Hatfield Hyde Cemetery
Grounds maintenance
Our Contractor, Continental Landscapes maintain the cemetery grounds.
Sweeping and Litter Collection
Checked daily. Pathways and drives swept as necessary throughout the year.
Snow Clearing and Gritting
Pathways and roads surrounding the grounds are cleared for access if requested by Cemetery Service Staff in preparation for snow and gritting.
Grave Maintenance
Grave spaces will sink as compaction occurs, particularly after heavy rainfall. This will be made good by cemetery staff as soon as ground conditions are suitable.
Grave spaces will be seeded within six to twelve months, where weather allows, following a burial. This will usually take place between April to May, and September to October each year. During this period, settlement will take place and extra soil will be placed on the grave to keep the ground level.
Maintenance of the grave space is the responsibility of the grant holder. We will maintain the grass should any memorial be lateral and provide an uninterrupted area for mowing.
Grass cutting
The entire cemetery is cut 15 times a year, every two weeks between March and November. The edges of the grassed areas are trimmed (edged up) once a year between November and March.
Rose Beds
All roses are pruned between February and March and November to December each year and manure is applied.
During June and October, all the dead heads and suckers are removed and then sprayed with fungicidal treatment. New roses are planted during October and November each year if required/authorised by the Council.
Shrubbed Areas
All weeds and seedling trees are cleared monthly between the months of March and October. Pruning takes place between October and March.
Bedding Flowers
Flower beds are planted twice per year in the months of October and May. All beds will be weeded and hoed once every two weeks.
Hedge Cutting and Maintenance
All hedges will be cut twice a year to reduce the tops and sides. The first cut between June and July and the second between September and October. Ornamental hedges are maintained to 3ft to 5ft in height and boundary hedges are maintained to 8ft to 10ft.