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What's New at Laurel Hill? Library, 2 PM
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What's New at Laurel Hill?
Friday, October 3, 2 PM
Falls Library Meeting Room, 3501 Midvale Ave. (Midvale Avenue entrance) [Google Map]
Everyone welcome. Free. No advance registration.
What's New at Laurel Hill?
In the past several years, Laurel Hill East has undertaken several important projects – the Kelly Drive Meadow Project, the rehabilitation of the historic Gatehouse, new lighting, and the creation of “Valley View Green,” an area devoted for green burials.
Laurel Hill was designed in 1836 by John Notman. It is the first cemetery in the US to be designated as a National Historic Landmark. The Gatehouse on Ridge Avenue is the only remaining structure from the cemetery’s founding. In 2023, Laurel Hill received a number of grants to rehabilitate this historic building. The Gatehouse exterior rehabilitation project is complete and was rededicated on May 2, 2025.
In 2022, Laurel Hill began the Kelly Drive Ecological Restoration Project to remove invasive species and replant the steep hillsides with native meadow plantings. You may remember seeing the work on the grounds above Kelly Drive and wondered what was happening.
The project involved removing invasive vegetation and installing approximately 3 acres of native plantings. Benefits include reducing erosion and stormwater runoff on Kelly Drive and providing a better habitat for birds and other wildlife.
Hear about these projects from the principal contractors and see slides taken before, during, and after the Gatehouse Rehabilitation and Kelly Drive Meadow projects.
The speakers will be Nancy Goldenberg, President & CEO of Laurel Hill and project consultants.
Accessible. Enter by walkway from Warden Drive, near mailbox.
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