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Mount Auburn Cemetery is an example of an institution and public space that has been holistically developed to incorporate environmentally and human-friendly infrastructure. Craig Halvorson, the landscape architect for the cemetery’s stunning Asa Gray Garden, one of the cemetery’s first open spaces to greet visitors, and for the landscaping surrounding the cemetery’s Bigelow Chapel, founded his architecture firm in 1980 and has also done extensive design work for the AMC. He told me that his goal has always been to infuse life and beauty into dense urban areas. With Mount Auburn, he wanted to create a vibrant public garden and arboretum.

Mount Auburn has balanced its larger goals with small-scale, incremental landscape improvements to enhance its natural systems. In a world where urban design can feel increasingly homogenized, Mount Auburn has developed a unique “spirit of place” while enhancing its greater urban neighborhood. Embracing the Mount Auburn model is a way for cities to increase the offering of their natural spaces, whether cemeteries or other spaces. Adding outdoor infrastructure and community programming, as has been done at Mount Auburn, makes them welcoming spaces that all residents can enjoy.