Description: Information about The Grave Gardeners, a program of The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation in Philadelphia, PA. A group of volunteer gardeners who plant victorian-era gardens in cradle graves at the National Historic Landmark Cemetery.
The Woodlands Grave Gardeners is a program of The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation. This site outlines the program, and provides the public with resources and information on how they can get involved in the program.
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The Grave Gardener program is a volunteer gardening group run by The Woodlands. Individual gardeners adopt a cradle grave, which they plant with Victorian-era plants and care for throughout the gardening season. As a site with many layers—The Woodlands was once the 18th century estate of amateur botanist and plant collector William Hamilton and was converted into a rural cemetery in 1840—we are always looking for interesting ways to engage visitors with the rich history of the site. Re-planting our Victori