
Fall Bulb Planting
Get your hands in the soil alongside our horticulture staff during our annual fall bulb planting. Bulbs planted in the Cemetery each fall add blooms to Mount Auburn’s early spring season. Bring your enthusiasm and your favorite planting tool and gloves if you have them. We’ll have plenty on hand to share. Dress for garden work.
To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact friends@mountauburn.org or 617-607-1980.
Experience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free access to all our public programs and discounts on special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible through your generous support.
Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Discover Mount Auburn Walking Tour
Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of horticulture, architecture and sculpture combine with the beauty of nature to create a place of comfort and inspiration. This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history, monuments, and the lives of those buried here. Registration required.
To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact friends@mountauburn.org or 617-607-1980.
Experience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free access to all our public programs and discounts on special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible through your generous support.
Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.


Discover Mount Auburn Walking Tour
Mount Auburn, designated a National Historic Landmark, is one of the country’s most significant designed landscapes. Here the arts of horticulture, architecture and sculpture combine with the beauty of nature to create a place of comfort and inspiration. This 1.5-mile walking tour will focus on stories of history, monuments, and the lives of those buried here. Registration required.
To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact friends@mountauburn.org or 617-607-1980.
Experience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free access to all our public programs and discounts on special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible through your generous support.
Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.


Nature Sketching Workshop with Clare Walker Leslie
Nature Sketching Workshop with Clare Walker Leslie
Want to learn some very basic ways for drawing the nature you know and love here in Mount Auburn? Join illustrator Clare Walker Leslie in one or both of these Sunday afternoon sessions. Appropriate for ages 10 and up, teens and adults. No previous drawing experience needed. Bring a drawing pad, several pencils and an eraser. There will be materials provided, as well. Workshop will start indoors and continue outdoors, weather permitting. Meet in Story Chapel, masks required.
March 20 | Drawing Winter Trees
April 10 | Drawing Little Landscapes
Registration required.
To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact friends@mountauburn.org or 617-607-1980.
Experience a deeper connection to Mount Auburn Cemetery with free access to all our public programs and discounts on special events by joining the Friends of Mount Auburn. Our robust roster of programs each year is made possible through your generous support.
Funding for programs has been provided in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

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Register for Public Events
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What’s In Bloom 2023
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Meet our 2023 Artists-in-Residence!
We are thrilled to announce seven new artists for Mount Auburn’s Artist-in-Residence program, now in its ninth year. Between April… Continue Reading » -
Current Hours
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Floral Tribute Regulations
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Horticulture Highlight: Honeylocust
Honeylocust is a large, tough, fast-growing, deciduous tree, with a wide spreading canopy. This small genus of a dozen different… Continue Reading » -
History Highlight: The Sphinx
Hewn from a single block of granite, the Sphinx carved by Martin Milmore, sits opposite Bigelow Chapel. Continue Reading » -
Open Position: Capital Projects Manager
The Capital Projects Manager, in partnership with the Vice President of Preservation & Facilities, is responsible for successful planning and… Continue Reading » -
Summer SOLSTICE 2023
The Summer SOLSTICE approaches on June 21st. Spend the longest day of the year at Mount Auburn, where we’ll be… Continue Reading » -
How has Mount Auburn impacted the way you think about the cycle of life and death?
Debra Wise and Eliza Fichter are two of Mount Auburn’s 2023 Artists-in-Residence and are interested in hearing stories about… Continue Reading »