In the Autumn we aim, with the help of the Community, to spend a day giving the churchyard an extra clear up – covering more areas than our monthly helpers can manage. Our sincere thanks to all who assisted in with refreshments and those who flexed their muscles, to clear away weeds, brambles and bushes that have taken root through the churchyard!
Monthly, members of our churchard team spend time to keep areas of the church grounds neat and tidy, but once or twice a year we invite the community to help us to really make our churchyard especially welcoming for all in Pennington. We hope to meet again in spring 2020!
Pruning begins 
The gardening begins! 
Working around the remembrance cross 
De-brambling 
Weeding away 
One sack of garden waste done, back to refill 
Teresa digs in 
Working around the remembrance cross 
Look out for spiders Hannah! 
Clearing the weeds 
Cleaning the memorial 
Working hard to uncover a lost grave 
Working hard to uncover a lost grave 
Uncovering history; previously hidden grave stone 
What lies beneath? 
Uncovering history; previously buried grave stone 
Mowing 
No toads were hurt in the cleaning of our churchyard 
Removing deep rooted weeds from an old grave 
Successfully cleared! 
We don’t set a lower age limit on volunteers 
Our youngest helper needs a nap 
Rachel Noël – serving the parish of St Mark’s in many ways (including tea) 
Rachel Noël – serving the parish of St Mark’s in many ways (including tea) 
Rachel Noël – serving the parish of St Mark’s in many ways (including tea) 
Cubs and scouts picking up waste 
Thank you to Lymington and Pennington Cubs and Scouts! 
The job is done! Well, it’s never done – but what an effort and change!