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.  See both a calendar and a list view of What’s in Bloom below: What’s in Bloom: … Continue reading →

…Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for ambition, But some days I’d rather steep in my own kettle. Give me chamomile, cowboys, cornelian cherries. Let me sink, once again, into purposeless sleep.                 -Michael Steffen After enduring a full month … Continue reading →

Let us whir with the golden spoke-wheels Of the sun. For tomorrow Winter drops into the waste-basket,               And the calendar calls it March.                                                                                          – Amy Lowell (Lot # 3401 Bellwort Path) The scientific definition of the beginning of spring … Continue reading →

  I’d seen their hoofprints in the deep needles and knew they ended the long night under the pines…                 -Mary Oliver   Within Mount Auburn there are approximately 450 pine trees, representing two-dozen distinct species, out of the 125 … Continue reading →