On a grey drizzly day, GVCG met at Gayton Churchyard. The tasks were to brush cut the long grass alongside the road wall except for the patches of colourful Hollyhocks and other groups of wild flowers. Along the east wall the area was cleared of the vigorousgrowth of Nettles by hand. Amongst the Nettles were tall clumps of Hollyhocks, Teasel, Fat Hen and Prickly Lettuce plants and other smaller flowers which were left intact. The grass in the churchyard had not been cut which had allowed the growth of many plants such as white and pink flowered Field Bindweed, red and purple Small Flowered Cranesbill, White Campion and White Clover. . Significantly Lady’s Bedstraw was seen to be present throughout the churchyard. All the cut material was collected and transferred to a site off the graveyard.
