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MelOld island cemetery. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Ameland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ameland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cemetery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemetery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sunset?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cemeteries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Friedhof?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friedhof</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/begraafplaats?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#begraafplaats</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Sonnenuntergang?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sonnenuntergang</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/waddeneiland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waddeneiland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Netherlands?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Netherlands</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nederland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nederland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Niederlande?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Niederlande</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gravestone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gravestone</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gravestones?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gravestones</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graveyard?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graveyard</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://mastodon.social/@SKleefeld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@SKleefeld</a> Some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> are also being <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rewilded</a>! I posted an article about that not too long ago for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPunkSunday</a>. If we're going to have cemeteries, might as well put a wind turbine on the spot. The dead won't care.

This Is My GlasgowAn angel gravestone being enveloped by a tree in Glasgow's Western Necropolis.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/westernnecropolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westernnecropolis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/necropolis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#necropolis</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/angel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#angel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/treevsangel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treevsangel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/gravestones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gravestones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/graveyards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graveyards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oldgravestones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldgravestones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishgravestones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scottishgravestones</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scottishcemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scottishcemetery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/treeoftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#treeoftheday</a>

tinydoctor<a href="https://mstdn.social/@Illuminatus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Illuminatus</a> <a href="https://mas.to/@Bookworm33333" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Bookworm33333</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/@Remittancegirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Remittancegirl</a> People should stroll through old cemeteries, which I do often. Graveyards are generally pleasant places to walk, and tombstones and monuments can be art or kitsch. Momento morae either way, which I find salutary. The point being old <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> are full of the graves of children who died very young, mostly of diseases <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccination</a> would have prevented. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/childgraves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#childgraves</a>

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genealogy</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/QRCodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QRCodes</a> 'Police in Munich are investigating a mystery: More than 1,000 stickers were put on gravestones and wooden crosses at three cemeteries in the German city, without any indication of where they came from or why.The 5x3.5-centimeter (1.95x1.2-inch) stickers are printed with a QR code, that, when scanned, shows the name of the person buried in the grave and its location in the cemetery — but nothing else.'<a href="https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/qr-code-stickers-mysteriously-appear-on-1-000-20175030.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/qr-code-stickers-mysteriously-appear-on-1-000-20175030.php</a>

Atlas Obscura'Victims of Revolutions' in Paris, FranceThis yet eerie monument has a contentious origin story.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=warhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=monuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monuments</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/victims-of-revolutions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">'Victims of Revolutions'</a>

Atlas ObscuraWhat Lies Beneath the Gravestone of a Fictional It Girl?<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=graves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graves</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Articles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section-Articles</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trinity-churchyard-charlotte-temple-grave" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What Lies Beneath the Gravestone of a Fictional It Girl?</a>

Andi BrooksThere are several wonderful cemeteries in Paris, but Père Lachaise Cemetery is the jewel in the crown. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a>

JomesAnyone else like <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/cemeteries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> as much as I do? I love their quiet and calm atmosphere. <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/cemetery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemetery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/Graveyard?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Graveyard</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/nature?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/winter?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winter</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/trees?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/sky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/church?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/graves?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graves</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/MobilePhotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobilePhotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.de/discover/tags/wandering?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wandering</a>

Andi BrooksOne thing I really miss about England is the hauntingly beautiful Victorian cemeteries. <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Victoriancemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoriancemeteries</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Highgatecemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Highgatecemetery</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Londoncemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Londoncemeteries</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cemeteryphotographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteryphotographs</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cemeteryphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteryphotography</a>

Atlas ObscuraTemple Hill Cemetery in Ballintemple in Cork, IrelandBoth Catholic and Protestant graves dot this 17th-century burial ground.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=graveyards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graveyards</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/temple-hill-ballintemple-graveyard" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Temple Hill Cemetery in Ballintemple</a>

HDI was driving by this cemetery on Christmas Eve of 2023 and I couldn’t pass up a chance to take photos in this glorious fog. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cemeteries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cemetery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemetery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fog?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fog</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ChristmasEve?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristmasEve</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mausoleums?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mausoleums</a>

Atlas ObscuraNational Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, HawaiiHawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=graveyards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graveyards</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=militaryhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#militaryhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=volcanoes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#volcanoes</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/national-memorial-cemetery-of-the-pacific" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific</a>

Atlas ObscuraConfederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island in Lakeside Marblehead, OhioThis Ohio cemetery is home to the remains of many Confederate officers and soldiers who were once held nearby as prisoners of war.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilwar</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=militaryhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#militaryhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/confederate-stockade-cemetery-johnsons-island" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Confederate Stockade Cemetery on Johnson’s Island</a>

Atlas ObscuraBattleground National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=civilwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civilwar</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=militaryhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#militaryhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/battleground-national-cemetery" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Battleground National Cemetery</a>

