Blooms at Mount Auburn
Mount Auburn’s landscape is composed of a diverse array of plants and trees that come into bloom at different times and in different seasons. What’s in Bloom: Week of November 4, 2019 Japanese anemone, Anemone hupehensis, several locations Aster, Aster … Continue reading
Bird Population Declines – And How We Can Help
Ornithologists have long recognized Mount Auburn as one of metropolitan Boston’s most important bird refuges. Its 175 acres of green space and rich vegetation are crucial resources amid recent urbanization trends. A 2019 study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology … Continue reading
Spotlight on Early Issues of Sweet Auburn (1986-2006)
To date there have been over 50 issues of Sweet Auburn, since 1986. It was called a newsletter from 1986-2006 and became a magazine in the fall of 2007. Click the links below to re-visit some of our fantastic early … Continue reading
Horticultural Highlight: Amsonia hubrichtii, Thread-leaf blue star
…Yellow, yellow, yellow it eats into the leaves, smears with saffron… -William Carlos Williams Autumn at Mount Auburn is full with an impressionistic cornucopia of changing landscape colors. During this weeks-long period, different plants pass the mantle of being … Continue reading