Langham is an Ecochurch with the eastern part of the church yard with older graves managed sensitively as a wildflower meadow. It has paths mown for access. Most of the meadow is cut and collected in late summer by volunteers. Patches of long vegetation are left untouched to create a mosaic habitat. There are also ivy balls and mature trees with bird nest boxes. The gravestones are also habitat for a range of lichen and mosses.
After five years of cutting and collecting the meadow, suddenly there are signs of a waxcap grassland habitat with corals, spindles, waxcaps appearing in autumn.
Useful external websites:
- Caring for God's Acre charity for Protecting Wildlife, Preserving Heritage, Involving People providing information on the history and natural history of church yards
- Church of England's advice on wildlife in churchyards which can be surprisingly rich in nature
- Plantlife Managing Grassland & Green Space - Plantlife
- Norfolk Wildlife Trust advice https://www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk/churchyard-conservation-scheme
- Naturespot Wild Place https://www.naturespot.org/Wild_Place/Langham_Churchyard