Chapel Chat: Gardens Then and Now

In the last installment of the Chapel Chat series focusing on the 175 year of the cemetery, we head to the gardens.

Forest Home Cemetery founded in 1850 holds the dinstinction of being a Garden Cemetery. Its designer, Increase Lapham, modeled Forest Home after the popular cemeteries of the Victorian Era. Volunteer docent, Sally Kubly, will lead the discusssion on how gardening has changed.

EVENT INFO

The Forest Home Avenue gate is closed on Sundays, so please enter at the Lincoln Avenue gate.

After entering at Lincoln Avenue, veer left to the chapel. Parking is free and available throughout the cemetery and there is ample parking around the chapel.

Proceeds from all tours and events help preserve and enhance the historical and natural elements of the cemetery.

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 Register of Historic Places and is the finest example of a Victorian-era rural garden cemetery in the Upper Midwest.

An accredited Level II arboretum, Forest Home is Milwaukee’s largest green space with more than 2,800 trees on nearly 200 acres - open daily to the public. Joggers, strollers, bicycles and dogs on leash are welcome.

Each year, we host public and private historical and nature-based tours and wellness events, birding opportunities, Doors Open, Memorial Day celebration, Dia de los Muertos 5K & Festival and Spirits of the Silent City after-dark historical tours. Sign up for our newsletter on the website and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with everything happening at Forest Home.

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

Host or Publisher Forest Home Historic Preservation Assoc.