News & Events June 2008
Dear Friend,

The Friends of Mount Auburn is pleased to present the June 2008 edition of our electronic newsletter.  We invite you to join our email list to receive this mailing on a monthly basis. If you haven't done so already, click the link above to verify your interest in receiving our newsletter. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us, add [email protected]
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Spring WalkMemories of Trinity Church

Join us on Sunday, June 8th at 2:00 PM for a walking tour exploring the connections between two of Boston's great cultural institutions: Trinity Church and Mount Auburn Cemetery.
 
During this walk we will visit the grave of Reverend Phillips Brooks and others connected with Trinity Church.  We will also visit works of art within the Cemetery created by artists who also completed artwork for Trinity Church. 
 
The walk will conclude with refreshments at Bigelow Chapel, Mount Auburn's 1850s Gothic Revival chapel, giving participants the chance to view the recently restored Scottish stained glass window. 
 
Visit our website to register for this program.

In the case of inclement weather, this program will be held on Sunday, June 22nd. 
 
$10 for members of the Friends of Mount Auburn and Trinity Church parishioners; $15 for non-members. 
 

 

Tulip TreeHorticultural Highlight

Number 55 on Mount Auburn's "Most Unusual Trees" Map, the Liriodendron tulipifera, also called the tulip tree has smooth grayish-brown bark and is one of the tallest hardwoods to grow in the northeastern United States.

With a straight stem and a broad crown, the tulip tree is a large summer-flowering tree that can thrive from Florida to Canada, and is most easily recognized during the month of June, when bright, 2-3 inch tulip-shaped greenish-yellow flowers with a splash of orange near the base, cover the canopy of the tree.
 
Visit the tulip tree at Mount Auburn this month and find out if your olfactory receptors pick up on the faint cucumber-scent of the tree's flowers at the intersection of Robin and Oriole Path off of Swan Avenue in the south-east section of the Cemetery. 
 
Learn more about Mount Auburn's horticultural collections. 

Spring ConcertLate Spring Concert   

Please join us at Bigelow Chapel on Saturday, June 14th at 2:00 PM for a spring concert with soprano Jean Danton and pianist Thomas Stumpf to celebrate the beauty of Mount Auburn through music and song. 
 
Ms. Danton and Mr. Stumpf will highlight the works of some of the notable musicians and composers now buried here, including George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931), Arthur Foote (1853-1937), and Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) among others. 
 
Seating is limited.  Please register online or RSVP by calling 617-607-1995.  $10 for members of the Friends; $15 for non-members.
 
 
 

 

Monument Inscription WorkshopLate Spring Programs

It is not too late to enjoy the beauty of spring at Mount Auburn!  Join us for one of the following late spring programs:
 
Monument Inscription Workshops. Join us on Thursdays, June 5th and June 26th at 2:00 PM to learn techniques for assessing the condition of older monuments and recording valuable inscriptions that are fading away with time! Meet near the Mount Auburn Street entrance gate. FREE.

Discover Mount Auburn.  Join us on Saturday, June 7th at 2:00 PM for a 1.5 mile walking tour that will focus on the stories of history, monuments and the lives of those buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery - a National Historic Landmark and one of the country's most significant designed landscapes.  $10 for members of the Friends; $15 for non-members.  

Mount Auburn Book Club. On Thursday, June 12 we will discuss Grave Matters: A Journey Through the Modern Funeral Industry to a Natural Way of Burial by Mark Harris.  Meet at Story Chapel at 10:00 AM. FREE. 
 
Visit www.mountauburn.org to learn more about these and other late spring and early summer programs.  The complete listing of Summer 2008 Programs will be mailed to members of the Friends of Mount Auburn and posted to our website in mid-June.
  
 

  
 

Birch Gardens May 2008Mount Auburn Cemetery: Birch Gardens

Birch Gardens, Mount Auburn's newest burial area, will be opening later this year - the completion is just around the corner.

As with most construction projects, the details make the difference.  At present, trees are being positioned and shrubs are being massed to encourage the right balance of beautiful garden space and room to grow. 
 
Irrigation lines will be installed this month and then hundreds of perennials will be planted throughout this exquisite new burial area.  Please visit the Cemetery in June and experience Birch Gardens.
 
Mount Auburn is still a unique choice for burial and commemoration. We offer a variety of innovative interment and memorialization options for all. Learn more about Mount Auburn's many
burial and memorialization options.



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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery


phone: 617-547-7105