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… Mount Auburn Cemetery has
• 45,000 monuments
• 94,000 people buried here over three centuries
• over 5,000 trees representing nearly 700 different taxa ; 4,000 shrubs ( 400 taxa ); and 3,000 groundcovers ( 300 taxa )
• 50,000 annual and perennial flowers and ornamental grasses planted every year
… and there are
• 3 ponds and lakes
• a vernal pool
• 7 major occupied buildings
• 12 miles of roads and 70 miles of paths
• 4 miles of perimeter fencing
• 62 historic iron lot fences ( most from the 19th century )
… at peak time , April-October , Mount Auburn has
• over 100 employees ( 55 full-time and 40-50 seasonal and part-time )
• and they are :
arborists , architect , archivist , art curator , artisan , back hoe and snowplow operators , carpenters , cemetery sales and service representatives , custodians , data entry , gifts coordinators , computer and software specialists for the Cemetery ’ s 65 state-of-the-art computers , cremation experts , educators , electricians , events coordinators , facilities specialist , financial managers , fundraisers , gardeners , an environmental “ green team ,” greenhouse manager , grounds-keepers , horticulturists , human resources , interment crew , information technologists , landscape mapper , masons , mechanics , mowers and mulchers , photographers , planners , plant collections curator , preservation specialists , publications designers and writers , researchers , security team , truck drivers , visitor service reps , and four Vice Presidents .
… there is
• still space available for purchase at Mount Auburn
• and the Cemetery does over 500 burials a year
… although Mount Auburn ’ s zip code is 02138 ( Cambridge ) and the main entrance is in Cambridge , more than threefourths of the Cemetery is actually in Watertown .
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