{"id":780,"date":"2026-02-01T14:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/?p=780"},"modified":"2026-02-01T14:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T14:59:09","slug":"love-your-yew-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Love Your Yew Week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the second Love Your Yew Week, the Ancient Yew Group and Caring for God&#8217;s Acre, is asking custodians of ancient and veteran yews to clear beneath the canopy\u2014removing all objects at least a metre beyond the branches, as roots extend further than the canopy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England and Wales host around 800 of these churchyard yews, making Britain a global stronghold for veteran yew trees. They&#8217;re a national treasure deserving recognition and celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each year the Ancient Yew Group suggests one achievable management task. February is ideal, before nesting season and typically quieter for other work. Participants receive a certificate to display, highlighting these remarkable trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please join in and send them before and after photos! They&#8217;d love to see people in your photos (with their permission, as these go on their website). For more information see: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk\/love-your-yew-week\/\">https:\/\/www.caringforgodsacre.org.uk\/love-your-yew-week\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the second Love Your Yew Week, the Ancient Yew Group and Caring for God&#8217;s Acre, is asking custodians of ancient and veteran yews to clear beneath the canopy\u2014removing all objects at least a metre beyond the branches, as roots extend further than the canopy. England and Wales host around 800 of these churchyard yews, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782,"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions\/782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/molescroftwn.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}