Cemetery Gardening

Taking place on various days each month at Waverley Cemetery, Council's Cemetery Gardening program is working to improve our coastal biodiversity corridor by providing shelter and food for native birds, insects, reptiles and mammals. The activity also serves as a regular occasion for local volunteers to garden, get fit, socialise and enjoy the well-being benefits of being outside in one of Waverley’s largest green spaces, transforming the space through weeding, watering, digging and planting.

To join this activity please complete our sign up form located here.

To join please sign up as a Waverley volunteer by completing the sign up form located here.

Gardening at Waverley Cemetery takes place once a month on Saturday afternoons, Sunday mornings and Wednesday mornings.
You’ll be provided with all equipment, tools, plants and supervision and instruction. Come along and give it a try!

To find out more about this activity email connected@waverley.nsw.gov.au or call 02 9083 8916.

Read more about Cemetery Gardening on the Second Nature blog here.

Cemetery Gardening has been successful in the 2023-2024 round of grant funding for the NSW State Government's Places to Roam (PTR) Grant. Grant funding of $23,000 will significantly enhance the project which began as a small volunteer initiative in August 2023.