Episode 36: Matthew Stephens (Mount Auburn Cemetery)

Meet Matthew Stephens! He's the President and CEO of the Mount Auburn Cemetery here in Watertown (yes, it's mostly in Watertown!). We chat about his background in horticulture including planting 1 million trees in NYC, how Mt Auburn was the first designed public landscape in the country and for many years was the #2 tourist attraction (behind Niagara Falls), why Mt Auburn is a place just as much for the living as the dead, how the country's best mature tree collection serves as the lungs of Watertown accounting for 1/3 of all tree canopy in Watertown (2/3 of all public space), and more!

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Find out more about Mount Auburn at: www.mountauburn.org

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