Willow Pond Rain Garden
The Willow Pond Rain Garden was designed to slow the velocity of storm water input into the pond; capture harmful, nutrient rich sediment; and protect water quality. During rain events, the captured water slowly rises and flows over a stone weir … Continue reading
Mount Auburn Cemetery Receives Federal Grant to Preserve Community Materials
The Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery has received a Common Heritage grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The $10,000 grant will support two community digitization days, one at the Watertown Free Library on Saturday, October 14, 2017 … Continue reading
Alaska yellow-cedar, Xanthocyparis nootkatensis
…Evergreen o evergreen How faithful are your branches… -Lorine Niedecker Alaska yellow-cedar, Xanthocyparis nootkatensis, joins a list of botanically different types of plants loosely given the common name cedar (western red cedar, Atlantic white cedar, red cedar, incense cedar, Japanese … Continue reading
Mount Auburn Book Club – Book List 2008 – Present
The Mount Auburn Book Club discusses books written by or about individuals buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery, novels that have scenes that take place in Mount Auburn, or non-fiction books about death and grieving, or topics that relate to our … Continue reading