The Green Flag Award is testament to the hard work and passion from the small Friends group and volunteers, with support from Isle of Wight Council’s public spaces team.
Well done to everyone involved in the £1.6 million makeover of Northwood Cemetery. It took nearly 8,000 hours of volunteer time and the dedication of countless contractors and suppliers.
A mass grave memorial of war dead that has been lovingly restored at Northwood Cemetary as part of a Heritage Project was officially unveiled by school children this week.
The series of free workshops will cover a range of heritage and conservation themes and aim to give Islanders a better understanding of Northwood Cemetery, its surrounding area, its history and conservation value.
Children from Lanesend Primary School helped with the groundwork to provide a much needed carpet of colour to the newly landscaped area of Northwood Cemetery on Monday.