From Simon Crowcroft, Constable of St Helier.
IN reply to the letter about Green Street cemetery (JEP, 15 November), some 17 years ago the decision was taken to allow the planting there to revert to its natural state.

The inspiration for the project came from the late Frances Le Sueur, the then chairman of the Société Jersiaise. The Men of the Trees organisation, now Trees for Life, also carried out a tree-planting project with NatWest Bank introducing native species to complement the flora and fauna in this location.

The conservation management consists of cutting and collecting the grass only twice a year to enable the wild flowers and grasses to set seed and flourish, and as a result Green Street cemetery now has 120 varieties of natural flora which would be similar to those contained in the original meadow of 200 years ago.

This winter parish staff will undertake a project to remove excessive ivy growth from some monuments and thin some of the evergreen oaks.

The impression that the cemetery is being left in a neglected condition is not correct, as interpretation boards are present at the main entrance, and the cemetery provides a well used natural area in which the public can relax, or pass through on their way to and from town.
Town Hall,
St Helier.