Love your Yew Week

This is the second Love your Yew Week. The theme for 2026 is to clear beneath the canopy, removing all objects, including at least a metre beyond the canopy, as the roots can extend further than the branches.

Caring for God's Acre and the Ancient Yew Group started 'Love you Yew Week' last year to support and encourage volunteer ‘Yew Guardians’.  By having a special week, with a specific management task to complete, the job of caring for them is broken down into achievable tasks.  

There are about 800 of these wonderful trees in the churchyards of England and Wales, which is a large proportion of the British population. Internationally, Britain is a stronghold of veteran yew trees and so these churchyard yews are really important on a global level. They are a national treasure which deserves recognition and celebration.

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