting, biodiversity, and caretaking.
Fulham Cemetery is a precious urban forest with a wide variety of beautiful and distinctive trees. Many are at the end of their natural lifespan, so we need to plant more trees.
London's green spaces support a vital network of animal, bird, insect, and plant species. Read more about them and how we can help care for them.
Why the long grass?
During the summer months (May-August), the council Parks department lets the grass in areas of the cemetery grow long. By doing this they are:
Increasing biodiversity
Providing habitat for insects, such as butterflies, and other wildlife
Reducing CO2 emissions
Promoting sustainable landscaping
Grass is mowed in sections to open up areas for walkers while retaining areas for biodiversity.
Read more on the LHBF website: Long grass areas in cemeteries 👉
Fulham Cemetery interactive maps
Tree map
Fulham Cemetery Friends maintain this Google map to catalogue the cemetery's trees, and for planning future planting.
Open the map in a new window to show or hide the layers.
Map shortcut: bit.ly/fulhamcemtrees
The map has layers for:
Paths, buildings, and water points
Section layout
Tree avenues
Tree census (work in progress)
Champion trees
New trees 2024
Bulbs
Potential tree locations
Bird, bat, & insect boxes
Ecology map
Open the map in a new window to show or hide the layers.
The map has layers for:
Bird, bat, & insect boxes
Bulbs
Tree database
Fulham Cemetery Friends maintains a database of all new trees planted in the cemetery. The plan is to add all trees to the database eventually, to make it easier for the public to find out information about them.