Friends receives grant for Fountain in renovated Asa Gray Garden
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust awards a grant of $250,000 to name THE PIERCE FOUNTAIN With gratitude, Mount Auburn Cemetery announces that the Harold Whitworth Pierce Charitable Trust has awarded a grant of $250,000 for the … Continue reading
Roberto Mighty’s earth.sky
Roberto Mighty, Mount Auburn’s inaugural artist-in-residence from 2014 through 2016, has released an online version of earth.sky, his site-specific, multimedia exhibit that he produced and premiered during his residency. The original version, designed to be screened in Mount Auburn’s Story … Continue reading
Ruggiero Trust Funds Lesley University Biodiversity Study for Citizen Science at Mount Auburn Cemetery
The A. J. and M. D. Ruggiero Memorial Trust has awarded an $85,000 grant to the Friends of Mount Auburn Cemetery to collaborate with Lesley University faculty on a biodiversity study of the 175-acre Cemetery, recognized as an arboretum for … Continue reading
Dave Barnett receives Horticultural Honor
The Garden Club of America (GCA) announced today that David P. Barnett, President & CEO of Mount Auburn Cemetery, is the 2016 recipient of its Distinguished Service Medal. Previous recipients of this significant award, which was first given in 1953, … Continue reading