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Vacation Garden Campers Explore the Trees of Mount Auburn Cemetery
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Children at the Church of the Good Shepherd’s Vacation Garden Camp have been learning about nature, and what better place to do so than a place that boasts 5,000 trees – Mount Auburn Cemetery. On Tuesday, a group of campers took a tour of the cemetery from Mount Auburn Cemetery President Dave Barnett. The cemetery, which was created in 1831 and has over 700 species of trees. Barnett told the group of 14 junior counselors to look at the differences in the trees – such as the Norway Maple which has a trunk about 20 feet high before the first branches and the big, smooth leaves of the magnolia. The weeping beech appealed to many of the kids, with its branches that drape down and form a shaded open area inside.