Sweet Auburn: The Magazine of the Friends of Mount Auburn Lives of the Past Informing the Future | Page 21

sweet auburn | 2019 volume ii
Mount Auburn Welcomes Eleanor Gould
leanor Gould has joined Mount Auburn Cemetery’s
Executive Leadership Team as Vice President
of Horticulture & Landscape, reporting directly
to President & CEO Dave Barnett. In addition to being
responsible for leadership and effective management of the
Horticulture Department, comprising 17 full-time and 34
seasonal staff, Eleanor will be responsible for design and
implementation of landscape improvements that achieve long-
term strategic objectives such as increasing plant diversity,
enhancing the sustainability and wildlife habitat value of
the landscape, and preserving the historic character of this
National Historic Landmark.
Eleanor recently completed the prestigious Longwood
Fellowship program at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania.
This 14-month-long program is designed to develop proven
leaders as the next generation of executive leadership in
public horticulture. Prior to that, Eleanor spent eight years
at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia.
She started as a Seasonal Gardener, maintaining the historic
flower and vegetable gardens and leading interpretive garden
tours, eventually becoming the Curator of Gardens from 2014
to 2018. Eleanor has a Master of Landscape Architecture
degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture.
In his announcement of Eleanor’s hiring to the staff, Dave
Barnett said: “I look forward to working with Eleanor and
am certain that she will bring strong leadership to an already
phenomenal Horticulture staff. We are indeed fortunate to
have Eleanor join our team!”
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“Mount Auburn Cemetery is a landscape of
exceptional beauty and influence, and it is
an honor to be chosen as Vice President of
Horticulture and Landscape. I’m thrilled to
have a role in the preservation and evolution
of this extraordinary landscape with a
remarkable team of committed colleagues,
volunteers and Trustees.”
— Eleanor Gould
On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, The Bigelow Chapel &
Asa Gray Garden project at Mount Auburn Cemetery
won a Frederick Law Olmsted Award from Preservation
Massachusetts. Pictured L to R:
Chad Siebel, CSL Consulting; Ryan Lynch, Shawmut
Design and Construction; Jim Noonan, CSL Consulting;
Ellie Radich, William Rawn Associates; Bree Harvey,
Mount Auburn Cemetery; Sam Lasky, William Rawn
Associates; Gus Fraser, Mount Auburn Cemetery; Dave
Barnett, Mount Auburn Cemetery; Wendall Kalsow,
McGinley Kalsow & Associates
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