Horticulture By The Numbers
Mount Auburn is that rare thing : an island of peace , where contemplation holds sway , and trees , as well as memory , are allowed to grow rich and full over time . To walk this place and talk about the beauty and wonder of trees and their gift to our world made a deep , centering kind of sense to me , and so I was so pleased to have a chance to visit with donors and Friends of Mount Auburn in May , to celebrate the launch of my book , Witness Tree , and visit some of the more remarkable trees on the grounds together — though it is of course hard to choose . Trees give us peace , solace , beauty , as does Mount Auburn . Thank you Mount Auburn Cemetery for all you do for the community , today and always .
A $ 5,000 Feed a Bee Grant funded the establishment of a rich new habitat in Mount Auburn ’ s southwest corner . The Bee Garden and Apiary , completed in the summer of 2017 , is filled with abundant flowering plants that provide a food source to sustain the native and managed bees who pollinate our plants . Mount Auburn ’ s Bee Garden was one of 58 pollinator projects in 31 states and Washington , D . C . funded through the Bayer Bee Care Program .
Horticulture By The Numbers
41,825 annuals produced in greenhouse for floral tributes and annual care plantings
• Planted this year :
63 trees 344 shrubs 1,400 bulbs 7,050 perennials and groundcovers
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65 % of new plantings added this Fiscal Year are late flowering varieties to add late spring and summer seasonal interest
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Mount Auburn is that rare thing : an island of peace , where contemplation holds sway , and trees , as well as memory , are allowed to grow rich and full over time . To walk this place and talk about the beauty and wonder of trees and their gift to our world made a deep , centering kind of sense to me , and so I was so pleased to have a chance to visit with donors and Friends of Mount Auburn in May , to celebrate the launch of my book , Witness Tree , and visit some of the more remarkable trees on the grounds together — though it is of course hard to choose . Trees give us peace , solace , beauty , as does Mount Auburn . Thank you Mount Auburn Cemetery for all you do for the community , today and always .
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Lynda V . Mapes Author , Witness Tree , Seasons of Change in a Century Old Oak May 2017
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