MelStrieper Kerkhof. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Terschelling?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Terschelling</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/waddenzee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waddenzee</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/waddeneiland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waddeneiland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/waddensea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waddensea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Wattenmeer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wattenmeer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NorthSea?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthSea</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nordsee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nordsee</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/noordzee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noordzee</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Meerweh?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meerweh</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Niederlande?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Niederlande</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Netherlands?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Netherlands</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nederland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nederland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Dutchlsland?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dutchlsland</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nordseeinsel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nordseeinsel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Fryslan?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fryslan</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cemetery?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemetery</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cemeteries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/kerkhof?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kerkhof</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Friedhof?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friedhof</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/travelphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travelphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Reisen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reisen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Reisefotografie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reisefotografie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nordseeliebe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nordseeliebe</a>

DoomsdaysCWLife After Death: America’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cemeteries</a> Are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rewilding</a> More burial sites are forgoing pristine lawns for drought resistant plants and wildflowers that help wildlife. Efforts picked up in the pandemic.By Cara Buckley, November 29, 2024"Across the country, where the dead lie, life is increasingly thriving. It’s happening in Catholic and Jewish cemeteries; in burial grounds up and down the East and West coasts and in the Bible Belt; in sprawling private graveyards that double as public greenspaces, and in century-old potter’s fields. "Groundskeepers, deacons, horticulturists, conservationists, arborists and newly minted gardeners are changing how they tend to burial sites. They are letting grasses grow longer and reducing how much they mow. They’re ripping out invasive plants, encouraging native shrubs to thrive, forgoing pesticides, and replacing manicured turfgrass with wildflower meadows. "Cemeteries have often been the largest green spaces in cities, providing vital havens for wildlife. But during the pandemic, many of them grew especially popular as spots where people could safely gather and enjoy pastoral settings. In 2020, Laurel Hill, a 265-acre historic cemetery straddling the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, saw its attendance more than double. Green-Wood in Brooklyn, with 478 acres of rolling hills, lush plantings, thousands of trees and serene vistas, counted 200,000 new visitors. "The surge coincided with an effort underway by Green-Wood and other cemeteries to swap swaths of manicured lawns for meadows filled with wildflowers and drought resistant native shrubs. Earlier attempts to let grass grow longer at Green-Wood had been met with fierce resistance. But as people sought solace in nature during pandemic lockdowns, they brought with them a new openness. "'We’ve seen a huge sea change in terms of people’s willingness to accept this,' said Joseph Charap, Green-Wood’s vice president of horticulture, as he wound his way through one of the cemetery’s new meadows one sunny day in late November, feathery goldenrod and milkweed pods catching the afternoon light. “The reaction was, ‘Oh, it’s beautiful.’”"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenWoodCemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenWoodCemetery</a> is among the earliest cemeteries in the country to be modeled after rural landscapes, and to serve as an urban park. The first was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MountAuburnCemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MountAuburnCemetery</a>, founded in 1831 outside of Boston. Others include <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaurelHillCemetery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaurelHillCemetery</a> in Pennsylvania and Evergreens Cemetery in Bushwick, Brooklyn. All are arboretums, filled with thousands of trees, and located in the Atlantic Flyway, a major migratory route for birds. "Each one has converted some of their land in recent years to wild, native meadows, working with a firm founded by Larry Weaner, the pioneering ecological landscape designer."'I’ve been kind of blindsided by how many cemeteries reached out,' said Mr. Weaner, whose firm has worked with five cemeteries in the last five years. 'There definitely is a movement afoot.'"Cemetery operators said there were myriad reasons to replace lawns or turf grass with native shrubs and other plants. Lawn mowers are loud, often polluting and heavy, compacting soil and hastening erosion. Thirsty turf grass fares poorly during the droughts that are growing longer and more intense. There is also mounting awareness of the harms from pesticides and irrigation, and a growing recognition that greener practices can help wildlife while making a cemetery more resilient to a changing climate."Mount Auburn even has a full-time ecologist, Paul Kwiatkowski. In recent times, he said Mount Auburn has reforested pockets of land, replaced fertilizer with compost, removed invasive plants and non-native trees, and added perennial plantings to attract beneficial insects and create a food source and cover for other wildlife. One area, called Consecration Dell, was restored with trees and plantings that provide for birds, mammals, and amphibians, including spotted salamanders that live under leaf litter on its slopes. 'When you’re there, you feel like you’re out in the woods,' Mr. Kwiatkowski said."Original article: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/climate/us-cemeteries-wild-flowers.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/climate/us-cemeteries-wild-flowers.html</a>Archived version: <a href="https://archive.ph/pVobM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/pVobM</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPunkSunday</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rewilding</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RewildingCemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RewildingCemeteries</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenspace</a>

Atlas ObscuraLumley Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery in Freetown, Sierra LeoneThis cemetery contains a small fraction of the hundreds of Sierra Leoneans who died in the world wars.<a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=worldwarii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldwarii</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=worldwari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldwari</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=warhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warhistory</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=section-Atlas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#section-Atlas</a> <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lumley-commonwealth-war-grave-cemetery" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lumley Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery</a>

Sarah StierchThe grave of Ruby Dollar, an Elvis fan, at Table Bluff Cemetery in Loleta, Calif. on Dec. 1, 2024.<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#california</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a>

Nick Gully<a href="https://flipboard.social/@CultureDesk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CultureDesk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheConversationUS</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> There are so many old <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/cemeteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cemeteries</a> from this era filled with headstones for small kids. Just heartbreaking.

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