Mount Auburn Cemetery Joins Bayer Feed a Bee Program
$500,000 Grant Initiative to Plant Forage in All 50 States Tucked away in the southwest corner of Mount Auburn is the Cemetery’s apiary, which houses six beehives. These hives are homes to honeybees which pollinate the thousands of trees, shrubs, … Continue reading
Eternally Green: Going Electric with a Green Mower and a Blue GEM
Over the past few years Mount Auburn has converted four of its eight gasoline powered riding mowers to propane fuel, as part of an effort to improve the efficiency of the mowers and reduce emissions. However, we’ve taken another step … Continue reading
Butterflies and Dragonflies
Please join Jeremiah Trimble, Curatorial Associate, Ornithology, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, as seen in the video below, on Wednesday, August 16th at 10AM for a leisurely walk around Mount Auburn exploring habitats from pond edges to wildflower … Continue reading
Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
The singular and cheerful life of any flower in anyone’s garden… -Mary Oliver If we tasked the populace to compile a list of “cheerful” flowers, one could imagine Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea surviving the final cut. This tall, perennial, … Continue reading