THE WELCOMING CEMETERY

Cemeteries are generally beautiful properties in their own right. Artistic stone carvings with expanses of manicured greenery offer an oasis to the hustle of daily life. Steeped in history, they are places where, in the eloquent words of “Cemeteries” book author and architectural historian Keith Eggener, “Life meets death, nature meets city and present meets past.” It is this beauty upon which the American garden cemetery is based that, when shared with the public, is transcended to not only comfort the living, but to educate, through its ability to commune and to entertain. If you welcome the public into your cemetery, you will in turn create a place more conducive to inquiry and communication about what your cemetery has to offer the living and the deceased. READ MORE…