Central Midwest Gardening: Fall RU 09-Plant swap, 1 by shortleaf

shortleaf wrote:
Me too! Love the cemetery that is! For several years in my boyhood we lived in Fairmount, and I'd ride my bike there.
I've got at least a hundred digital photos of that place. Cemeteries are like second to arboretums in assortments of trees and shrubs. We'd just kinda go in mausoleums unescorted, yes they are all dark and creepy! It makes you think
about life and death, and how people respect the dead.
I know the mausoleum you speak of in the hill! The money some families put into some of those things is amazing.
Yeah, as a kid I would wonder too about "who's in there"?, "whats the secret"? lol
I think vandalism has been a problem there. Not that I ever did, but I would see where stuff that was all tore up.
I think wannabe vampires and devil worshippers would even congregate in some of those places! lol
They used to be open 24-7, now they close the gates and close everything up at 5 in the afternoon.
I think theres been a problem also with people driving and parking up in there all hours of the nite, probably using the bathroom willy-nilly in there and whatnot.
Taking care of a cemetery is nice. I always thot groundskeeping in one would be a neat job. A few years ago I had inquired about working at Mount Washington even, to no avail. Having access to the cemetery's records and the landscape would be awe-inspiring itself.

This is just a photo of a super large evergreen shrub there, I think its Korean juniper something or other.
I was always amazed at how large some plants get in cemeteries too.
Will