Last updated on 04 May 11
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Mount Auburn Cemetery Garden

5.0/5 (1 ratings)

Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens
Photograph © Karl Gercens

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Inspired by Pere Le Chaise Cemetery in Paris, Mount Auburn is a cemetery with the character of an early nineteenth century English landscape garden - with gardenesque planting to suit. Many famous Bostonians lie here, including the man (Charles Eliot) who established, at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the first landscape architecture education program in the world. His son, Chaarles W Eliot, who worked for Frederick Law Olmsted and planned the Boston Metropolitan Parks System. Mount Auburn is thus a memorial to the origins of America's landscape architecture profession.

Address - Mount Auburn, 580 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, MA 2138
Admission - Entrance free
Website - Visit the Mount Auburn Cemetery Garden website

Local Hotels

Hotels within 30km as the crow flies from this garden.

Days Hotel Boston (1km away)
From $95.20 to $369.00
Harvard Square Hotel (1km away)
From $139.00 to $289.00
The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square (1km away)
From $199.00 to $499.00
Mary Prentiss Inn (2km away)
From $119.00 to $259.00
Courtyard Boston Cambridge (2km away)
From $109.00 to $499.00
The Farrington Inn (2km away)
From $65.00 to $145.00
The Inn at Harvard (2km away)
From $179.00 to $419.00
Homewood Suites by Hilton Cambridge-Arlington (2km away)
From $134.10 to $309.00

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Tenshin-En Japanese Garden (5km away)
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Garden (5km away)
Arnold Arboretum Garden (8km away)
(3.0/5)
Gropius House and Garden (13km away)

Reviews and Comments

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about 2 years ago Flower said
An amazingly beautiful place, especially if you are a fan of huge, old trees. Very hard to find such a collection of trees, many of which are over 150 years old. Many unusual specimens of European beeches. Immaculately maintained, a great place to walk, watch birds, see the stones of historic Americans. We drove from Somerville, a nightmare, but an easy walk from Harvard. Parking is limited, but you can drive through the grounds. Better to walk. Restrooms, drinking fountain, visitor center available.

(5.0/5)

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