Sweet Auburn: The Magazine of the Friends of Mount Auburn A Healing and Meditative Landscape | Page 4

Revitalizing
Bigelow Chapel &
Asa Gray Garden
By Bree D. Harvey, Vice President of Cemetery & Visitor Services
As part of its Strateg ic Plan, Mount Auburn is
currently revitalizing two of its most celebrated landmarks,
Asa Gray Garden and Bigelow Chapel. Together these
projects are part of a larger initiative to enhance the
experience of arriving at and being within Mount Auburn,
a place that has served to comfort the bereaved and inspire
all who visit since its founding. Independently, each project
presents an exciting new chapter in the Cemetery’s history.
Bigelow Chapel, the Cemetery’s first major building, is
being renovated to provide a beautiful and appropriate
space for a variety of private family gatherings and public
events. Asa Gray Garden, prominently located between
the Cemetery’s two chapels in the entrance area, is being
transformed to reflect contemporary landscape design and
horticultural trends while encouraging greater public use as
a garden space for contemplation and inspiration.
Learn more on the following pages about how these two exciting
projects support Mount Auburn’s standing as a national leader
among cemeteries and public gardens.
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