Snowdrops on the grave of George James, St George’s churchyard, Beckenham, Kent. © Carole Tyrrell

Dear all

I have not had access to my blog for a couple of weeks for various reasons. But I am now back and have been researching a group of headstones in the churchyard of St Nicholas, Stood, Kent.

But continuing last month’s theme of snowdrops, this was a lovely planting of them that I saw in St George’s churchyard in Beckenham Kent in February 2026. They are on the grave of George James.  The cross has obviously fallen at some point and I love the way in which the flowers have grown up around it and emphasised its shape.  Churchyards can often have magnificent displays of snowdrops in February which is one of the first signs of Spring.