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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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