Tombs in the French Style
Sep. 26th, 2022 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingThe Woodlands Grave Gardeners
https://www.gravegardeners.org/
The Grave Gardener program is a volunteer gardening group run by The Woodlands. Individual gardeners adopt a cradle grave, which they plant with Victorian-era plants and care for throughout the gardening season. As a site with many layers—The Woodlands was once the 18th century estate of amateur botanist and plant collector William Hamilton and was converted into a rural cemetery in 1840—we are always looking for interesting ways to engage visitors with the rich history of the site. Re-planting our Victorian cradle graves is the perfect way to beautify the space and share a unique aspect of The Woodlands’ history.
I'd love to do this, and I just signed up for their mailing list. I'm 99% certain that my application will be rejected, however. Open spots for any sort of community garden are crazy competitive in Philadelphia. Still, it might be nice to go on my own and do some open-air sketching.
https://www.gravegardeners.org/
The Grave Gardener program is a volunteer gardening group run by The Woodlands. Individual gardeners adopt a cradle grave, which they plant with Victorian-era plants and care for throughout the gardening season. As a site with many layers—The Woodlands was once the 18th century estate of amateur botanist and plant collector William Hamilton and was converted into a rural cemetery in 1840—we are always looking for interesting ways to engage visitors with the rich history of the site. Re-planting our Victorian cradle graves is the perfect way to beautify the space and share a unique aspect of The Woodlands’ history.
I'd love to do this, and I just signed up for their mailing list. I'm 99% certain that my application will be rejected, however. Open spots for any sort of community garden are crazy competitive in Philadelphia. Still, it might be nice to go on my own and do some open-air sketching.
