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Buddleia growing from the green roof of the Clink volunteer hut at Crossbones, in front of the electricity substation wall, December 2020 Audio December
Evening primrose run to seed, in front of bug hotels in the Irish Corner, January 2026 Audio January
Female red and male yellow flowers on hazel (Corylus avellana) at Crossbones, February 2026 Audio February
A fox partially hidden among plants in the Infinity Beds at Crossbones, March 2026 Audio March
A stone Mizuko Jizō statue wearing a hand-crocheted red bonnet, emerging from ivy at the southern end of Crossbones Graveyard Blog Mizuko Jizō
Close-up of buddleia flowers and foliage growing at Crossbones Graveyard Blog Buddleia
A pond dipping tray and magnifier used to examine invertebrate life sampled from the ponds at Crossbones Graveyard Blog Pond Life
Dried teasel plants standing in winter at Crossbones Graveyard, with the ribbon-covered gates visible behind Blog Teasel
Bracket fungus growing on wooden edging beside the eco pond at Crossbones, October 2021 Image Bracket Fungus
The Trans-Angel sculpture by Svar Simpson lit by candles at a vigil for Trans Day of Remembrance held by the Outside Project, November 2025 Image Trans Angel
shield bug nymphs on burdock Image Shield Bug Nymphs
pink oxalis flowers and foliage Image Pink oxalis
A bumblebee foraging on a teasel flower at Crossbones, July 2024 Image Bumblebee
painted stones Image Painted stones
A common frog in the infinity pond at Crossbones, surrounded by cinquefoil and filamentous algae, May 2024 Image Frog
Red umbrellas and ribbons tied to the gates at Crossbones at a ceremony by National Ugly Mugs for International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, December 2023 Image Red Umbrellas
Jelly ear fungus growing on the Map of the Liberty, a mural painted by activists onto the hoarding separating Crossbones from the neighbouring development, May 2025 Image Jelly ear
Purple crocuses growing through grass in front of the oyster shell pyramid at Crossbones, April 2026 Image Crocuses
Red poppies and salvia growing densely in the Infinity Beds at Crossbones, May 2019 Image Poppies
A deodar cedar tree rising above the Infinity Beds at Crossbones, with poppies growing at its base, May 2019 Image Deodar cedar
Close up of a pink anemone flower in a flower bed, surrounded by foliage, with a thorny stem behind Image Anemone
the wildflower meadow Image Wildflower meadow
Mirrors arranged in the Irish Corner at Crossbones, surrounded by wild plants and fallen London Plane leaves, December 2020 Image Mirrors
The oyster shell pyramid built by Andy Hulme at Crossbones, with everlasting sweet peas, hollyhocks and buddleia growing around its base, August 2021 Image Pyramid

For more information on the grassroots campaign, visit the Friends of Crossbones at
crossbones.org.uk.

To keep up with Bankside Open Spaces Trust, who manage Crossbones Graveyard and Garden of Remembrance, visit
bost.org.uk.

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The PhD research on which this blog is based was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council under ESRC grant: ES/P000592/1. Further content, and improvements to the website were funded by the Wellcome Trust via Birkbeck, University of London’s Institutional Funding for Research Culture, with grant number 228089/Z/23/Z. Unless otherwise stated, copyright of written and visual content is held by Hannah Reeves.