Grafton Garden Club Trip to Mount Auburn Cemetery

The Grafton Garden Club is planning a trip to the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge on Sunday, June 3, 2007. The Club is planning on carpooling from the Municipal Center and providing a docent at the Cemetery. Mount Auburn is one of the country's most remarkable and beloved cemeteries. This year marks 175 years since Mount Auburn defined what a cemetery could be...and as a result changed the American landscape forever. Mount Auburn became the model for cemeteries nationwide and inspired the creation of our public parks. Today, Mount Auburn Cemetery is not just an active cemetery - but it is also a renowned horticultural landscape of exceptional beauty and tranquility and a museum with unique historical collections. Mount Auburn Cemetery is one of the most beautiful and historic landscapes in America. Its impressive collection consists of over 5,000 trees and thousands of shrubs and herbaceous plants that weave through 175 acres of hills, dells, ponds, woodlands and clearings. The landscape reflects different styles ranging from Victorian-era plantings to contemporary gardens, from natural woodlands to formal ornamental gardens, and from sweeping vistas through majestic trees to small enclosed spaces. Plant species from around the world that grow in a northern temperate climate can be seen on the grounds, including individual specimens recorded as Massachusetts state or New England champions of their species. Display labels with scientific and common names are found on many trees and on shrubs and herbaceous plants in some special landscaped areas. For more information about the Cemetery, visit their website: http://www.mountauburn.org/. The cost of the tour is $10 for the public. For more information, email ggc@net1plus.com, or send a letter to Grafton Garden Club, PO Box 453, Grafton, MA 01519-0453. The Grafton Garden Club, where gardeners grow.

The Grafton Garden Club is a non-profit organization that has members from many area towns. The Club provides scholarships and grants to area schools for the educational pursuit of horticulture.