Oregon Grape
Oregon Grape, Mahonia aquifolium is one of 226 pressed and dried extant original specimens in the Lewis and Clark Herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. Continue reading
The Annual Fund – How You Can Support Your Favorite Activities at Mount Auburn
• Do you appreciate the beauty of a simple walk through Mount Auburn in autumn?• Do you enjoy birdwatching in Mount Auburn’s wildlife habitat corridor?• Does finding a unique monument you’ve never noticed before spark joy?• Have you enjoyed any … Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to the Shaker Cemetery Harvard, MA
In 1791 the eccentric Harvard community of Shakers started laying plans for a place to bury their dead. Continue reading
Beyond the Gates: A Cemetery Explorer’s Guide to Old Burying Ground & Hillside Cemetery Townsend, MA
It was here, in Townsend that I first became acquainted with the wealth of funerary art hosted by our little town, dating from at least the 1730s to the early nineteenth century Continue reading