Presented by MLTC's Early Conservation Career Network

Mt. Auburn Cemetery Tour

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About This Event

Join ECCN and former Mount Auburn Cemetery President/Director of Horticulture Dave Barnett for a walking tour of the cemetery. The walk will last 1-1.5 hours and will follow paved roads with moderate hills--participants should be comfortable walking 2-3 miles. The tour will cover some of the history of the cemetery and its horticultural management practices. Come learn how the team at Mount Auburn balances aesthetic value and ecologically-minded property stewardship!

Meet at the Asa Gray Garden on Lawn Avenue within the cemetery. Enter the cemetery from the 580 Mt. Auburn Street entrance and continue straight past the chapel, the garden will be on your right within the roundabout. Here are Google Maps directions to the location.

Optional social meetup after the walk at Intelligentsia Coffee (810 Mt Auburn St, Watertown, MA, 02472, about a 7 minute walk from the cemetery visitor center).

 

About This Event

Join ECCN and former Mount Auburn Cemetery President/Director of Horticulture Dave Barnett for a walking tour of the cemetery. The walk will last 1-1.5 hours and will follow paved roads with moderate hills--participants should be comfortable walking 2-3 miles. The tour will cover some of the history of the cemetery and its horticultural management practices. Come learn how the team at Mount Auburn balances aesthetic value and ecologically-minded property stewardship!

Meet at the Asa Gray Garden on Lawn Avenue within the cemetery. Enter the cemetery from the 580 Mt. Auburn Street entrance and continue straight past the chapel, the garden will be on your right within the roundabout. Here are Google Maps directions to the location.

Optional social meetup after the walk at Intelligentsia Coffee (810 Mt Auburn St, Watertown, MA, 02472, about a 7 minute walk from the cemetery visitor center).