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Special Presentation: Eyes on Owls
Join for Eyes on Owls - a special presentation by teacher naturalist Marcia Wilson and wildlife photographer Mark Wilson and meet some live owls up close!
Two sessions on Saturday, February 8th at 1PM & 3:30PM.
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Horticultural Highlight: Taxodium distichum
 Worldwide there are numerous different plants called cypress.
But, it is baldcypress which we will discuss here.
This is a large tree, 50-80-feet tall, with a native range from New Jersey, south to Florida, west to East Texas and southeastern Oklahoma, and also up the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, to southern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
It gets its common name, because it is a deciduous conifer, dropping its needle-leaves before each winter, and reproducing new leaves every year.
Taxodium distichum in the wild occurs frequently in wet areas, but is also very adaptable to dry or well drained...learn more
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The recent polar vortex has brought some of the coldest air to our region in over a decade, but unfortunately it wasn't quite cold enough for us here at Mount Auburn...read more
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To Have and To Hold: Nineteenth-Century Photographic Cards of Mount Auburn
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Funeral Service for
Colonel Austin C. Wellington
Cabinet Card, September 23, 1888
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When photography was introduced in 1839, only 8 years after the opening of Mount Auburn, the medium provided an entirely new way of seeing the Cemetery.
Some of the earliest photographs of Mount Auburn were images taken by commercial photographers, who produced various formats including cartes-de-visite and cabinet cards. Card photographs, as they are known, consisted of photographic prints mounted on thick card stock of various sizes...learn more
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Wildlife Highlight: The Song Sparrow
February is a cruel month, some days we get a tease of warm air and sunshine and the next day we get a foot of snow. One bird that seems to understand that March is soon to arrive and that better weather is just around the corner is the Song Sparrow. They can be found at Mount Auburn in...learn more
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Eternally Green:
2013 Green Award Recipient - Kelley Sullivan
When he's not driving to work in his Prius, or riding his bike or taking the T, Kelley Sullivan, Greenhouse Horticulturist & Plant Health Care Specialist, can be found pushing the limits of using strictly organic horticultural practices in the greenhouse gardens.
His no-pesticides approach has been successful due to a careful, systematic and...read more
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History Highlight: Mount Auburn's Cobblestone Gutters
What is it?! Is it a carriage path? A walking trail?
What you are looking at in this photo is a cobblestone gutter. Many Cemetery roads and paths used to be lined with them...learn more
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Person of the Month:
Jacob Bigelow
A botanist, physician, and founder of Mount Auburn Cemetery, Jacob Bigelow was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts on February 27, 1787.
In addition to many accomplishments, he played a key role in the creation of Mount Auburn, America's first garden cemetery. He advocated the concept of a pastoral cemetery where the beauty of nature would comfort the bereaved. He guided the development of the cemetery, and also designed the front gate, its gothic chapel (Bigelow Chapel), and observation tower (Washington Tower). He served as Mount Auburn's second president...learn more
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Beyond Our Gates: Events of Interest to the Community
Grow Native Massachusetts, Evenings with Experts
Cambridge Public Library, 449 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Wednesday, February 5th at 7PM
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Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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