Scroll down for a detailed list of events UPCOMING EVENTS! Sunday, June 28 at 2pm: The Language of Flowers Join Elise Ciregna in a tour exploring the hidden meanings behind the botanical motifs at Forest Hills. Sunday, July 12 at 2pm: Horticulturalists Tour Historian Anthony Sammarco take you on a tour celebrating Forest Hills' founder Henry Dearborn and other prominent horticulturalists buried at Forest Hills. SCROLL DOWN FOR DETAILS The Trust's cultural activities, educational programs, and preservation efforts at historic Forest Hills Cemetery are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. These programs are also made possible through contributions from individuals and grants from foundations.

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EXHIBITION Ongoing Free 7:30 am to dusk Guide available at the Map Stand just inside the Main Gate Entrance.	The Contemporary Sculpture Path More than 35 diverse works of sculpture by local and national artists form a route through the oldest part of the Cemetery grounds, around Lake Hibiscus, and into the newest sections. More information about The Sculpture Path and a List of Participating Artists are included in this site under Exhibitions and Sculpture. The Contemporary Sculpture Path is supported by contributions from individuals and grants from foundations, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Boston Cultural Council, a municipal agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, June 28 at 2 pm Admission: $9	The Language of Flowers In the 19th century, flowers and plants were given special associations and were used to convey feelings and emotions. As botanical motifs found their way onto gravestones, they took on hidden meanings. Discover these exquisite carvings during a tour with Elise Ciregna, the Trust’s Curator of Historic Collections. Learn how the Victorians communicated coded messages with poppies, lilies, ivy and oak leaves on their beautifully carved memorial stones. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, July 12 @ 2 pm Admission: $9	Horticulture Walking Tour Forest Hills’ founder, Henry A.S. Dearborn, was a civic leader with expertise in law and politics, as well as in landscape design and horticulture. The first president of the Mass. Horticulture Society, Dearborn, along with others, helped shape the rural garden cemetery movement in the United States. Join Anthony Sammarco, author of more than 50 books on Boston history, for a walking tour celebrating Dearborn and other prominent 19th century horticulturists buried at Forest Hills Cemetery.  Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.
FESTIVAL Thursday, July 16th at 6-9 pm Rain Date: Thursday, July 23	11th Annual Lantern Festival Presenting Sponsor: Join us for a moving memorial ceremony inspired by Buddhist rituals. Inscribe a lantern with a personal message to friends or family and float it across Lake Hibiscus at sunset. In this breathtaking ceremony of remembrance, visitors to this lush, Victorian landscape make paper lanterns and set them afloat on the peaceful waters of a small lake. This ritual is based on the traditional Japanese Bon Festival, a time when a door opens to the world of the ancestors, allowing us to send messages to the other side. People enjoy picnics on the grass and a multi-cultural program of music and dance. They decorate their lanterns with calligraphy and notes to those who have died. At sunset, a candle is lit in each lantern, and the glimmering lanterns are set afloat. Drifting and flickering with the wind, the lanterns symbolize the soul’s journey when life ends.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, July 19 at 2 pm Admission: $9	Nightshirts by Leslie Wilcox (2002) and the Bangs Family Monument, artist unknown. Historic and Contemporary Sculpture Tour Cecily Miller, the Trust’s Executive Director, leads a tour exploring the connections between site-specific contemporary art commissioned by the Trust and the 19th century sculpture, architecture and landscape design at Forest Hills, reflecting on themes of family, memory, nature and the cemetery as the ultimate domestic space: a home for eternity. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, August 2 at 2pm Admission: $9	Victorian Sculpture Tour Discover why Forest Hills is hailed by some as an open air museum with scholar Elise Ciregna on a tour of masterpieces by famed artists such as Daniel Chester French as well as fine carvings by anonymous craftsmen. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, August 9 at 2pm Admission: $9	Collectors & Philanthropists Tour Join Anthony Sammarco for a tour highlighting the lives of intriguing collectors and generous philanthropists buried at Forest Hills Cemetery. The Jordans of Jordan Hall, Forsyth of the Forsyth Dental Clinic, and Carney of Carney hospital are just a few of the men who made vast fortunes and then became patrons of the arts, science, and social causes. Many wealthy women were also active philanthropists, such as Amelia Peabody, who funded kindergartens for Boston's working women. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.
WALKING TOUR Sunday, August 16 at 2pm Admission: $9	Victorian Sculpture Tour Discover why Forest Hills is hailed by some as an open air museum with scholar Elise Ciregna on a tour of masterpieces by famed artists such as Daniel Chester French as well as fine carvings by anonymous craftsmen. Meet at Main Gate. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water; this is a 2-hour walk (with frequent stops) over varied terrain. Admission: $9.

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