Birding event: Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society

Forest Home Cemetery & Arboretum has a wonderful habitat on 189 acres, including mature trees, gardens, a pond and thick shrubs that provide for great homes and stop-over habitats for migrating birds. Join the Wisconsin Metro Audubon Society for this peaceful birding outing in the middle of the city. Bring your binoculars to this birding event or borrow a pair of ours.

PLEASE READ

• We will be walking over uneven cemetery roads and grounds - watch your step!

• Please wear comfortable, waterproof footwear - the grounds may be wet in the morning.

• If this event is canceled due to weather, we will let you know.

• Please arrive about 10 minutes before the even starts so we can get you checked in and hand out binoculars.

• Meet under the canopy outside Halls of History (next to the main office inside the Lincoln Avenue entrance).

• Parking is free and available throughout the cemetery; however, the spots in front of the office are reserved for cemetery business Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday. There is ample parking around the chapel, in front of and to the side of Halls of History. You may park anywhere you like on Sundays.

ABOUT FOREST HOME CEMETERY & ARBORETUM

Established in 1850, Forest Home Cemetery is Milwaukee’s oldest operating cemetery, open to all since its inception. Forest Home Cemetery is on the National Registry of Historic Places and is the finest example of a Victorian-era rural garden cemetery in the Upper Midwest.

In 2021, Forest Home became the city’s first accredited arboretum, Milwaukee’s largest green space with more 2,600 trees on nearly 200 acres.

Our 189 acres are open daily to the public. Leashed dogs, jogging, strollers and bicycles are welcome. Each year, we host public and private historical and nature-based tours and wellness events, birding opportunities, Doors Open, a Memorial Day event, a Dia de los Muertos 5K and festival and our new Spirits of the Silent City after-dark historical tours. Sign up for our newsletter on the website and follow us on Facebook and Instagram (use #foresthomecemetery) so you don’t miss any of our tours and events!

If you enjoy our beautiful space, stay longer! Stop in the office Monday-Friday 8-4:30 and Saturday 10-3:30 or call a counselor (414) 645-2632 to find out about our many burial options.

Host or Publisher Forest Home Historic Preservation Assoc.