Mount Auburn: Celebrating 175 Years
Please join us on Tuesday, April 24, for a
birding panel with moderator Wayne R.
Petersen, Director of the Massachusetts
Important Bird Areas for Massachusetts Audubon
Society, as well as panelists Scott
Weidensaul, natural
history writer, and Norman Smith
of Massachusetts Audubon Society.
The sixth presentation in our seven-part
series "Facets of Mount Auburn: Celebrating 175
Years of a Boston Jewel," will concentrate on
The Pleasure, Art and Science of
Birding.
The program is free to the public and will begin
promptly at 6:00 PM in the Rabb
Auditorium of the Boston Public Library in Copley
Square, followed by a reception with the
moderator and panelists and a chance to enter to win
Mount Auburn-related raffle prizes and a special item
related to the lecture, which will be revealed later.
Co-sponsored with the Harvard Museum of
Natural History and
Massachusetts
Audubon
Society.
Also in April, celebrated horticulturist and author
Daniel J. Hinkley will speak about The
Asian Connection and the influence of Asian
horticulture on Western landscapes such as Mount
Auburn Cemetery.
This lecture will be held on
Tuesday, April 10, at 6:00 PM in the Rabb
Auditorium of the Boston Public Library and
is co-sponsored with the Arnold Arboretum,
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, New England
Wildflower Society and Wellesley College Botanic
Gardens.
Space is limited for both events and registration is
requested.
Please call 617-607-1995 or visit
www.mountauburn.org to register for these
programs. To
ensure a seat in the auditorium, please plan to arrive
early for the lectures.
Learn more about Mount Auburn's 175th Anniversary .