Maintenance technician Maxfield Shea and Friends of East End member Bruce Tarr discuss the impact of recent weather on trees throughout East End Cemetery on Saturday, July 25. Late last month, about 40 attendees gathered at the Richmond Public Library to share their perspective and help develop a cultural landscape report for East End and Evergreen cemeteries. Volunteers collect loose branches from the grounds of East End Cemetery during a weekend volunteer cleanup Saturday, July 25. (George Copeland Jr. for The Richmonder)Improving the groundsThe future character of the cemeteries’ landscape attracted much attention and discussion during the session. The latter is particularly important for many who still remember the older residents of these and other Black Richmond cemeteries due to their advanced ages.