Our Events
Winter Working Bee - Saturday 1st June 2013 10am-12pm
Join us for our seasonal working bee tidying an area of the cemetery. Meet at Butterfield Avenue Car Park. Bring your own basic gardening tools, refreshments and wear suitable clothing.
TV3 Kids Fest – July 2013
Linwood Cemetery Discovery TourDiscover how alive Linwood Cemetery really is! Learn how to stay safe in Christchurch’s cemeteries, give some attention to a family grave, discover a headstone’s secrets and find out about the mistakes of the past that affect the cemetery’s future. Hear how the people of Christchurch’s past shaped our lives today.
Sun 14 Jul: 10:00am-12:00pm. Wed 17 Jul: 10:00am-12:00pm. Sat 20 Jul: 2:00pm-4:00pm. Tue 23 Jul: 2:00pm-4:00pm. Fri 26 Jul: 10:00am-12:00pm.
Age Group: 5yrs & older, Child, $3.00. Caregiver Required, Free.
Booking Required. Phone 03 381 4171 or e-mail info@linwoodcemetery.org.nz
Each year we combine Neighbourhood Week and Heritage Week (when it is run) with the Anniversary of the opening of Linwood Cemetery in 1884. Summer Working Bee – December 2013 Children’s Day – Te Ra O Te Tamariki – 4th March 2014 (9.15am-10.30am)
Spring Working Bee – September 2013
Cemetery Anniversary Day – October 2013
Bromley Community Fair – March
Look out for our stall at the Bromley Community Fair.
Join us in remembrance of the thousands of children buried in Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch. Visit some selected grave plots of children with us and hear stories from the past about the children of early Christchurch or lay a tribute on the grave of your own ancestor. Meet at Bromley Park Car Park, McGregor’s Road. Then join in the CCC Children’s Day festivities in Hagley Park. Futher information about Children’s Day.
Autumn Working Bee – March
Join us for our seasonal working bee tidying an area of the cemetery. Meet at Butterfield Avenue Car Park. Bring your own basic gardening tools, refreshments and wear suitable clothing.
Woolston Gala - March/April
Visit our table at the ever-popular Woolston Gala.
Commemoration of Service Personnel Remembered in Linwood Cemetery – Sunday 22nd April 2014 (11am-12.30pm)
Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch is a public cemetery and is not designated as a Services Cemetery, yet there are over 300 services personnel commemorated in it. Join us on the Sunday before ANZAC Day, in sombre remembrance of those who gave their youth to military service. This, now annual event, commemorates those people who gave their lives or their youth for our freedom and ensures that they are remembered at least once a year.
Follow directions from Butterfield Avenue Car Park. Dress warmly and bring a chair, blanket and umbrella if needed.
For more details about any of our events contact us. Text 027 305 2720 on the day for confirmation of Event.
© The Friends of Linwood Cemetery Charitable Trust
Updated 22nd May 2013 by Alexandra
